I think the responses and conclusions can be summarized as "Square Hole but Round Peg". The basic nature of watch movement parts ie: gears, coil springs, date wheels, etc tend to be round. So the corners of a square movement are mostly not "functional" in
Vianney has been improving quite a few things on the initial product and servicing this generation is indeed -very-costly. This means that once the upgrade done, the next service, simple one, should be much, much less. I've seen Classic serviced for aroun
Another Gold/Pfeil but by Frank Jutzi at about 1/3 the price of the VIanney Halter I think I traded this when I got deeply into Grand Seikos and Credors… Can’t remember Wife said NO pretty firmly on this spacey watch. So I went for the classic and have ne
I recall reading an article/post that either all or some of the watchmakers were not paid in full by GPfeil who fell on hard times after the launch. One of those were allegedly Urwerk who did a TV screen watch with power reserve for that series. And not a
I love this watch. Super cool and unique design, inspired by vintage film camera. Very wearable. >20 years old but still look quite modern to me. Price hasn't gone crazy for these too. I've considered finding one to add to my collection, but stopped after
Who has done a jumping seconds watch? There's FPJ's Vegabondage Harry Winston X Vianney Halter had one too sort of where the last few seconds of the minute countdown I believe EDIT: for clarity, I mean true jumping seconds kind of like the digital minute
In this excellent thread there was a discussion about Peripheral Rotors www.watchprosite.com / Before that Peripheral Rotors weren't really on my radar, I remember hearing about Vianny Halter's "Mystery Rotor" but since it was a Mystery I never delved int