nwk00
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I think
Jul 25, 2019,23:45 PM
comparing to the brands(for simple time only watches) you have mentioned, it can hold its weight. More interior angles and nice rounded anglage. Points for trying to do different kinds of finishing on the ratchet and winding wheel. In terms of the brands probably MG, Lange and then UJS for levels of hand decoration in that order.
It's difficult to place ADC right now because they are evolving. They started off like Kari's Observatoire by using a famous old chronometer movement as base and then reinventing it. Kari used the Peseux 260 in his Observatoire and ADC used the Omega 266 derived from the 30 series movement. This solves a lot of the performance issue of the watch. Both brands will certify their watches Beasancon upon request. If you follow them on social media(or visit their website), you will notice their work has been improving. The most obvious is ADC 88 compared with the earlier works. They break down the movement plates further and try to give them a personal interpretation of how the movement curves should flow. More plates means more surfaces to apply hand work on, and one plate was even mirror polished; but the thing i like most is how the interior angle on the main plate is shaped. The interaction between the bulge before the cut into plate for the interior angle reminded me of the Simplicity. If you randomly drop ship these "features" sometimes the effect is muted. Therefore on some level they took the beauty of movement architect into consideration, as much as possible, since they have to work with legacy issues like positions of jewels, gears etc from the donor movement.
Regarding the teeth of the gears on the ratchet wheel, I have seen the macros and they look good. The shape of the teeth is not as pretty as the Dufour one yet but I have no doubt they will improve in the future.
ADC is run by two men. One is Santiago Martinez who is a vintage watch dealer. He is responsible for the design of the case and dial, which explains why their watches look a certain way. The other is Moebius Rassmman, who is responsible for the movement. They take constructive comments well so I am surprise at your experience. They do bespoke stuff but I think it cannot stray too much from their artistic intention.