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On the wrist today: Vincent Calabrese Transworld
May 29, 2017,21:00 PM
Got this out of the safe today. Wasn't getting any wrist time.
LOVE the hand textured silver dial with its 3D like surface and peaks/troughs.
Fully independent 2nd time zone (2 subdials) and date - all controlled by the crown with no pushers.
Genius!
(Excuse the reflections off the crystal. iPhone photo)
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On the wrist today: Vincent Calabrese Transworld
By: Bounce781 : May 29th, 2017-21:00
Got this out of the safe today. Wasn't getting any wrist time. LOVE the hand textured silver dial with its 3D like surface and peaks/troughs. Fully independent 2nd time zone (2 subdials) and date - all controlled by the crown with no pushers. Genius! (Exc...
Thank you, Alkiro.
By: Bounce781 : May 30th, 2017-05:05
Appreciate your comments. You are right about the "moonscape" appearance. I never thought of that. Quite true!
Don't know that - I must confess
By: Bounce781 : May 31st, 2017-03:30
I always imagined it was with a hand-held file, roughening up the surface of a solid silver disc. But I could be mistaken. It is a very unique dial surface. I've not seen it anywhere else apart from this Vincent Calabrese.
due to 3 crown positions, as I may known
By: patrickh : May 31st, 2017-03:35
For the Transworld mecanism, there should have 3 crown positions: - first (inner) to wind the mecanism - second (intermediate) to correct the date (anti-hour rotation) and central hour and minute hands (hour rotation) - third (external) to correct simulta...