Horological Meandering

Gaz
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Thanks Ling. Romain sought input from Dufour when he...

Was putting together the business plan for his brand, which incidentally was also his MBA paper.  As Romain tells it, Phillipe offered a lot of encouragement as well as insights into the finish of the piece.  One example was the curves of the main bridge, particularly the hollowed out area where it makes it very obvious that it can only be accomplished by hand.

Curiously enough, I had the chance to inspect Kari's personal Observatoire two weeks ago and he had applied the same gilt frosted finish on his.

In reference to the "safe bet", I did not mean just from a monetary perspective.  Rather, there are other factors like resources for post purchase servicing, especially since the entire movement is designed in house complete with s-shaped screws that does not make it easy for just any watch maker to open.  I used the 5711 as an illustration that at that particular price range, one could have purchased a Patek, which comes with the comfort of  long tradition and reputation or take a risk with Romain where his brand is only 2 years old and the only resources he has is Sebastien, himself and an atelier stuffed with CNC machines.

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Gaz

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