At least in my book. I came very close to buying it, in the silver / cream dial and gold hands and indices. I was very impressed how slender the watch was, and how nicely it wore on my wrist.
The Big Pilot 43 is the best thing they've come up with in years. I am really impressed with this model. I couldn't stand what Kern was doing in terms of bringing almost the entire line > 42mm, the over-reliance on brand ambassadors at the expense of a dr...
If anything, the current direction is worse. Everything you mentioned about what Kern did is happening tenfold. Brand ambassadors, alliance with MB F1, awful BP iterations (especially Lewis Hamilton editions), etc. "In-house" movements that are designed b...
If you say that matters have further degraded with Kern's successor, I take your word for it. I guess I just found the transition from Bluemlein to Kern brutal, with a loss of substance along the way. Now, granted, everyone cannot be Guenter Bluemlein. An...