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The Theme:  "Your watches from the back.  Show us the movements!"

This is one of my personal favorites.  The brand "flies under the radar" and the movement is sublime.

Let's see your favorite.

HAGWE,
Mike
This message has been edited by mkt33 on 2015-02-26 11:02:34

I don't believe I've seen that piece before.

It is the standard release Masterpiece Chronograph.

The custom/ in-house movement design was a collaboration between ML and Andreas Strehler.

Its got a nice dial design ( at least I enjoy it a lot).  The little dots of lume and the lumed chrono hand shine bright so the chronograph and be used at night. 

The elapsed second hand is mounted on a 300 teeth center wheel (thus being able to record down to 1/5 of a second).  And because the teeth is so small, the center wheel is actually produced at MIMOTEC using UV-LIGA








Cheers, Mike



 

I always like this brand, modern and industrialized Masterpiece.

brand with their complications.  I think they took a little breather after their attempt to move upstream didnot go as well as they had hoped with Memoire 1.  At least now they are vertically integrated with a varied collection of mechanical watches.

Thanks, Mike

Cheers,

John

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beautiful!

Cheers, Mike

. . . this manual wind effort from Omega.

Fingers crossed on both hands the next-gen Railmaster comes equipped with a dateless version.

Hamilton cal 921, ensconced in an RGM 222.  If only the watch carried the same gravitas as the movement . . . This message has been edited by Dr No on 2015-02-26 10:37:11

but I completely agree with your analysis. 

Thanks for sharing Art.

Best, Mike

Completely different bridge layout between the two, but beautiful in their own ways. I like the use of two tones on the Omega

I'm going to show you two solid case backs, not a saphiire case back with movement. 

Great to see we are on the same wave, my friend!

I didn't know that one existed!

Best,

Nicolas

PS: More infos on that one?

Hi Nicolas,

I don't know an awful lot, but I read a few things here and there.

From the catalogues I have, the Ref 2499, which is the two subdial Chrono without date of the more common Cambre Carree 2498 always appears only with the white dial. So far, every 2499 with black dial was a Sultan of Oman commission. I only have seen one or two in Japan on offer that seemed to have a standard caseback, but I cannot be sure. However, often Japan gets different dial versions, something I have seen on other GP models, so quite possible.

The Sultan of Oman special commission is something that seems to have happened a few times, not only with GP. I'm aware of at least one Patek and I think even some others. I understand the Sultan of Oman is ordering a batch of watches with his coat of arms to give them away to government employees or military officers. What a nice dictator.

So I'm waiting for my Three-Golden-Bridges Angela Merkel commission. Bugger, I don't work directly for the government... on the other hand if I consider all the taxes I'm paying then I do work for the government

CC

Very nice dateless black dial! 

Bravo, my friend, that is such an uncommon catch!

Nicolas

PS: Yes, you should write to Angela... 

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Wonderful GPs.

Best, Mike

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Speaks for itself....

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I just thought a little gold might put a glow on the thread. Hope to see lots of backs this week!

Organic imho.

Great shot and thanks for sharing Tim.

Best, Mike

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the rocks!

I like that medallion a lot.

Thanks, Mike

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