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Movement
As Nicolas correctly points out the movement is a Piguet. Blancpain uses a version of the Piguet 1185 in all of its chronographs, except the 1735. Piguet is full sister company to Blancpain, fully owned by the Swatch Group and Piguet's CEO is Marc Hayek, the CEO of Blancpain. The 1185 was developed by Edmund Capt of Piguet working with Blancpain. Although developed for Blancpain, the 1185 is also sold to Audemars Piguet for the Royal Oak Chrono, Vacheron for the Overseas Chrono, Breguet for their automatic chronograph, JD for their chrono, Daniel Roth and a few other brands.The movement features column wheel control and a vertical clutch design.
Is There Such A Thing As A Dress Chronograph??
The short answer is I think so. But let's face reality for a minute. It seems that watch brands have been driving chronographs to greater and greater extremes of sport. Some brands, IMHO have pushed way too far into the sport domain with chronos that just...
I agree...
Jeff, the Monopoussoir is indeed a very elegant chronograph, I had the privilege to own this white gold version a while ago: There is some "but" though: when I picked up the watch I found the brown strap not perfect for the havanna dial. I was lucky enoug...
Havana Brown
First I agree on the importance of getting the right strap. Can't say how many times I have fussed around with watches I own experimenting with different color straps to come up with the right combo. And how much that improves the watch when you find that...
when I saw the subject line
I was going to answer with "Blancpain Villeret" Either of them, the monopoussoir or the slightly larger 2-button are just about perfection in a dressy chrono, and the anthesis of the huge, extreme-sports-rated chronos. A...
Beautiful . . .
Wow - I love this watch! I've been looking at picking up a chronograph and have been leaning towards the BP Flyback 40 mm on a steel bracelet, and now this picture is making me think about my options differently. Totally different look - and one I should ...
Movement
As Nicolas correctly points out the movement is a Piguet. Blancpain uses a version of the Piguet 1185 in all of its chronographs, except the 1735. Piguet is full sister company to Blancpain, fully owned by the Swatch Group and Piguet's CEO is Marc Hayek, ...
Very elegant Chrono, Jeff
I absolutely love the Monopusher Chronos, like this one, the UN or the JLC Duo metre. Some will say that it is an old solution, which has been improved by the use of several pushers, I will stay with this configuration. It gives a cleaner look, it adds pu...
To answer that question, one must first define what is a dress watch..
I am a fan of Blancpain and I follow their products well. But given that for the last half a century at least....... black, very dark blue, and or white have been the tones for formal dress.... and browns, tans and chockolates have been casual atire.... t...
I think you hit the nail's head with your comments,...
So probably this version (here as a split-seconds chrono) would will the requirements of a dress watch much better (unfortunately its only sold in the Apotheosis Temporis set ;-(): I would also associate the Havana Brown dial (Blancpain's designation) mor...
Great Photos of a Rare Watch!
Thanks, Magnus. The limited edition GMT Perpetual is a stunning watch, which long ago was sold out. Your photos of the piece are terrific! I guess I don't have a color hang up on what is or is not dress. Probably would not wear a brown watch with a tux, b...
Hi Magnus,
Hi Magnus, I agree entirely. Photo No. 1 is a very elegant dress chronograph..... and a very nice 'dress watch' that would compliment any formal situation. Very clean, very crisp, very beautiful and very classic. Kindest regards, Jack