A difficult task indeed.

Thanks for your constructive comment and not biting my wrist as someone else did
You're absolutely right: any tonneau case is related to Richard Mille, usually by lack of historical knowledge. Franck Muller popularised it a lot in the 90s, then came Richard Mille with the success we all know.
Nevertheless there are many other iterations of rounded, square shapes or different as recently Berneron (similar to a Cartier crash) also depending the inspiration or technical approach. If you have a Tourbillon skeletonized, you are also a Richard Mille copy cat !
Same in the automotive industry : you car hardly recognize a Mercedes from an Audi or a BMW.
I am not very active as I am traveling a lot and still enjoying reading the community time to time but I'll keep you updated.
Best, Daniel

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By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-07:49

Morning folks, Saw a new post of the account "wrk_timepieces" Very modern design. I like it! Let's see the next steps. Have a nice Sunday. ...

Really pretty case design.

By: AuHavrePro : February 11th, 2024-07:57

it reminds me something...

By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : February 11th, 2024-09:06

But I think it's accidental. ...

Purely accidental. A coincidence. Nothing else. :)

By: amanico : February 11th, 2024-09:13

As it was with Franck Muller...

By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-10:28

When Richard Mille launched is brand... Wasn't expecting this comparaison as I don't see similarities there but we have all our biases, don't we ? If we are following your comment, could we then conclude that Richard Mille mixed a Franck Muller and a Roya...

What's your bias?

By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : February 11th, 2024-12:47

Do you own/ work/have any interest in this brand? Just guessing, silent for 12 years (last time talking about RM, accidentally) and now here you are. We can pretend to be either naive or blind, to each his own.

My answers :

By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-13:55

I find really weird answering this kind of questions. I am not having any biases, as a fan of beautiful things, I am interested by new brands and visions: hence my recent post of Lederer CIC or a couple of years ago Richard Mille. You know time flies... T...

Could you compare a McLaren and a Pagani ?

By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-10:40

I wouldn't but why not

Well

By: EinPA : February 11th, 2024-10:42

Omega sea master did the shape in the 70’s and then a small brand (Brew Watches) also used it more recently imo

I guess the first Tonneau shape was Cartier

By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-10:46

And afraid that it will turn on the infinite debate as the 'chicken & egg".

That angular look with soft edges

By: EinPA : February 11th, 2024-11:07

Was a theme in 70’s design. A number of brands did it. There were varying degrees of arcing and bulging the basic form that resulted

I quite like this period

By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-11:15

Patek Philippe were also doing bold designs

Agree…

By: EinPA : February 11th, 2024-16:14

I think it was generally under appreciated and perhaps the dawn of the quartz movement completely overshadowed what was going on in terms of design and really the introduction of color to a degree that really hadn’t been seen before. I think it also usher...

Exactly !

By: daniel_coste : February 11th, 2024-16:50

Generally speaking, we need more cases which are not round.

By: Jay (Eire) : February 11th, 2024-15:12

So on that basis alone I’m interested to see this. Unfortunately, due to the success of RM over the last decade or so, any brand that comes to market with a case remotely similar or pitched in a similar way, will draw comparison and potentially negative t...

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