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Mido Commander Big Date Watch Review
After spending a few weeks with the Mido Commander Big Date, it's really hard for me to think of a versatile mechanical dress watch that provides better value for less than $1,000. Being under the Swatch Group allows Mido to keep production costs in a place unachievable almost anywhere else and quality control standards consistent. Hugely popular in parts of South America, China, and especially Mexico, Mido really should be on the list of brands for anyone looking for that elusive three-figure to low four-figure entry level luxury watch.What a lot of people wouldn't immediately know about Mido is that they are the fourth biggest Swiss certified chronometer movement producer in the world. Translated, this means they move a ton of watches every year. Mido just celebrated their 100th anniversary and after seeing how ubiquitous and celebrated the brand is in their biggest market of Mexico, I'm going to lay off the watch-writer trope of accusing the brand of lacking a "brand identity."They
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Watch
Over the past year or two, I have found dial configurations that purposely have things a bit off-kilter catching my eye. Do not get me wrong, I still have great love for a highly symmetrical dial. It is just that, sometimes, you want to mix things up a bit and have your familiar watch wrangled into something slightly different. That is where watches like the just-announced Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered come into play.I will admit that, at first, I thought I was seeing a watch that was coming from fellow Swatch Group brand Glashutte Original, given their design language sometimes includes?having overlapping dials as well (as shown on the Panoreserve reviewed here). While not a bad mental association to have, especially as it is all within the family, this is decidedly a Jaquet Droz piece, as it is very much a dress watch.?I was struck by how it maintained a clean simplicity while still giving off that air of refinement and luxury. In other words, while this watch is stripped d