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| Joined: | Fri Mar 30th, 2007 |
| Location: | Anchorage, Alaska USA |
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As I have said earlier I love the watch. The size is, IMO, huge. 40X40X14mm, quite large for a square. The fit and finish are great. I tried looking for any imperfections, but to no avail, which is wonderful. I can't stand any sort of a defect in a brand new watch, especially at this price range: paid $1,660 plus $20 shipping.
The chrono pushers operate very smoothly, and the reset button snaps both the minute-reader hand and the central second hand into their respective "0" positions quickly and accurately. As the watch is in its first week of usage, I can't reliably judge its time-keeping accuracy, but let me state that so far it's within + five (5) seconds per 24-hour period. Will update again once the movement settles in.
The case is robust, a perfect square - a little more to the height, and it'd be a cube. The sides have been finished with rounded ridges, which is kind of unusual. I like them. Overall, the watch has a real wrist presence. I noticed I have to have a wide enough shirt sleeve to make it look OK. Otherwise, the tallness of the case really stands out. The caseback has a round sapphire "porthole", which allows one to view a nicely finished Dubois-Depraz-modified ETA 2824-2. According to Watchbuys site, it's rhodium plated, with "Cotes de Geneve" on the rotor, and perlage throughout the movement. The surfaces are polished where non-perlaged. Perlaged, is that really a term?
One complain I have about the design, it that the date window, located at 12 o'clock, is too tiny. It almost gives the watch "air of mystery", so to speak, as I have to peer through the small rectangular date window to find out what date it is. Kind of funny, but it does not bother me too much.
The hands are all of the "Bauhaus" style, thin, squared batons. I think it befits the German-made watch. Again, I really like how simple and uncluttered the dial is. Despite its size, there is not much on the dial itself: the square "railroad" track of roman hour indicators, two large circles - minute reader at 9, and small seconds at 3. The hour indicators are done in some sort of blued applique, similar in color to the hands. The hands are finely "blued", just like the screws in the movement. I love it.
The buffalo leather band is 24mm, and appears to be of high quality. The sides are molded and painted, which gives the strap an accurate and refined look. The thorn buckle is made of brushed steel and engraved with "L&B". I must say that the engraving on both the caseback and the buckle is excellent. It is deep unlike most laser-engraved characters. Looks cool, but definitely more room for dirt and debris to get into. Oh, yes, I'm certainly getting a deployant buckle for this baby, as it would it make much easier to put the watch on and take it off. Right now it's kind of stiff.
Well, that's about it for now. I'm not a review expert, so I'm unsure of what else to describe. One thing is for sure: I'm enjoying my new watch.
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