An underappreciated tour de force. But back to the new Ferdinand Berthoud - it is amazing. Impressive how they've managed so much in such a short period of time. Kind regards, kkwn98
It reminds me a little of the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Chronometer with the ChronAP escapement... I think I might prefer it in the octagonal case like the FB1, but it looks great and I'm looking forward to seeing and handling it in the metal. Kind regards, kkwn98
The new Reverso repeater has a beautiful dial, but I really dislike the repeater slide - why is it crown side? It's necessarily small due to the lack of space and it looks crowded and stingy to me. My opinion only, of course. Kind regards, kkwn98
I would suggest a possible reason is because Rolex (using your example) is a very large scale, industrially produced product numbering in (allegedly) the low million mark, while Roger makes very few watches a year. So when you make so few watches and charge such a high price for them, the QC should
It's a jumping hours display. I initially thought a blue background, with a white or gold number would make this go from "almost perfect" to "perfect", but I wonder if Chopard opted to have a white background for legibility reasons? Kind regards, kkwn98
This is terrible! I had the pleasure of meeting Horology75 on a few occasions and he always struck me as a kind, fun-loving man with superb taste in the finer things. It's tough news to take and I can only imagine how his family must be feeling... my sincere condolences to them and may he rest in pe