Independents

small-luxury-world
[Patek]
8725

• Show profile
• Show other posts

Paul Gerber Modell 41

The watch is not new anymore and one of the early (steel with black dial) versions looked like this:

(picture: Paul Gerber)

Today it looks like this:

(picture: Paul Gerber)

Only some minor changes, but a big improvement from my point of view. For example the case shows different kind of finishing, now.

The “valence” of the watch feels much better now and it is a pleasure to handle it.
Of course there are some other variants in gold or with different dials, but I prefer the simple steel - in that case.

The case is 42mm, which is not small. Still it works on my 6.75 inch wrist, even when I would prefer it smaller.

Two spring barrels (100 hours power reserve) automatic manufacture movement, fitted with three gold rotors – only one rotor, on request. Each rotor is individually assembled to the movement using custom-made ball bearings. The Caliber 41 also incorporates a large quick set date system. The date can be adjusted either forwards or backwards.

The cool thing with Paul is that if you are interested in more features, even after purchasing the watch, he is always open to such projects

One nice feature is an alternating second, which he was presenting at Basel 2011. Maybe some of you already have seen the additional pusher shown in some of the above pictures. Yes, that one was a version with alternating second. To me it is not only a nice feature; it is something special from Paul and not visible for the crowd. In general Paul´s watches are understated, like he is as a person. Most of the people don´t get the watch and don´t know the (intrinsic) value – just perfect for my taste.

Some more pictures:

By the way, what do you think about the hands? They are in-house and show lots of Paul Gerber DNA, at least to me.

Closure:

The Modell 41 (in each variant) is an interesting and understated watch, which offers quite a lot for the money asked.

Once more an independent offers a very strong competitor to the big brands.

Oliver