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Great timepice, of course.
But I don't get the point of mechanical innovation when it isn't implemented in a way that makes the watch wearable. Even as an engineer and a tech enthusiast I can say that watches first have to be wearable and beautiful, then comes the rest, at least for me. This is a mechanical tour de force, I can't deny that, but the highest possible achievement would be to shrink the case down to wearable dimensions while still maintaining the exotic escapement. THAT would be worth every cent of its huge price. This is a great watch to look at, but is it really a good watch to wear?
2023 Girard Perregaux Neo Constant Escapement. Some thoughts.
In 2013, Girard Perregaux released the Constant Escapement which offers linear energy to the balance wheel thanks to an ultra thick ( 14 microns ) silicium blade buckling back and forth. The interest being that the amplitude is never the same all along it...
Very fascinating watch, to be sure.
The size is daunting, but I am very interested in it. I like seeing the design lineage from the Rolex project; that is very cool. What I do wonder is just how well the mechanism performs and is designed. I read somewhere that someone on the forum had an i...
Great timepice, of course.
But I don't get the point of mechanical innovation when it isn't implemented in a way that makes the watch wearable. Even as an engineer and a tech enthusiast I can say that watches first have to be wearable and beautiful, then comes the rest, at least fo...
I know the people who developed this at CSEM.
Very fascinating project and a pity it did not spread more. At the time they thought every manufacturer would rush to license it
Well, the story can go many ways/directions
For those who dont know CSEM it was originally created many decades ago as a consortium of Switzerland’s biggest corporates and it focused (at the time) on microelectronics. They developed the original/first ever quartz movement which was used later by Ro...
Thanks Nico!
The videos of this watch on YouTube are mesmerising. As you say, it’s a shame it’s not a little bit smaller but no doubt that will come in time. All the best, Jon
Thanks for all the information.
I like it a lot. The size is not a problem for me. The thickness is just ok. 👍
Has someone first hand and practical experience with thIs
GP force constante escapement?
This is the very definition of our horological pathology:
Pushing the boundaries of what is scientifically conceivable within an outdated technology. How not to be enthralled?
I also think the Neo Constant Escapement is more appealing
Aesthetically than the original ones But I reserve judgement till one day I can actually handle it in the metal Nonetheless it’s a pure beauty and true tour de force
Glorious.
This and the Neo Bridges (unsurprisingly) are my favorite GPs. The latest version is definitely my favorite here. Would love to experience it firsthand. Thanks for the excellent images, Filip
Technically this is one of the most impressive watches ever made.
It certainly shows of what GP is capable !!
