What are these dots on the BAUME & MERCIER RIVIERA
Hello fellows,
I really like the Riviera. It's almost the perfect sporty watch for me. But there are two dots on the dial between the 2 and 3 and the 8 and 9. Only on those with sapphire dials
Even the AD where I pulled it off had no clue.
For me it is like a sore thumb. Hard to ignore as a symmetry fetishist with obsessional neurotic. 😉
It's not just srews or jewels from the movement which are visual trough the sapphire dial. These are drilled holes through the dial with plastic pins insight.
I'm sure there will be a technical reason (obviously not esthetical). May be to stabilize the dial to prevent from breaking trough shocks.
But I wish an old experienced and well known brand like B&M would had solved that more elegant on a 4000 Euro watch
Does anyone know the purpouse of these plastic pins/dots?
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Transparent dial and those are the dial feet into the movement
Transparent dial and those are the dial feet into the movement
Thsnks.
Now I just recognized it on the Rado Captain Cook High Tech Ceramic as well which I tryed after the B&M.
But in my opinion Rado solved it quite better by integrating it into the inner ring under the Rehaut. It appears like a natural part of the design.
Now I can't unsee it! :(
Now I can't unsee it! :(
Yea...it's impossible now to turn the eyes away.
Yesterday I randomly found this Christopher Ward C60 Saphire Black, which uses a dial in the same style as like the B&M Riviera. Even I'm not a fan of Christopher Ward, but I have to say that even they understood this issue abd solved it my more elegant.
Even two screws or pins would be enough (as like Rado and B&M used), they used 4 screws (two on each side), to gave them a symetrical and clean look.
Over and under the 3 and 9 position.
It's just the dial feet -- every dial has it, but most aren't transparent. They can't just use screws because they're constrained by the layout of the movement, especially when using an off-the-shelf one.