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How I wish they did something sensible
Apr 13, 2021,07:52 AM
.. AP could have demonstrated their serious horological strengths by way of a true collectors’ dream machine, in the light of some scintillating offerings from Patek ( 5236); Lange ( Lange 1 perpetual; Triple Split); Chopard ( Quattro Spirit 25); Vacheron (Traditionelle Double Split).
Instead they chose to come up with a shudder inducing Black Panther. Were they aping Memorigin/ Invicta/Romain Jerome?!!!
AP collectors must be wondering if the watchmakers and the design teams at the venerable marquee manufacture, were on collective brain-freeze when they decided to pursue the Black Panther initiative.
I am reminded of a gentleman by name Thierry Nataf who came up with really scary pieces that were totally alien to the DNA of Zenith and we all know what happened then.. It took quite a while for Zenith after Nataf’s departure to find its true bearings with some fantastic models to reclaim its pedigree.
Those that do not learn from history are doomed to suffer the consequences of misadventures.