Blancpain

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The description says Grade 23 which I have no idea about: Large Model: 42.50mm x 13.7mm - Grade 23 titanium case - bidirectional titanium bezel with black ceramic insert - sapphire crystals front and caseback - 30m water-resistant - matte green dial with ... 

pricey.

Seems like titanium is the new popular thing for brands to experiment with and they feel like they can ask anything they want ''yeah but it's titanium''. I love the Omega Seamaster in titanium but the watch now costs around 11k euro. That's a ridiculous a... 

but remember looking at the blue 36mm in the window of the Bond St store and thinking how small those sub-dials look in a 36mm case and with the bezel there is less dial to place them.

versions but think, based on the photographs, the dial proportions of the 42mm variant are more fortunate. Cheers Marc

Good point about the case!

I wonder what these will settle at used. If they come down like other Blancpain, then I'll be a buyer/

... then it would be a killer and crisis-proof as the dial does NOT show '1735' 😈 Cheers, Alex

BP did a great job with this dial. Pricing is a bit over what it should be in my opinion however