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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Perpetual Calendar Collection Excellence Platine Watch
At SIHH 2016, Vacheron Constantin is launching some new watches in their Patrimony line, including a limited edition perpetual calendar. In fact, it’s a limited edition Vacheron Constantin Perpetual Calendar Collection Excellence Platine watch made with a platinum dial and case. Platinum is a bit of a common theme this year at SIHH, and it’s not a surprise to see Vacheron Constantin release this handsome piece.The platinum 950 case is elegant, with the sand-blasted dial being joined with 18k white gold hands. The dimensions are pretty perfect, in my opinion, at 41mm wide and 8.9mm thick – just the right size for a watch such as this. With a piece that doesn’t scream wealth (well, other than being a VC) with yellow or rose gold and diamonds, you want something that can evade pesky questioning by slipping under a sleeve easily.
Breguet Tradition Ref. 7047 Fusee Tourbillon With Silicon Balance Spring Watch Hands-On
This technical complex and sophisticated Breguet did not impress me as it should have. Of course, as a whole the watch is impressive, but as a higher-end Breguet watch the new design direction taken here is a step in the wrong direction in my opinion. Part of me thinks that the “smoothing over” of the design of the watch and the movement decoration is too modern for this timepiece. What is wrong with the “old way” Breguet? Really I don’t want Breguet to be a “youthful” brand anymore than I want octogenarians listening to gangster rap (‘heard that!’). While the watch is clearly a Breguet and highly appealing technically, it just looks too much like it borrowed lessons from Maurice Lacroix rather than Abraham-Louis. Two things that the watch has that I like are the tourbillon and a fusee and chain style power transfer from the mainspring to the watch. Then you have the sandpaper black like texture on the brides, the unsophisticated wa