KIH[Purist]
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Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1 - mini review
Nov 23, 2016,06:30 AM
"Wow" is the word when I was told that Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1 was at Chopard Ginza boutique and actually saw it and handled it.
I wish I could spend more time with it (at least a day or two...), but I did my best there.
Beautiful profile, round bezel sitting on the octagon WG case....
What can I say? Beautiful execution on the dial design.
Power reserve indicator on the left.
Beautiful blued steels....
Transparent tourbillon window....
The other side has yet another beautiful design executed wonderfully.
Constante Force...
Great design, I must say.
. and on the side.... As you can see, this is not such a thick watch....
There are four windows (two on each side) and you can see the mechanism from them.
Here, fusee-chain mechanism from one window.
On the other side is the other side of the fusee-chain mechanism.
The crown has simple function - hand winding, time adjustment. After all, this is a three-hander watch.
A bit of wrist time
) Sure, it is big for my smallish wrist, but not as big as I thought. (Relatively) slim and smart/ handsome watch.
The box is gigantic!
The paper has Mr. KFS's own signature....
Just wow.
LE of 50 for WG case, and LE of 50 for PG case.
Wonderful watch and no wonder many people are waiting for delivery. This really deserves the Grand-Prix!
Thank you, Chopard Japan team!
Ken