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28 March 2023, 02:06 PM | #1 |
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Mini-Grail! Daniel Roth!!!
I am a huge fan of Daniel Roth for a few reasons… 1. I love that he was one of the first entrepreneurs to make it as an independent watchmaker. 2. He led the turnaround of Breguet! Before he revitalized their product line, they were in steep decline. As a turnaround guy in consumer + serial consumer brand founder - I am a complete sucker for the story. It doesn’t help that I love the aesthetics of Breguet, that Roth was responsible for bringing back in the 90s. Love them so much that I’ve had three watches made by other independents heavily inspired by the aesthetic. My initial plan was to scoop up one of the white gold references, but then this one with a beautiful salmon dial in platinum popped up at a great price from a friend I have bought a few times from before, so I couldn’t say no. Plus it’s unpolished. What I am really impressed by, in bullets, because I am lazy -Being able to see the chronograph in action on the dial when you engage/reset, is really, really cool. -Great anglage, no visible machining marks. Indicates the watch was hand finished instead of machine finished. -Heat blued hands and screws. These go from almost black looking to blue as they are exposed to more light. The only hands I’ve experienced that were more dynamic are those on a Gronefeld 1941 Principia. Those hands were much larger though. -Lots of black polishing, nice visible cotes de geneve, etc. Unfortunately my pics kind of wash this out. I used an iPhone, so not the best set up. -The guilloche/detailing around the subdials is a nice touch. -Case work and lugs. Really beautiful, especially once on the wrist. Going to swap the strap out soon for something else though, it’s a little worn! Open to ideas. Overall, highly recommend picking these up, especially given what they go for on the second hand market. |
28 March 2023, 07:22 PM | #2 |
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Congratulations- it’s stunning
Would love to see some closer up pics of subdial guilloche if at all possible. And in fact, more pics across the board! |
28 March 2023, 07:26 PM | #3 |
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Beautiful, congrats!
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28 March 2023, 08:16 PM | #4 |
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You have a strange concept of "mini" Beautiful watch.
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28 March 2023, 09:38 PM | #5 |
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Congratulations.
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28 March 2023, 09:40 PM | #6 |
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Congratulations, a unique watch brand
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29 March 2023, 03:17 AM | #7 | |
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3 April 2023, 05:28 AM | #8 |
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21 July 2023, 03:55 PM | #9 |
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Great looking DR! I've been interested in DR but wasn't quite sure which one among older models. This would be definitely one. Congrats!
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21 July 2023, 05:28 PM | #10 |
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Wow it’s stunning congrats! I can see why you jumped at this one
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