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DonCorson introduces Clerc Geneva, a brand with over a century of family heritage, showcasing their offerings at GTE 2012. He highlights the brand's focus on robust case designs and innovative features, particularly in their Hydroscaph diving watches and Odyssey models. This post serves as an excellent introduction to a brand that might be new to many collectors.
Really, I just don't get it. Loud, garish styled watches (oh, supposed to say "bold styled") with out-house movements and high prices seem to be a bad value proposition. I saw this kind of stuff at GTE and just kept strolling by (actually as fast as my legs would carry me).
I just checked the PuristsPro Code of Conduct and found no stipulation whatsoever that obliges participants to share a moderator's opinion ;-) Tongue in cheek aside and back to topic: Dear Jeff: I am a little bit puzzled by your proposal that in-house movements should constitute a conditio sine qua non for appreciation of any given brand. This would apply a filter (censorship?) that would leave out many interesting brands which just have a different business model than you personally would prefe
Frankly I have had my fill of fancy looking ETA watches where the watch brand brings nothing to the table but a fancy look. And I don't particularly care whether the individuals behind the brand are saints, have a long lineage, are pillars in their community etc. There are few using ETA calibers who have added on interesting complications and that puts them in a different category. Ressence is one. MIH another. Ochs and Junior another. For that matter the old UN astronomical series also comes to
what Don wrote: "Clerc puts the majority of its effort into the very nice cases using ETA movements with custom modules " Highlighted for easy reference. So they clearly fall into the category of manufactures which add technical value to a movement (well, there might be the one or only watch that uses a stock ETA, but so does Ochs und Junior). As for the "most obscure Blancpain from its earliest days" - weren't these the very watches that tremendously caused stirr in the watch world, eventually
Even if these Clerc watches are not my cup of tea, there is always room for different viewpoints and being open-minded to the motivations and business philosophies of others does add context to the products in question. As one of my mentors in watch collecting has always stressed, "Context is key." Cheers, Daos
Hi Magnus, I have limited knowledge on Blancpain, can you explain the significance of the model you posted? What movement was it using?
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