Independents

The Zenith Caliber 707 Observatory Movement "Kartoffel" makes a Return. I found this on Instagram and was pleasantly surprised 😊 He has a very interesting Profile, works together with Cyril Brivet-Naudot who is a well known Independent Watchmaker at Art M...  

Crash vibes although nowhere near a copy. My only question is about what I assume is the crown on the back of the watch. Does/would that affect how comfortable it wears on the wrist?

The Crown on mine is bigger and it's comfortable, I reckon the slimmer crown on the watch by Luc is even more so.

I kind of misspoke with the Crash reference. I think it is the most popular/well known asymmetric watch out there and I think new asymmetric models will be compared to it whether it was intended or not. Making the case around the contours of the case make... 

This certainly fits well into the Shaped Movements conversation. Emmanuel should be happy to see this.

I like your Zenith much better. Best, Emmanuel

E.T.'s head, but that is a very cool watch. Not often you see a case following the movement shape of an old movement like that, if ever. That said, I think I like yours better !

Definitely like it but then so I do yours. I was about to ask about the crown on the back but you already answered that one 😊👍🏻

The two small black strips located at 6 o'clock are an indication that the watch was used at the Neuchatel Observatory Chronometer Competion during the 1960s, the strips are Precision Markers used for measuring the accuracy of the seconds hand as it cross...