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Unfortunately this is the new normal. Formerly there was pride to deliver best craftsmanship without bragging about. It simply went without saying. Now storytelling and dazzling is often the only what you get and you have to pay way more for less than before. This true in the watchmaking sector, in the hospitality, the gastronomy, car industry, clothing, everywhere. Poor mankind. Fortunately the last dinosaurs that still know will be soon dead and no one will be left to complain about the new lows praised to be the utmost best. That is life.
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Enjoying this rear view of the AP QP Skeleton Amazingly, older generations of the skeleton have sometimes even more finer finishing! Cheers Peter ...
Exciting photo Sir!
I would agree the older finishes are finer. But that is not the essence of this model.
Wondering if there are particular artisans focused on this movement?
Would be interesting! Cheers Peter
Amazingly, older generations of the skeleton have sometimes even more finer finishing!
Enthusiasts have been paying more and getting less for a long, long time now. Higher prices, yet more industrialization and machine finishing. Higher profits aren't being routed to products but rather to marketing, advertising and wooing VIPs. AP is among...
Hand finishing is an art...
And it does seem there are fewer craftsman that can finish like this, but it's understandable. Is musical or athletic talent passed down easily? Probably somewhat but not 1000%. If anything what I can say is that the finishings on the exterior have been e...
True...
Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel - with the development of the Universelle - it provides a blueprint for haute mechanical movements at least across its lines. The core of the split second mechanism in the Universelle seems to be already consi...
It is definitely one of the most elevated pieces...
At least. Finishing outside and inside Cheers Peter
I believe it's a third generation...
1120 to 2120 to 5134 to 5135... If you look at old skeletonized perpetuals, there are clearly similarities! Peter