Chopard

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Does Chopard make any 38 mm for AE? Or is 36 the closest size to the 41 mm?

I even don't dislike the date! This is a terrible stock photo. But in person it looks so darn good! ...  

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The blue and the grey dial all look wonderful to me!

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But they hollow out the bracelet links to use less gold. Bad Bulgari! Bad! Don't cheap out on the gold! Bad!

A lot of brands, even Rolex, until roughly 2 decades ago, hollowed out their links of gold. So I shouldn't be so critical. Even today, many of the top brands' bracelets aren't solid all the way through. Looking at Patek Philippe cufflinks - the old ones f... 

And even the standard version with the standard movement is pretty darn thin at 9.7mm. Not overly thick at all!

THANK GOODNESS for the colored disc! I feel if the date was at 3, the dial would look less balanced. And if it were at 6, while it'd be symmetrical, we'd lose the large VI Roman numeral. I'd say the designers made the right choice - if they had to include... 

This Minority Class: People who like the Alpine Eagle's 4:30 date display.

Movement, thinness, dial, no date… 🧘🏻‍♂️

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