What time is it? Watches and horology

OK now with breguet numbers

You want the moon on a stick, don't you

Oh, and here's a great insta account 'Horology Ancienne'. Father and son Patek collectors, insane pieces.

Also anyone got thoughts on the Baltic MR01 which launches tomorrow? I quite like it

Quite pretty, except that its only in a 36mm

I like the sub dial

Like. But 36mm is too small. 39/40mm would be great

But 36mm is too small.

NON

OUI?

But 36mm is too small.

NON

Ben is small. 😎

Skyrocketed= maintained the same trajectory as the previous 4 or so years?

https://youtu.be/0yWuM1j4fNM

I am really happy that they didn't keep it a Limited Edition because it's Baltic's best looking watch by far IMO.

Not convinced by the off-center small second. Ah well.

Counterpoint: I think it's excellent. I really like the way it sits between the shapes of the 6 and 9.

I think I might pick one up - personally I like it, think it’s a bit different, priced well etc makes a change from all the tool/dive watches

@Regal where have you seen the finishing? Or just from pics?

Just from pics. You can see that the brushing is ok but the polishing and buffing is not particularly carefully done. Wobbly reflections and soft edges.

Edit: I think it’s perfectly fine for the price, to be clear, especially considering the detail on the dial, and I don’t think it spoils the watch.

Zenith date windows?

This is now serviced, should have it in a couple of weeks or so.
Dear @Regal, how many different fonts is on this and why does it work visually?

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Ah ok fair enough - I think I can live with that. I think for the price it’s an interesting and rather lovely little watch. Also nice to have something in a smaller size

But that’s rotating something that you have to read. It’s not asymmetry that bothers me, with the rotate-a-dates it’s the way they’re trying to hide the date in plain sight in a really dumb way. Seiko and GS have some shockers for that.

For me, the date on the A384 and their other vintage designs (eg that new Defy vintage revival) is actually pretty well executed, all things considered. They work the window into the rest of the dial quite well. Still don’t like a rotated date but there are worse offenders than Zenith.

Totally, go for it, I think it looks great. I’d be tempted myself but [opens wallet and moths fly out]

Most of it isn’t really fonts. It’s lettering that has been hand-rendered originally.

So if you look at the tachy scale starting at the top and read it anti-clockwise, you can see the numerals gradually getting smaller and narrower as they go to three digits and get packed closer together. But the stroke (line) width that they’re drawn with stays the same. So they don’t look like they get thinner or thicker (lighter or bolder), or distorted. They stay the same “weight”, visually, while being very flexible about how much space they take up. That’s why it looks nice and calm and even and not a hot mess.

Cracking watch.

You never disappoint.

Damn I like that

Also the first quarter is dedicated pulsimeter with the tachy the other 45.

Nice glossary on the Sinn website...

https://www.sinn.de/en/Technology_Glossary.htm