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Yes Magnus. This piece IS and will remain polarising, and I think I agree with you in that
It will have more who will see it as "not so appealing".
For me, pushed to give an opinion, I like the movement most of all....hence my previous analogy of the woman!
I am glad these guys made the watch. It means to my analysis, that the industry is becoming more brave and willing to take enormous risks. For anything outside of medicine, I applaud this. In fact, when I say this, I also admit that I was too hasty with blasting Opus 8.
I agree it is a design by comittee at least to the mind of a collector that has been exposed to many works.
It will find 30 homes in 30 hearts ( I hope) and not safe deposit boxes.
Launch of Maitre du Temps Chapter One in Singapore
Maitre du Temps unveiled the Chapter One grand complication yesterday at Il Lido on Sentosa Island here in Singapore. Present was Roger Dubuis, who along with Peter Speake-Marin and Christophe Claret form the trio of watchmakers that established Maitre du...
Part IV: The Watch
The Watch It is a rare occasion that an entire event is built around a single watch which attracts such a huge amount of attention constantly throughout the evening as the Chapter One did last night....
My thoughts at the VERY moment were..and I am honest.
The movement in a watch of this class is INCREDIBLE. It is exactly like the finest wine..I mean just look at it. And then it hit me that I had always thought of the movement as a wine..but in reality, it is more like a woman's body. Sexy and erotic in a m...
without seeing the watch, I see your point and only disagree slightly
Again I have not seen the watch, but if it's going to be basically unwearable, why not make the case super sexy and unique too? This looks to be a fairly boring case of classic design and crazy proportions. I'd love to see this supercar engine housed in a...
Bernard, here is a dissenting voice...
that this watch is quite a (dare I say?) disappointment for me. In my view it is in line with current mainstream high horology, and lacks (for me) cutting edge original thinking or intellectually appealing concepts in terms of: - chronometrical merit - mo...
Part V: The Watch (continued)
The Watch The Chapter One is an immense watch, both in terms of physical presence as well as technical complexity, no doubt thanks to the unique skills, in terms of watchmaking, production and design, of each of the three watchmakers. This message has bee...
Part VI: Chapter One press images and technical specifications
Chapter One — Technical Specifications Manual-wind mechanical movement, one-minute tourbillon, mono-pusher chronograph, retrograde date indicator, retrograde GMT indicator, day of the week indication on roller, patented precise moon phase indication on ro...
Awesome SJX. What can I say.
Hi SJX, I guess a simple thank you. Your reporting is second to none. thanks Bill
Thank you all very much for your constructive comments
Chapter One is the result of many years of development by Christophe Claret, Roger Dubuis, Peter Speake-Marin and myself, and our goal was to create a watch which reflected all of the strengths of the team rather than anyone individual. The aim was always...
