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**** nay for me. Don't like that dial color combination and hate that red 60 with a vengeance. Let's see what other dial/metal combos they will come up with (+ the 7 or 8 limited editions of course)
In Mafoo's post, he views the Lang und Heyne Calibre 1 as a Unitas movement. However, as you said, Lang und Heyne actually refashions and/or remake almost all of the base components of the Unitas ebauche, including the screws. My view is that the Calibre 1 has so many of its components changed that its no longer a Unitas. By this logic, JC Biver has argued that Hublot's 7750 base calibre is in-house (especially the magnesium alloy ones) as the majority of the 7750 ebauche has also been replaced.
What constitutes a movement? The engineering thought that went into it or the superficial features? Perlage/blued screws/platinum strip on the edge of the rotor are not watchmaking, they are more in the jeweller's art category. Basically, if I take a poem, and rewrite each verse in a different fancy font (that may even add to the emotion of a particular verse), addinig miniature illustrations here and there, would I be justified to say I authored a poem? Did I put any thought into creating poetry?
See this wonderful post by Felipe Jordao: http://forums.timezone.com/index.php...rt=0&rid=24122
Why "mere" jewellers?You wrote that "Perlage/blued screws/platinum strip on the edge of the rotor are not watchmaking, they are more in the jeweller's art category". How would you categorise Kari Voutilainen, Philip Dufour, Roger Smith and Romain Gauthier then? Are they just mere jewellers? Gaz
All this tech talk is confusing me, I thought a watch is supposed to do just one of the two things: tell time, or say f**k you.
Thanks for the link, good read. Why "mere" jewellers?
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See this wonderful post by Felipe Jordao: http://forums.timezone.com/index.php...rt=0&rid=24122
That's a useless debate