Other Watches / Other Brands

Aquagraph

From the book...

'Long ago Ward had become infected with what is known in some circles as the horological virus. An obsessive fever that brought kings to their knees and lovers to ruin and turned mighty industrialists to putty, it began simply with ownership of one watch and led without reservation to the desire to own every variation and then to own something that nobody has ever held.'

Strike a chord with anyone?

Aquagraph

I see the new Bell & Ross watch is getting mocked on social media, chiefly for looking like a Nautiloak. So first the CODE 1159, and now the B&R... it seems the watch community is hellbent on sending the industry the message 'we don't want this, just give us more re-issues'. Maybe that's not true, maybe people just don't like the new watches, but I fear the industry will give up and revert to re-issuing the last remaining watches they haven't already dredged up for fear of being ridiculed by the masses. I wonder when Rolex will gather up the nads to release a genuinely new model, and when they do I wonder what the reaction will be. I bet if they released the Skydweller now the Memes would be harsh!

Yago

It was to be expected. These days people just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. Yes at first it looks like a Nautilus. Probably mostly due to the Nautilus style integrated bracelet. But then you notice all the typical B&R elements. Eventually you realize the watch shares nothing with the Patek, AP, Cartier and other proclaimed inspirations. Even the bracelet is similar to their Space 1. They’re simply tapping into an existing segment which consists mostly of very expensive and hard to come by watches. As a mid range brand that might be a smart move. The execution is flawless in any case. I marvelled at one at a local AD the dat it was announced.

OttoWilliam

Recently my mind has been "poisoned" (excuse my selection of words. No disrespect) by microbrands....😵‍💫

Steinhart, Spinnaker, Meccaniche Veneziane. Etc etc

I never own any microbrands...(except if you count Linde Werdelin as microbrands)

Do you guys have any favorite micro brands ?

So far, i am liking Meccaniche Veneziane the most. But i don't own them, at least not yet.

Yago

Baltic, Yema (micro?), Unimatic, Méraud.