patrick_y
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Allow me to be critical...
1. This dial. The eagle's iris. I still find it a little "strange." And I'm not crazy about it. It's also stamped. And I think the indices and hands are made of steel (not gold).
2. This bracelet is beautifully constructed, expecially from that side profile where the links show real precision and being manufactured with micron tolerances. The manufacturing is impressive! But is it beautiful? Eye of the beholder. Is it practical? NO! The polished links all stick out and will show scratches first!
3. The crown with the compass rose, to me this is a little "lame." I feel the compass rose decoration is a little overdone and almost a juvenile choice. I know I'm being overly critical here.
4. The A223 steel is definitely harder, but watches that have been used certainly do show a lot of scratches on those polished bracelet links.
5. From a value perspective, compared to Patek's Nautilus and AP's Royal Oak, this is a great value. You've got a Geneva-Seal high quality movement at much less price, and this one is actually possible to obtain - the others are impossible with forever waiting lists. This one you'll get in a couple of years.
6. But from a true love perspective, I think I'm going to like the Nautilus more.
Watches and Wonders 2023: A review on the Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS.
I am not a super fan of these so-called " luxury sports watches ", and, among them, the Nautilus or the Royal Oak, with a preference for the Royal Oak, though. Same for the Vacheron 222. My favorite, till now, was the Girard Perregaux Laureato. As for the...
Superb write up Nico!
Stunning dial, this is the star of the show for me, yes, better with no date. I never noticed the circle around the sub dial until you pointed it out . Better without in my option, but not a reason to skip all together. The price is steep, if I was to mov...
This is a killer piece
I definitely am close to pulling the trigger. For me, I am waiting/hoping for a micro adjustment on the clasp. It would drive me crazy otherwise. Also, I'm not too thrilled on adding another steel bracelet watch, I'd prefer something fun like Ti..and agre...
Great review. I like everything about this piece except the 41 mm size.
38-39 mm would suit many more wrist. Luckily, the 8 mm thinness help a lot. I agree that any sport integrated bracelet watch should have maximum thickness of 9.5 mm to be qualified as "true chic and luxury sport watch". Anything beyond 10 mm shows not eno...
Another great review!
When the AE was first released it did not attract my attention as much as other releases. But since the XPS and other limited variants I had since changed my mind, appreciate them much more, and find them to be remarkable pieces and unique in their own ri...
Alot of Beautiful details, the dial finish, the side profile picture, wow, great pic of the crown and side case and the gorgeous movement
Great Review. I can understand why this reference would tempt you so much. S
What can I say! I agree with everything and I fell so hard in love with this one that…
It also made me fall in love with the AE collection in general! They are very comfortable!
Really! I know it’s almost shameful! Sometime too much is like not enough!
But hey, sometime when the opportunity strike you take it 😜
Great review, Nicolas.
I ordered through my AD and should be getting close. My only dislike is the bracelet aesthetic. I understand the design intent, but I don't like it. The polish, and the raised profile. I have what I think is a very solid idea to fix it. I need to make a s...
Thanks for this excellent review, mon ami.
My personal opinion: this watch is a stunner and a big hit! The price doesn't shock me at all compared to what some competitors dare to charge for much less. Personally, the date windows on the sister models don't bother me that much because they are in t...
Great write up Nicolas.
What I am not thrilled about: 1. Numerals 2. Small seconda hand. Would prefer central seconds or no seconds at all. Dont get the small seconds approach for such piece
Thanks for this in-depth analysis of your thoughts on this watch!
Even though I share some of your enthusiasm, I will personally not pull the trigger on this one, nor on the 1860, both of which I have tried on at W&W where they were presented to me by the late and great Jose Garcia. Let me explain precisely why. 1/ ...
Great review!
These are the best pictures of that watch and dial that I have seen on the web !! I can understand why others love that watch so much; design language being however very subjective I have to admit that the AE does not really "speak" to me.
Thanks for your detailed review
It resembles my feelings - it is 99% tempting but still not an immediate purchase for me. Non adjustable bracelet or clasp is for me the primary point at this price stage with this kind of bracelet - hey, it’s not a president! I cannot understand how a ma...
Great objective review
You made me realize many points which I would somehow miss on my own. Thanks for taking the time and share this with us!
I liked the alpine eagle from the start
... and ended up with the blue faced one. I handled the first ever XPS in the London boutique a few weeks ago, and it's definitely different to the regular one, but unlike you, I think some of the changes aren't entirely for the better. The loss of a mm o...
Another impressive in-depth review, Nico!👏👏👏
I believe it goes without saying that I’m a huge fan of this spectacular piece. With no prior purchase history, I’m especially shocked that I was fortunate to obtain one, which I’m wearing today: 1. Just to add to your review, the dial can change dependin...
Superb post!
For a fella who is not a tremendous fan of Genta-esque, integrated bracelet, sports watches, you rather liked this watch! The killer here is the movement. This is a wonderful movement. There is so much inner beauty here. And the Chopard 96 movement is not...
Allow me to be critical...
1. This dial. The eagle's iris. I still find it a little "strange." And I'm not crazy about it. It's also stamped. And I think the indices and hands are made of steel (not gold). 2. This bracelet is beautifully constructed, expecially from that side profi...
Can't wait to try it on!
I really like this one! Looking forward to acquiring mine later this year!
I have Nautilus’ poor imitation
GP Laureato, and it picked up scratches like there is no tomorrow. So I wouldn’t really fault Chopard’s polished center links. But for some reason I feel the overall design is more industrial and less refined than RO or Nautilus. Again I am only talking a...
more than three weeks....
...of wearing the alpine eagle XPS more or less continuously. and i still don't know completely how i feel about it. here are a few thoughts. the contrast of the pink dial and the white metal hands and indices (white gold?) is strikingly beautiful and giv...
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the more i look at my AE XPS the more i get convinced that the watch gains a lot of its distinctive estethics from the height of the hour markers, which makes the dial really three dimensional .
One of the best steel watches
It is almost perfect. There are basically 2 drawbacks: 1) central link that will eventually scratch; 2) 1mm too big in diameter. Don’t know how good the links bracelet are connected though.
Not yet
I was able to touch other alpine eagles. But I was disappointed with their movement finishing. Salmon one seems to have a great movement so this drawback is eliminated.