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NWD: Berneron Mirage x2
I had a wonderful experience picking up my Berneron Mirage 34 Viridian and Tiger Eye from the workshop today.
The moment I saw the Mirage 34 a few years ago, I was immediately drawn to it. It felt like a breath of fresh air, and as I dove in, I was surprised to learn that the design comes with innovation.
Some ideas; that as far as I can tell are genuinely new “firsts” in watchmaking:
- Shaping the case around the movement to maximize power reserve:area
- Putting the hour hand above the minute hand to reduce thickness (on the 38)
- Hand-carving the small seconds area in stone, to reduce thickness and avoid a harsh break on the dial (on the 34)
- Special gearing on the date window of the Quantieme, so all numbers are equidistant as opposed to later numbers being crammed
Some of these ideas seem so obvious in retrospect, and watchmaking is so old, that it makes you wonder “how has no one thought of this before?” I suppose all the best ideas are like that.
The intersection of (beautiful design, innovative engineering, smart business sense) is a a difficult one to achieve, so kudos to Berneron; I’m excited to see what comes next!
NWD: Berneron Mirage x2
I had a wonderful experience picking up my Berneron Mirage 34 Viridian and Tiger Eye from the workshop today. The moment I saw the Mirage 34 a few years ago, I was immediately drawn to it. It felt like a breath of fresh air, and as I dove in, I was surpri...
Fabulous pair! Congrats!
The shaped movement follows the case shape with no short cut, well done!
I like the shaped watch, but the Quantieme look really nice : )
...and pricey. In the photos they look thicker than the stated 10mm...
They wear really nicely in person.
It does feel more compact than my 11mm 1815 Chrono.
Going off of this photo...
...if it is actually 10mm, then that is fairly remarkable... Hodinkee ...
