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Entry-level?
In the thread about the cal. 215, Lutz used the phrase "entry-level" in his argument for not judging PP to heavily on their finishing. Lutz, please correct me if I am wrong, but I understood your argument this way that one could not expect the same quality from an entry-level watch as for example from a grand complication.
I'd like to oppose the use of the entry-level term in general and specifically on PP watches.
What IS an entry-level watch? The least expensive watch? The least complicated watch? The watch made of the least expensive material?
If it's the first assumption, then it should be easy to define at which sum of money the entry-level is surpassed. How many $$ does it take to cross the border.
If it's the second assumption, then Phillippe Dufour's Simplicity is entry level, as would be a Lange 1815 in platinum and a "standard" AP RO. And, of course all Calatravas and Gondolos.
If it's the third assumption, the PP 5085/1A would become an entry-level watch being (the only?) PP in SS.
My conclusion is that "entry-level" is a term that doesn't make sense - and that it shouldn't!
When PP, AP, Lange and all the other high-end watch companies advertise for their products, they praise the craftmanship, the quality, the construction, the design - everything in their whole collection. They don't single out the most expensive watches and claim they are better finished than the less expensive.
Because if they do so they step away from the non plus ultra which would be the only reason for spending huge amounts of money on their products.
So, as a customer, I have every right to expect no less that the utmost perfection from ANY watch those manufacturers produce. No manufacturer is better than the products he makes, and if he combines his name with perfection, then his consumers are right in combining perfection with his products.
Sven
