Breguet is currently showing its Marine collection and the 2019 novelties in a two week exhibition at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg... an opportunity I did not want to miss. Kindly enough I was able to spend two hours with the watches to ta...
A great dress watch, which has no real competition IMO. Choosing between this and a Chrono Bleu would be very difficult (Breguet wins on the dial side, Journe, on the movement side) Dark enamel is a killer concept - I like it!
But I must say the date window completely kills it for me. On this piece, very elegant with its "reduced to the essential" design, putting a hole in it in such a unbalanced way borders on a criminal act! I believe not many customers will use this one as t...
I'm certain that no one wants to read 1, 2, 83, 4, 5, etc. on the dial of such a marvelous contraption. Could there have been a way to space things differently? For me, the iconic Breguet numerals (SO beautiful) attract so much attention that one cannot h...
Yes, Hamburg can be very beautiful, most recently the city is more famous for endless and uncoordinated roadworks and the subsequent traffic chaos π³ Personally, I do not at all argue with your opinion on the date window. I see why Breguet wanted to do a n...
Today, Hodinkee "Introduced" the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Harrods Edition (limited to 20 pieces). At least at the outset, I'm impressed. (Here, I have unapologetically stolen Hodinkee's pics. More pics and details available there under "Introduc...
... and the bold frame of the date window is making a nice impression, as do many other details of this watch. Which does not come as a surprise as Vacheron, similar to Breguet, has a very good sense of design and pays a lot of attention to detail. The on...
A superb piece with a unnecessary window...what a pity, it spoils the pure dial. I understand about the issue wth the LE Ginza version but on the other hand there is a consensus about the issue...