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Bought recently
Sep 30, 2023,18:09 PM
Bought mine recently from a friend who was the original purchaser. Sunrise and Sunset seem to be an uncommon complication; even more uncommon than equation of time but certainly more useful.
The moonphase on yours is sublime. The shadow disk is what moves, yes?
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Martin Braun Boreas
By: tom18 : September 30th, 2023-08:23
The big brother of the Martin Braun EOS, the Boreas. Fun and rather unusual watch. Date, sunrise, sunset and equation of time. ...
Wow , so rare to see an MB , even on this forum !
By: Wachnut : September 30th, 2023-17:45
Yours is a wonderful example and one of the more complicated examples Martin Braun made back in the day ! - when did you acquire yours ? Here’s a pic of one of my ( simpler ) one ! - bought in 2010 about the time the brand went under I guess . Unfortunate...
Bought recently
By: tom18 : September 30th, 2023-18:09
Bought mine recently from a friend who was the original purchaser. Sunrise and Sunset seem to be an uncommon complication; even more uncommon than equation of time but certainly more useful. The moonphase on yours is sublime. The shadow disk is what moves...
Yes indeed
By: Wachnut : September 30th, 2023-18:42
It’s the shadow disk that moves ! You’re absolutely right that sunrise /sunset time on the MB was one of the rarest complications, there are plenty of watches with Equation of time , but none apart from MB that I heard with sunrise / sunset
Love the shadow moon complication
By: tom18 : September 30th, 2023-19:03
I have never seen a moonphase where the shadow moves. Could be that I don't get out enough but I think that implementation of moonphase is super cool. It is also closer to what is actually happening. Any other Martin Braun's out there?
I thought that...
By: Ronald Held : September 30th, 2023-19:06
They were out of production.
I do believe they are out of production
By: Wachnut : October 1st, 2023-15:28
These are all old pieces from the 00s . Martin Braun launched a new brand called Antoine Martin circa 2012 or so but I haven’t heard anything about that too in the last 6-7 years !