My Threads

It was very kind of them to offer an earlier delivery and lower price to you. Do you know why they did so? (was another collector unable to make their deposit?)

Tbh I think Berneron is one of the only independents thinking about how to run a sustainable business. I doubt most of the indies will be around 10 years from now, but Sylvain at least has a fighting chance.

I hope you enjoy these photos of my 414.028 😄

We're overly dependent on electricity in the same way we're overly dependent on hospitals and modern medicine. Sure, if those things went away we'd be in for a bad time, but the "dependence" isn't a bad thing because it improves our QoL, survivability, adaptability, etc. People before electricity li

If you ever decide to sell this, please LMK!

LF is still chugging along but the massive drop in aftermarket has got to be hurting the brand. They've not kept up with trends/markets like sub-40mm watches etc. Mindshare and aftermarket for the brand seems to be slowly recovering, but I think they could be more aggressive with interesting new rel

Accidentally replied to myself instead of the thread!

After listening to Hodinkee's podcast on Sylvain, I think Berneron is one of the only modern independents giving a serious thought to how to actually run a business resilient to failure. They are accounting for things like having to do mass recalls, weathering protracted downturns, etc. Super intere

Berneron's goal was never to make only quirky asymmetric watches - sticking with the same design aesthetic would be contrary to the whole ethos of Berneron. Sylvain left Breitling because he was trapped within their design constraints. If he does the same with Berneron, why leave Breitling? It was n

The flames actually look like flames, at least from head on! Side profile is a bit less flattering. Looks like they had to add extra metal to the tip of the flame for sturdiness.