So lonely...

FutUhr_Zwo

French company Gustave & Cie. has come up with a new use case for the Miyota 9075 movement which single-handedly (pun absolutely intended) has taken the affordable traveller GMT market by storm:

https://www.gustave-et-cie.fr/collection-paul/

I love the Breguet numerals, but this must be the worst hand for the buck ratio for this movement, even at the Kickstarter Early Bird price. What's my fellow crunchers' take on this?

#gustave #miyota9075 #mononeedle #breguetnumerals
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skxcellent
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Well, 1 is the loneliest number...

FutUhr_Zwo
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I had the The Police song in mind when I wrote the thread title. After hearing the sad news of Eric Carmen's passing, I'm stuck with this, which would have been equally fitting:

https://youtu.be/iN9CjAfo5n0?si=RsgSoUWoUfeZThf3

pdxwatch1
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I saw this yesterday. I quite like it, especially the ivory dial. Dumb question: How do you tell time on this? It looks like the bottom of the dial is meant to be midnight, so 1:00 am would be what is typically 7:00?

FutUhr_Zwo
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The bottom is midnight (Minuit), the top is noon (Midi). The other hours are shown as small Breguet numerals outside of the "minute track" which is, in fact, a "10 minute track". So 2:00 a.m. is what is typically 7:00.

Waybe_6
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The kickstarter price is fine, I don't think anyone is using the 9075 in a watch costing less than 500 although there may be one somewhere. The majority of watches using that movement are 500 - 1k but I would not purchase a watch at the higher end of that range.