Independents

of the Artime watches? I am kinda itching for one. Titanium or rose gold? Or not at all? Thank you!

I am torn. I know by any stretch of the imagination I should be deeply obsessed with this watch, it is at the sweet spot of my collection and my focus. Fresh design, a super-group of watch gods involved in its inception, open work and even skeletonized, and yet I can't get myself totally excited. I know taste is subjective, I'd love to hear what appeals to you the most. 

I should love it, but I don't. Not too big on the fully transparent aesthetic. Given who is involved I was hoping for something more along the lines of the GF sig1 haha
I am excited to see what pieces they release next though. Would love something openworked but not transparent.

Also, I know because of function, but the crown sticks way too far out that makes the case seem unbalanced.

It's just another open dial tourbillon, It could be anything from cheap knock off till a rare independent, as it is actually.
Why don't they dare more?
The price is the only thing that impressed me, in not a positive way.
Still wondering why Didier changed his surname and had to put it on the dial.
GF nda likely?

The black color, the font, and the placement are not to my taste. Think they could improve that with more thought.

I really like the case here. It works

I'm not a fan of fully see through watches (too much arm hair) but other than that (and the price) I like it. I LOVE the function selector, that is the feature I miss most about my JLC EL2. For a manual wind watch this is huge, I feel a lot better about the 50m wr rating lasting over the years with a really solid non-extendible crown, a complication I wish was more common. Big lume, beautiful finishing, a case and fully open architecture to view all the handwork, there's nowhere to hide any shortcuts which is some horological and finishing flex. If I had to nit pick, I think they could have recessed the selector button a lot more like the JLC, the latest version which is a little smaller and relocated selector button away from the crown feels like an admission that the original crown selector combo was too long.

I like it but unfortunate its out of reach for me .
I am looking forward to see what they come with in the near future. Hopefully something more contemporary and a bit more within reach 🙏🏻











You may want to wait for the model 2 which supposedly will be a more approachable price point(about 1/2) than model 1 and 3. Great team with impressive pedigree but wow pricing is somewhat difficult to fathom as a new brand IMHO.