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Always gorgeous rattrapante .

 

Personally this VC is one of the best of 2021 release so far.





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Here I would not be so enthusiast... The power reserve at 6 kills the purity and the beauty of the superb dial. And even if it is a nice automatic movement, it is automatic. I would have preferred manual.

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-08:27

look at the price & i doubt we'll discuss further ;-)

 
By: mahesh : April 7th, 2021-08:47

True. I suppose the quirk makes it distinguishable

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 7th, 2021-18:10
Personally So far it is the nicest release after Tudor's. Possibly the nicest chronograph release of 2021

I just saw!

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-23:31

Breitling spoiled this release just a little bit... ;-)

 
By: Reuven Malter : April 7th, 2021-08:33

Why 15 only?

 
By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : April 7th, 2021-08:53

The price? ;)

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-08:57

Quite affordable!

 
By: Pun : April 7th, 2021-09:05

We wish 😅

 
By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : April 7th, 2021-09:30

Ah, this is relative! ;)

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-15:40

😊

 
By: Pun : April 7th, 2021-19:38

It seems MSRP is $288k, limited to 15 pieces👍

 
By: FabR : April 7th, 2021-21:27

It seems I am limited, too. Very limited. :)))

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-23:21

😂❤️

 
By: FabR : April 8th, 2021-06:05

;)

 
By: amanico : April 8th, 2021-07:02

Moonphase at 6...manual wind...I will wait : )

 
By: mdg : April 7th, 2021-15:41

Moon phase or power reserve???

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-15:43

It's automatic...power reserve is pointless. I'll take a moonphase instead...

 
By: mdg : April 7th, 2021-15:46

Me too, but it is a power reserve and that kills the watch for me.

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-15:47

And why 42.5mm?

 
By: mdg : April 7th, 2021-15:48
Seems excessively large...

They used the Patrminony Chrono case, didn't they? How big is it? 42, 43 mm?

 
By: amanico : April 7th, 2021-22:44

For this movement, the power reserve is actually necessary

 
By: jmpTT : April 8th, 2021-04:10
From the PDF owner’s manual, available for download on the VC website, the split seconds chronograph function should only be operated when the power reserve is between 3/4 and 1. Why download the owner’s manual? For the fantasy, of course.

This reduces the interest of this watch, I mean the short time slot.

 
By: amanico : April 8th, 2021-05:53

Great...a watch with a function that's only available 25% of the time.

 
By: mdg : April 8th, 2021-07:13
I want to time an event...quick, wind the watch!!

That's it. Sorry but not for me.

 
By: amanico : April 8th, 2021-07:21

Style over function

 
By: Tick Talk : April 8th, 2021-07:41
I can't quite process the implications for VC of this astonishing compromise of function. One of not many.

a snip from the manual

 
By: Tick Talk : April 11th, 2021-10:26
Another surprise; running the chronograph continuously is not recommended. Blancpain, through F. Piguet, have been able to accomplish this with their rattrapante for decades. Are "ultra thin" bragging points (10.72mm cased vs 8.4mm for same movement in Ha...  

Surprising, indeed.

 
By: amanico : April 11th, 2021-11:01

VC needs a disclaimer on their adverts

 
By: Tick Talk : April 15th, 2021-07:36
"Do not try this at home" ;-) ...  

LOL. Good one!

 
By: amanico : April 15th, 2021-08:25

I think it is an interesting quirk/weakness rather than a legitimate dealbreaker

 
By: jmpTT : April 8th, 2021-10:17
I don't have any automatic chronograph watches with a power reserve today, but when I did own one, most of the time the indicator showed the watch was fully charged. The related question is, "How efficient is the peripheral winder to the task of winding u... 

Thanks for sharing this, Gelato — I’m with the previous friends in not being a fan of the power reserve down at 6 o’clock, but an exclusive and technically very interesting new release👍Perhaps the best I have seen this year from them. Cheers.

 
By: FabR : April 7th, 2021-21:26

Yes FabR

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 9th, 2021-03:40
I also feel it is not clean, all I am saying that it is one of the better release this year. Perhaps they should have made it smaller and more minimalist.

Love the looks of this. I have no issue with the PR. It may be a tad big but i find this very tasty overall.

 
By: ChetBaker : April 8th, 2021-05:27

totally agree, a smaller simple PR would be much cleaner, but maybe they intentionally want to emphasize it as complication look rather than clean look.

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 9th, 2021-03:42
No message body

Love the cal. 3500

 
By: quattro98 : April 8th, 2021-06:48
I like the finishing, peripheral rotor, and power reserve. Just like the Harmony, I'll be lucky if I ever get to see one in person, but it makes me happy that it exists at all.

the rotor and PR makes it gorgeousness distinct compare to other chronograph

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 9th, 2021-03:43

An amazing piece indeed but I am not so partial to the PR at 6 🤔🤷‍♂️

 
By: holdemchamp1225 : April 11th, 2021-09:32

Yes everyone seems to agree on PR.😀

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 11th, 2021-09:54

How come I am not surprise.... ;)

 
By: amanico : April 11th, 2021-09:55

Stop reading my mind then 🤣🤣

 
By: holdemchamp1225 : April 11th, 2021-11:23

:))) Am I Vlad or am I not?

 
By: amanico : April 11th, 2021-13:38

🤣🤣

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 11th, 2021-23:01

;)

 
By: amanico : April 15th, 2021-08:25

🙈🙊🙉😜🤣

 
By: holdemchamp1225 : April 16th, 2021-16:06

Gorgeous release !

 
By: Ping.Timeout : April 15th, 2021-23:35

This is definitely my top 3 favorite releases from Watches and Wonders this year

 
By: singingbee : April 19th, 2021-10:17
And one of the most impressive watch I seen from VC. If I have this kind of money, will definitely go for it.

👍👍

 
By: Gelato Monster : April 19th, 2021-14:44