WaltonBelle's Blog – April 2025 Archive (5)

Of course, there were watches on hand as well, highlighted by the new Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater – currently the world’s thinnest minute repeater at 6.85 mm tani hublot zegarki thick, as Jack detailed here. Also spotted, the Octo Ultranero Chrono, the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon, the Octo Velocissimo, and the Serpenti Tubogas, to name just a few.In François-Paul Journe's early work, like his Résonance pocket watch movement… Continue

That said, the watch from the front is just as lovely, and the new high-polished bridge that holds the tourbillon is really a beautiful thing. To compliment this new aperture at six o'clock, we have a two-tone sector dial and the result is just stunning. While some would say an open dial is not very Laurent Ferrier, I happen to like it very much. Would I choose it over the closed dial? Probably not, but I see the appeal.The new Grande Seconde Moon is available in three versions: stainless steel… Continue

Now in 41 mm (the normal Globemaster is 39 mm), this new annual calendar features each month of the year in the 12 facets of the trademark pie-pan dial. Then, a thin blued hand points towards the current month, which then instantly jumps at month's end.I don't know about you all, but I am pretty depressed that the 2016 Rio Olympics are coming to a close. The past two weeks replique bell ross montres have been filled with… Continue

The new movement is a very interesting development. As with Seiko movements in general, Spring Drive calibers have tended to be on the robust side, with more thought given to reliability and sturdiness than to reducing height. At 5.0mm thick we have, in the 9RA5, a Spring Drive caliber which approaches the height of some classic purely mechanical workhorse movements. The ETA 2825, for instance, is 4.8mm thick, to… Continue

The IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG” (reference IW380902) is a 250-piece limited edition flyback chronograph in titanium with a bright white dial. While perhaps gold would have been more fitting for a 50th, titanium seems a more natural fit for both AMG and the Ingenieur ethos.It's a consideration of the perils of replica dior tasche living the flipping lifestyle, the… Continue