Dress watches so stunning

[bwest76]

These took my breath away,I can’t make my mind up which I like the best.
Forget the value,it’s the sheer engineering,skill and beauty that grabs me.

[bwest76]

Saying that the PP is last for me.

[helidoc]

Although the 5196 looks great in many ways, a tiny movement with a spacer, covered up by a solid caseback would really turn me off. Lange Saxonia 35mm for me, or Vacheron Traditionelle, although that is maybe a little large at 38mm.

The thing I struggle with, is that the mechanical basis of any of these watches is quite straight-forward; millions of manual wind watches have been made to a similar recipe. What makes these so expensive is the finesse and finishing, or the jewellery dimension. I think companies like Patek and Lange are really about complications.

So to be controversial, a basic mechanical thing with a lot of high end finsihing, and not necessarily representative of what the companies can do mechanically. Actually a big part of me does want the ALS and Vacheron I referred to, jewellery or not.



Dave

[bwest76]

I am no expert,but surely the skill is in making them so thin yet accurate and reliable.
The finish is the icing on the cake?

[helidoc]

I am no expert,but surely the skill is in making them so thin yet accurate and reliable.
The finish is the icing on the cake?

If the watch in question was a Piaget Altiplano, then I would agree

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[bwest76]

If the watch in question was a Piaget Altiplano, then I would agree

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I had to google

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/pi...pt-introducing

[Andrzej]

I have always liked dress watches, and each of these is stunning.

[Mick P]

I am no expert,but surely the skill is in making them so thin yet accurate and reliable.
The finish is the icing on the cake?

In the 1950s, everyone regarded the thinness of a watch as a sign of quality. The chunky 39mm Rolex Explorer, that I am wearing today, would have looked cheap and would have attracted comments such as - was that thing made by a blacksmith.

One day thinness will come back into fashion and all of our chunky Rolex will be as attractive as 1970s flares.

[ColDaspin]

In general PP designs leave me cold but this iteration of the Calatrava is, imo, close to perfection.

[bwest76]

In the 1950s, everyone regarded the thinness of a watch as a sign of quality. The chunky 39mm Rolex Explorer, that I am wearing today, would have looked cheap and would have attracted comments such as - was that thing made by a blacksmith.

One day thinness will come back into fashion and all of our chunky Rolex will be as attractive as 1970s flares.

Mick Is that also due to the fact most are automatics nowadays?
I would like to see more hand winds myself.

I think you could be onto a winner with a watch made by a blacksmith,shabby chic is in nowadays

[JOSE G]

In the 1950s, everyone regarded the thinness of a watch as a sign of quality. The chunky 39mm Rolex Explorer, that I am wearing today, would have looked cheap and would have attracted comments such as - was that thing made by a blacksmith.

One day thinness will come back into fashion and all of our chunky Rolex will be as attractive as 1970s flares.

Here is my Rado Extra Flat 50s at 36mm is all dial and an unusual 25 jewels hand wind FHF 72 movement.
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[bwest76]

That is nice,how deep?

[franky32]

These took my breath away,I can’t make my mind up which I like the best.
Forget the value,it’s the sheer engineering,skill and beauty that grabs me.