A photo session with the Blancpain Villeret GMT Reveil
Despite being an exceptional travel watch with both aesthetic and functional virtues there's actually not too much coverage on this beautiful timepiece to be found.  It may very well be that since we all are very accustomed to the GMT Reveil from its pre...
there are fashions, there are hypes, there are trends...and there is old-school comme-il-faut watchmaking....
those photos with those incredible beautiful details just scream top class watchmaking.... thanks for this wonderful presentation Henrik...
Beautiful photos
Love that curvaceous hand, the one I assume to be a GMT hand. Blancpain still has a marketing challenge, when I consider how under-appreciated the Villeret line watches are. How would you jumpstart brand recognition?
Thanks! Now, when it comes to appropriate recognition...
... I am the wrong person to comment since I personally appreciate Blancpain and their beautiful and very well executed timepieces for more than two decades. I have my own theory that after the heavy marketing years with Jean Claude Biver at the helm the ...
Great photos!
Hi They look superb. Very nice alarm watch - GMT function is an added bonus. Is the power reserve indicator for the alarm? Cheers JML
Dear Henrik,
thank you for this interesting post. I didn’t even know, that this model exists... Is this the equivalent to the Breguet Réveil du Tsar? Best, Thomas
It is. The calibre was a joint development of Blancpain and Breguet...
... and it was introduced simultaneously with the Breguet Reveil du Tsar and the Blancpain Leman GMT Reveil around 2003/2004. Cheers Henrik
Interesting...
The BP dial is much cleaner and attracts me more than the Breguet dial. Perhaps I get the chance to see it in the flesh. Cheers, Thomas