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I think there is a lot of confusion about what differentiates Freak vs. Freak X
Feb 10, 2019,20:38 PM
Below paragraph is taken verbatim from UN website describing the Freak X:
"The “baguette” movement is still a carousel, turning once on itself every hour to indicate the time. It is simpler, bolder, and has fewer wheels. It has no dial and no hands - the central bridge acts as a minute hand and one of the wheels indicates the hours."
Similar descriptions can be found in many reviews done by the watch dedicated blogs.
The Freak movement was called 'baguette' because of its linear arrangement of the movement wheels from center to the edge (also doubling as minute hand). This is not the case with Freak X, where most of the movement wheels are static and positioned under the dial in traditional arrangement.
Also, if the minute hand is shaped like a bridge, but doesn't support any movement parts, can it still be called 'bridge'?
Freak X is a nice watch per se, and I hope it sells well. But I still believe that the way it was marketed is doing disservice to the original Freak concept, with statement like the excerpt above positioning the Freak X too close to be what it isn't.
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