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Thanks again Emmanuel for your wonderful post.
Your observations and the comments of community members here are interesting, even illuminating. I plan to share this post with my contact at PF - North America.
As an additional comment, I'm mystified by the refusal to allow you to photograph the movement. I had no such restriction at WW25 and there are dozens, if not hundreds, of photos of the movement online. The refusal seems silly.
Like you, I'm also a fan of manual winding movements and the sensory pleasure of the winding experience. So I was elated that Guido announced with the reintroduction of the line that all new Toric watch movements would be manual winding and made in gold. This is a great differentiator for the Toric from both the Tonda line and from many other higher end watches. So I am a big fan of that decision. But like a couple of posters here I find that the movement doesn't quite "blow my socks off" like I would expect. I'd give it a "7" or maybe "8" on a scale of "10" from a visual "wow factor."
On the question of strap width, I prefer wide straps or, perhaps I should say, wider straps. They seem to stabilize a watch on my 18.1cm wrist. Finally, I thought the new buckle with logo was a nice touch (although I will admit to not paying it much attention).
Thank you again for your excellent and informative post.
M4
As an additional comment, I'm mystified by the refusal to allow you to photograph the movement. I had no such restriction at WW25 and there are dozens, if not hundreds, of photos of the movement online. The refusal seems silly.
Like you, I'm also a fan of manual winding movements and the sensory pleasure of the winding experience. So I was elated that Guido announced with the reintroduction of the line that all new Toric watch movements would be manual winding and made in gold. This is a great differentiator for the Toric from both the Tonda line and from many other higher end watches. So I am a big fan of that decision. But like a couple of posters here I find that the movement doesn't quite "blow my socks off" like I would expect. I'd give it a "7" or maybe "8" on a scale of "10" from a visual "wow factor."
On the question of strap width, I prefer wide straps or, perhaps I should say, wider straps. They seem to stabilize a watch on my 18.1cm wrist. Finally, I thought the new buckle with logo was a nice touch (although I will admit to not paying it much attention).
Thank you again for your excellent and informative post.
M4
Thank you so much.
Concerning the movement design or architecture, I share your feelings: it isn’t mind-blowing. And I would add that I personally prefer the traditional finishing with Côtes de Genève. But the very clean and clear presentation of the balance and escapement wheels is very well done and I like it.
My reservations concerning the strap width are indeed related to my 16 cm wrist and to being used to narrower sizes (LF: 20-16; LUC: 19-16; Patek 5098: 17-14). The CdV is 20-18, but I wear it now with a 20-16 strap for which I have purchased a VC 16 mm buckle.
As far as taking photos is concerned, my experience is that the policy changes with every situation: at the Geneva PP Salon, I wasn’t allowed to take any photos of a minute repeater (whether front or back) and I wasn’t allowed to shoot the back of the 5370. But in Florence, the PP dealer let me take any photo I wanted…
Thanks again so much, M4.
Best, Emmanuel
My reservations concerning the strap width are indeed related to my 16 cm wrist and to being used to narrower sizes (LF: 20-16; LUC: 19-16; Patek 5098: 17-14). The CdV is 20-18, but I wear it now with a 20-16 strap for which I have purchased a VC 16 mm buckle.
As far as taking photos is concerned, my experience is that the policy changes with every situation: at the Geneva PP Salon, I wasn’t allowed to take any photos of a minute repeater (whether front or back) and I wasn’t allowed to shoot the back of the 5370. But in Florence, the PP dealer let me take any photo I wanted…
Thanks again so much, M4.
Best, Emmanuel