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Thanks for putting them

I think dreamer8 and FX answered really well, there is a work on this controversial subject done by Mr Haldimann.

If it is Hype? yes for sure but  as a consequence . Was it what was researched at first? I don't think so following the work of Mr Haldimann there is a logic in all that imho.

Francois

Upon further introspection... And this is probably a byproduct of this piece... It is perhaps a fitting conclusion to the series, that in the end, time doesn't matter. Might actually be humorous if you think about it.

this "watch" or "thing" brings a lot.

But no one would like it to be empty, you still look for something when you buy a high end watch like Haldimann. You look for craftmanship, mechanical feelings , "luxury" , and it has it all with a nice central tourbillon inside, like other beautiful watches. It just doesn't tell time or show mechanics, that what makes it so interesting.

oh they did already.....

but if they really did...there would be a small brick inside.....those Italians....

MO

Macchiavelli.

This watch is brilliant from all the reaction it brings, from the owner point of view when you wear it and from outside.

Few watches are really different, this one (if we can call that a watch), is definitely ^^

... a talking piece.

Neing a talking piece is not the main goal of it, just a consequence or a secondary one.

Again as dreamer8 and Foversta said, there is a list of work of Mr Haldimann beofre this one which gives even more sense.  It brings a lot of impressions for the guy who wears it, intellectual pleasure and fun, other sensations that just looking at time or mechanics; wind up, weight, sound (and when you look at it you see yourself, I find that detail really brillant).

For sure it is a controversial piece (maybe the most controversial of all), but the more a majority hates it, the more it get stronger for those who loves it imho.

After wearing it and looking at reactions, I love it more and more  

cheers

Francois

does this piece of "art" cost?

brain-dead but breathing?

in a nice case... 
This message has been edited by Mostel on 2012-03-14 17:15:12

 

We know or should khow how fool we are to love those useless things. As you say it exposes it, it gives a lot of fun and at the same time it is a really beautiful and discrete "watch", it is assuming what we are.

You look at it, you smile, you can make as much philosophy as you want after some drinks, you can talk about it with people for hours more than any other , isn't that what you actually want from a watch?

These are reasons why I love it.

cheers

Francois

I love watches because of the micro mechanics but if the micro mechanics doesn't do anything it makes no sense. I understand it's Art but I am not into art. That's just my 2cents.
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SamEE

It doesn't do nothing, it ticks, you can hear it, wind it, and look at it, it just doesn't give time. And you have a secret movement which is actually beautiful.

Making a far fetched comparison, buying a vintage Longines 13Zn, you have a chronograph like many others at that time but the noble heart of it is fantastic, which you cannot notice looking at the watch behind a steel caseback. Do you buy buy a Longines 13 ZN for the function? I don't think so . The Haldimann does the same adding controversy like no other.

Just my 2 cents

Francois

In any event, I won't be placing an order for one, so someone can have mine.

Or would it express the fragility of time and futility of perpetuating mechanical motion? 

I like to hear its tic-tock .

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The brutal truth is that when people start spending silly money on a watch that is not really a watch, I think it really goes to show that we as collectors have spoilt them - the watch makers.

not the matchmaker.  Watchmaker are the toy maker that makes us happy.
If we were sane, we would not be here

This "watch" make you focus on its beauty, on the feelings, on the sound of tick tock of tourbillon. Your view is not altered by time or a caliber moving. I like this idea and the feeling on the wrist.

Few watch make people laugh, think and talk like that. And horology is there to have good times, this one give them to you.

my 2 cents

Francois

on the Dark Side of the Moon.

... when listening to Mr Haldimann himself at Basel fair last week and watching all the hype that came out of this "watch" do I believe he thinks it has been worth the effort