Boccanegra
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Hopefully simpler!
Jun 06, 2023,08:30 AM
Although I'd put a lot of functional complexity in here, at heart this is an automatic minute repeater, perpetual calendar with a 24 hour function, all elements that the Patek 3974 had in a 36mm x 12mm case in 1989 (though, to be fair, it doesn't have the carillon or cathedral chime). Everything else is about adjustment and triggering). Or another way of looking at it is that it's like the Superbia Humanitatis but without the two barrels, the G&PS, the flyback rattrapante chronograph, the thermometer, the moonphase, the equation of time, or the flying tourbillon. in a case 3mm wider and 3.6mm thinner.
Obviously wouldn't be a cheap watch to produce but that wasn't a constraint. Either way, not something I'd ever own but thought it was fun to think about.
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Fantasy watch review challenge
By: Boccanegra : June 4th, 2023-20:51
A post a little while ago by Art Collector (“3 watches that sing to me”) made me ponder that oft-considered rhetorical question “what is the minimum number of high-end watches that could represent a forever collection?”. Even assuming an exemption for rel...
That's quite a watch!
By: patrick_y : June 4th, 2023-20:58
A repeater, world time, alarm, and perpetual calendar watch. Geez! Uhh... If I were to design a watch, I'd want it to be able to do everything! Oh! Wait! They already make one of those! It's called APPLE WATCH! Joking aside, what a wonderfully fun post! T...
Interesting ...
By: Kurt Behm : June 4th, 2023-21:41
I think 'Forever' watches exist, but not among advocates of watch forums like ours. Unless it's an heirloom or gift from a special person, in my experience, nothing is forever. For over 5 years I had a Patek 5020, AP Royal Oak Offshore Moonphase Perpetual...
Hopefully simpler!
By: Boccanegra : June 6th, 2023-08:30
Although I'd put a lot of functional complexity in here, at heart this is an automatic minute repeater, perpetual calendar with a 24 hour function, all elements that the Patek 3974 had in a 36mm x 12mm case in 1989 (though, to be fair, it doesn't have the...
All powerpoint, I'm afraid
By: Boccanegra : June 6th, 2023-08:16
Thanks for the thoughts - the planetarium stuff is cool but wasn't something I wanted in a world timer; the astronomical watch would be another of the four forever pieces. And no clever software; I just mocked up in ppt!
