Complicated Complications
I am all about complications! I mentioned before how I love minute repeaters, but are there any watches that have just amazed you with what they can do. Van Cleef and Arpels seem to be one of those bonkers places. What always comes to mind is the Heures Florales and how it tells time. Sure it’s got diamonds, and gemstones, and enamel, and rhodium-plated everything, but holy cow this thing is an engineering marvel!!! Or what about all the Automata from Jacquet Droz? Or that Harry Winston jukebox thingy? Or that Cartier that has the movement IN the rotor? Or the UN Freak? There are sooo many!!!
What are some others out there? What have y’all seen? What have y’all gotten yer hands on?
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JLC makes some crazy stuff in the Hybris Mechanica collection. The ones that really get me are the reversos. I mean sure you can flip the front around, have two displays and sandwich a movement in between. And never mind how small the parts need to be, just tell me what in the actual F is powering the two displays in the caseback 😑
JLC makes some crazy stuff in the Hybris Mechanica collection. The ones that really get me are the reversos. I mean sure you can flip the front around, have two displays and sandwich a movement in between. And never mind how small the parts need to be, just tell me what in the actual F is powering the two displays in the caseback 😑
Oooo I remember that now! But I forget what’s on the side that sits on your wrist. But yeah that is wild about the case back. They should throw their hat in with Piaget and Bulgari for the thinnest watch competition
Oooo I remember that now! But I forget what’s on the side that sits on your wrist. But yeah that is wild about the case back. They should throw their hat in with Piaget and Bulgari for the thinnest watch competition
I also never get the scale right on reversos. I feel like they are all either super tiny, or mega ginormous!
Oooo I remember that now! But I forget what’s on the side that sits on your wrist. But yeah that is wild about the case back. They should throw their hat in with Piaget and Bulgari for the thinnest watch competition
It's all sorts of lunar cycles at the back apparently it works like this
This one is actually quite reasonably sized. I think 50mm high, 31mm wide and 15mm thick. I mean for a perpetual calendar with a tourbillon and minute repeater it isn't too bad.
It's all sorts of lunar cycles at the back apparently it works like this
This one is actually quite reasonably sized. I think 50mm high, 31mm wide and 15mm thick. I mean for a perpetual calendar with a tourbillon and minute repeater it isn't too bad.
Now that is a lot of stuff to cram into a watch!