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Interesting comparison of movement designs...
Hi Bill,
Great article. Very thought provoking with respect to preferences in movement design. I hate to say it, as nice as cal. 1400 looks, and although I am not a fan of huge watches, I definitely fall into the catagory of always feeling cal 1400 was too small. I also thought it was odd that knowing watch designs and preferences were moving in the directing of larger cases, that VC would choose to design such a small movement as one of their 1st in-house movements.
I was not initially bothered by cal 4400, I was more or less relieved that its a nice size movement for the Historique American 1921. However, after viewing the pictures you posted of VC's from previous decades it did become clear that VC has moved away from its movement design heritage.
I guess I will reserve my final judgments about the movement and watch until I see them in person. However, at least for now I love the case shape and design of the watch enough that I could probably forgive VC's deviation from their more traditional or expected movement designs.
Best regards,
Dino
Musings on the Caliber 4400....
