I wasn’t expecting this degree of positivity to be honest, I was already thinking of it as the Chopard Alpine Camel. I wasn’t aware there was another long lost 70s / 80s watch on the integrated bracelet bandwagon to rework, but this one reminds me of Homer Simpson’s car design. It has bits of other watches, but all arranged in the wrong order. There even seems to be an echo of Vacheron Constantin’s rare misstep, the hideous Phidias.
Nonetheless, I must admit they’ve done all they can with it in terms of the execution and finishing, including the unusual super-hard and super shiny steel, which is a very nice touch, and it has the odd angle. Maybe I’m being unduly negative - I forget how many people don’t actually like the Royal Oak, there’s always someone popping up and proudly proclaiming that they don’t get it, so perhaps for some it doesn’t look like an RO / Nautilus gone horribly wrong.
More details including the unusual steel here:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/chopard...n-world-debut/