SteveH
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I obviously love the 3-bridges tourbillons and I love "hi-tech" watches but...
This one has never fully appealed to me. In trying to figure out why, I'm coming up with three answers.
1) I really do not like the hands. They look cheap to me.
2) I wish they kept the same bridge shape as the standard tourbillons. The straight bridges are not aesthetically pleasing to me.
3) The Laureato case seems to not be classic enough for the standard 3-bridge or techy enough for the sapphire bridge version.
The caveat is that I've never seen one in the metal, but I wish I were more excited by it.
A head-turner in the making...
G'day, what does it need to create a real head-turner? Well, one may start with a lot of parts: This may give an idea the final watch requires 3 basic steps: First, the functional heart of the watch, for this one it´s the fine tourbillon carriage, is asse...
Wow that dark grey plating on the outer movement parts is wicked!
Do you happen to have any close-up pics of the dark grey plated parts? Thanks for your impressions on the Sapphire Bridges Peter! Cheers, Anthony
Like this?
(click to enlarge) That´s the base plate under assembly, for the very first watch to be delivered (allocated to GP Boutique in Gstaad/Switzerland). The dark grey plating, or "black gold" plating as it´s referred to, is a stunning finish. I like the counte...
I obviously love the 3-bridges tourbillons and I love "hi-tech" watches but...
This one has never fully appealed to me. In trying to figure out why, I'm coming up with three answers. 1) I really do not like the hands. They look cheap to me. 2) I wish they kept the same bridge shape as the standard tourbillons. The straight bridges a...