Great post, thanks so much! Didn't know about that Roger Dubuis, so elegant. I've not had this marque on my radar as current design and general aesthetic is not my direction, but this model is a stunner. I'll need to learn more about the history.
I have not heard hype, so I guess I'm lucky. Their 34mm "Tiger Eye" is one of the most compelling watches I've encountered in recent years. I mean, any time the movement is designed to match the case &c., is a sight. My wife wants to share one. I said, absolutely. Just waiting for her to make the pu
Delightful indeed, congratulations! BTW, my understanding is that, in radium-lumed watches, the radioactivity can sometimes increase slightly over time, counter-intuitively. 😮 I believe the radium 226 itself has a very long half life. Have you encountered increased levels in such vintage watches bef
Императорская Петергофская Фабрика - Imperial Peterhof Manufacture, if we want to be fancy about. Not an especially impressive movement by the numbers, and somewhat déclassé with its selectable ring, not quite chapter ring. The brown agate is not bad with the yellow gold, but... it all reminds me of
The way the assymetrical case is done, the way the crown is so elegantly protected, that and the monopusher got me first. The next heart tug came from the expanse of bridge plate (not sure about terminology) -- I am just a sucker for a flat expanse, like we see sometimes in breguet or LF, which alwa
