BaselWorld 2018 - Phenomen
To start off my BaselWorld reports this year I would like to show you the watch of a new French brand Phenomen. Phenomen is based in Besançon the old French watchmaking capital not far from the Swiss bourder in the departement Doubs. With an esthetique de...
Reminds me of ....
another watch manufacturers product, I will think of the name in a minute.... probably just a coincidence.
In person its a nice watch and wears nice as well but its a bit to much
Urwerk and MB&F (HM4) imho
For sure but you won’t make a mistake between a Rolex and a KV 😉
Here the case has such a special shape easier to get it mixed up with at least one or two well known other brands 😏 Best wishes Alkiro
Meh
But I’m not a fan of the Urwerk and Mb&F’s with those weird lay outs either. Despite finding the technically cool and interesting.
I thought the MBF & UrWerk forms have a loose connection to a watch from the 70’s
I think a quartz digital. So this new brand using that form is not an outright copy, maybe they can mature and offer a new perspective at a reasonable price point compared to MBF & UrWerk. However I have a problem with the minutes retrograde and having to...
Too close to MB&F and Urwerk
I don't understand these new creations because an independent should try to be unique, with his own design. I agree that both Urwerk and max Busser has revealed their inspirations from past design, but there are so many variations to choose amongst
Seems like a tough crowd here so far
Although I too was reminded of the MB&F Horological Machines, I applaud their effort and wish them luck!
I'm not the target market, but...
...it would be an immediate pass for me. Looks way too much like Urwerk. Why an independent would spend all that time, money and effort to make something in the mold of another very distinctive independent boggles my mind. Cheers, John
Somewhere out there an URWERK 202
is running around asking every MB&F HM4 to take a DNA test to find out who the father is. NickO
I am sort of perplexed by these responses, I guess that my pictures must be poor ...
I am sort of perplexed by these responses, do we respond as such to a new round watch being released? There have been many more round watches to copy. I guess that my pictures must be poor. Except that the watch is not round I do not see the big resemblan...
Totally agree, Don
Someone's heart and soul (not to mention considerable amount of $$$) went into making this. It's not an everyday piece in a classical form, but it's not Invicta either. Surely they know they have narrowed themselves to a very narrow potential customer bas...
Automotive designer: you can see the design cues that MB&F or Urwerk also copied
Don, I saw a distinct difference from some of the observers here. The tailfins of automobile from the 1950s/60s that themselves were copies from the Space science fiction. The case shape like the Star Wars movie speeders and air craft. People forget that ...
Its interesting in concept and has a lot of things I like about it..
but at what price point are they pitching it at Don? It doesnt seem to have the same degree of finishing that the other high level indies have, but if it is priced at that, then perfectly OK. I do see some influences from other brands, but enough individu...