Urban Jurgensen & ACollectedMan joins for a very good cause !
all the profits from this watch is donated to the Wellcome Trust towards COVID-19 Medical Research !! UJ is known for its classic aesthetics with teardrop lugs & Observatory hands.... further to that very special Racing Green dial with Clou de Paris...the...
Impressively all sold!
For a good cause. Not a bad dial but I still prefer the Alfred in 40mm although I like the fact that the date window at 6 o'clock on the standard model has been removed resulting in a cleaner dial. My question would be how does the Frederic Piguet movemen...
Big 8 is kind of entry level UJ, so I'm doubtful if the FP movement is better finished comparing to Alfred movement.
Alfred is more attractive partially due to the Breguet numerals !
Interestingly Mahesh
Both the Alfred and Big 8 are priced similarly and where one in a proprietary manual movement, the other is an outside sourced automatic movement. The manual movement is always nicer to look at in my opinion. I am not sure if UJ finishes the Frederic Pigu...
I totally agree Mahesh!
The manual movements of UJ for me are a lot more impressive than the Frederic Piguet 1160.
Beautiful dial color...
...but the blued hands look like they might get lost. Also (very important), the numerals 'V' through 'VIII' should be flipped 180-degrees.
and 4 is IV...
i got the same doubt on the hands vs dial but pictures are hard to predict the contrast levels.
Superb initiative and superb watch !
Thanks for the info my friend, I would have missed something interesting without you mentioning it here 👍