Or a duometre à sonnerie? Or even... some eyeglasses? I have started to experience your same problem and love the duoemtre too... so I guess that we could try to convince somebody at Group Richemond to develop a hibrid Panerai-JLC.
..since Rafa is left handed. Besides, With all the sweating involved, another type of case shape might be better. Having said this I find the watch absolutely beautiful. Take out the tourbillon, add a reasonable price and sell it as a limited edition and I can assure you I would buy one (or two ;-)
I totally agree with your post. (IMHO) The three big of the 50's and 60's were VC, PP and AP. VC's quality in the 50's and 60's was on par with PP and superior to AP. PP watches currently cost much more than VC or AP (even when sometimes the caliber inside has the same origin: Lemania, LeCoultre...)
I recently had a VC perpetual calendar certified. If I'm not wrong it cost me around 1200 Euros (aprox 1600 USD). I had to send the watch to VC, and it came back with a small booklet that included photographs of the actual watch, model, ref. etc. and the comment that it had been inspected by VC and
Dear Felipe, nothing intended against you. I am just using your post as an excuse to express my ideas about watches. I own and have owned quite a few Pateks and quite frankly I would never associate them with precise timekeeping. It is true that the name Observatoire is a little misleading, but I do
...the titanium watch is really interesting (can't say the same about the gold version)... and JLC has not handled the situation correctly. BTW the quote about the serpent's egg comes from William Shakespeare's (aka Bill S) tragedy "Julius Caesar" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play)).
You can argue that tourbillons don't provide any specific advantage to wristwatches (I suppose that JLC would challenge this comment after winning the Neuchatel competition) besides an aesthetic pleasure. Therefore, why deprive the user of the pleasure of contemplating it rotate? Also, if the tourbi
"And therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which hatch'd, would, as his kind grow mischievous; And kill him in the shell." (Bill S.) Let's hope JLC learns the point and doesn't repeat the trick again.