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Having been waiting for mine for over a year, I was losing interest and considering cancelling the order. Having now seen one in person at the British Watchmakers Day, I'm no longer considering cancelling. I've seen the macro footage mentioned earlier, I can see why some may be put off, but really, in person, it looks spectacular. Yes, it is quite light, is that a bad thing though? For me, it points to higher quality.
For me - Design, does looking at it make me smile? Is it just another me too, or something a little different / distinctive?
Movement, I want it to be relatively accurate, reliable and serviceable. If it is mechanically interesting, even better.
A brand with good customer service is always going to be more desirable than one with poor service, but going further, I'm quite brand adverse, my personal feeling being that I don't want to be seen as a herd follower that is brand susceptible. So you'll not see me flexing a...
Nah, I'd better not say, I'd upset too many people😂
I've got an old Casio waveceptor. Analogue hours minutes and seconds, LCD date, timer, stopwatch, alarm GMT and international times, loads of other stuff I've never used. Sets itself from the National Physical Laboratory clock once a day, so accuracy circa +/-1s / 100000 years. Solar powered. All titanium, 37g on the bracelet. Love it.
For me, fast is preferable. I can just pull the crown to stop it until correct when drift becomes unacceptable.