Octo Finissimo

Even if the Gauthier is more horologically impressive. The austerity of the Parmigiani dial, the shape of the hands, the bracelet geometry, the knurled platinum bezel, and the finishing on the microrotor all speak to me in a way that the kooky dial on the

As the happy owner of a different limited edition Arabic numeral Santos-Dumont and as a retired design professional, I admire Cartier's longstanding excellence (even supremacy?) when it comes to watch design, and the Santos models in all their forms exemp

I’m talking about the Glashütte Original Seventies , specifically, the Chronograph Panorama Date, Ref. #1-37-02-08-02-70. This is the smoked gray dial limited edition version on a steel bracelet. While this is the reference I happen to own, it can probabl

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve tried the Octo Finissimo in the 40mm iteration. This photo is from December 2018: Originally released in titanium, I waited patiently for a stainless steel release: As much as I liked these, something just appeared o

Chopard Strike One in salmon dial VC Overseas Dual time VC overseas ultra thin 40 mm Patek Nautilus 38 mm no date JLC master Chronometre date (but hugely disappointed with low WR, no screwed down crown and no lume) IWC pilot Venturer (despite the thicknes

1) I certainly do not want the cheap and awful looking engraved rotor and even less so on a 100k watch. Ruins the beautiful 240 movement in my eyes. 2) No date and no seconds looks great but the date on the 5711 has never bothered me and I use it a lot. 3

I enjoy wearing Octo Finissimo but it has two major issues: 1) it wears MUCH larger than an equivalent round cases watch and 2) the bracelet clasp with friction pin closure is not secure at all. This new version addresses both .

40mm case of Octo Finissimo is a great timepiece...perfectly slim, well designed integrated bracelet timepiece with a bold character. This reference has most of the industry records to its credit in terms of complications + thickness (thinness) of any tim

The fact that they were able to increase the power reserve in a significantly smaller movement is quite impressive. The movement is about 20% smaller in volume. And they were able to increase the power reserve 20% from 60 to 72 hours! That's impressive. I

This 37mm Octo FInissimo is the perfect size now imo, and wears equivalent to a normal round 40mm watch. Cheers, Anthony