Independents

Just in, a watch I was after for quite a long time, but never pulled the trigger for… well no logical reason Now I’m very pleased I did… except the need for a TA is more vivid than ever !

Needs a tad more light, in order to appreciate the pink dial

..and then today at the Musee International d’horologie ( highly recommended), I saw the original inspiration and I’m now close to decided:

Silly me, I had failed to notice that Omega has a tourbillon And until I looked at it under a loupe in person I had no idea of its absolutely unique secret Focus if you will on the tourbillon and you will see their version of the George Daniels co-axial escapement with its truly unique escape wheel

. . . nickels and dimes . . . . . . in comparison. Congrats, Don Nico. My hat's off . . . . . . to you. 🥇

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on this polarizing new release. It’s the only steel watch we got from the five pointed crown and it seems to be loved or hated. I personally believe this was an easy one to predict, as many did. They already had the hands and dials laying around from the all b