Bless my mother, she loves sending me emails about watches, manuka honey and all manner of things really. She's in her mid seventies and very cool. She knows I love looking at watches, and her tastes would be very classic compared to my more 'beer' tastes. She often sends me watch reviews over from those good people at Monochrome who tend to review very 'Champagne' money watches. Well...this De Bethune found its way to my inbox this morning. It's one of the most beautiful watches I've ever seen; and what a way to do a GMT function. Suddenly every other GMT seems somewhat lacklustre. If only I could cobble together CHF 195,000. In the meantime it might be better to return to talking about the anti bacterial properties of manuka honey. A nice little sweeter for a lot less money.
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Truer than a true GMT
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Re: Truer than a true GMT
That’s just ridiculous, in the best way.
I had to look up what “dead beat seconds” is. Apparently the seconds hand ticks once per second like a quartz watch. Interesting.
I looked and looked but can’t figure out how the minute hand is attached on the contemporary side. Must be magic!
I had to look up what “dead beat seconds” is. Apparently the seconds hand ticks once per second like a quartz watch. Interesting.
I looked and looked but can’t figure out how the minute hand is attached on the contemporary side. Must be magic!
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P.S. “what is manuka honey” is next up on my search list when I get another break from work
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Ha! this is a great observation by you, Alex. It prompted an examination by me and I'm none the wiser; this is the limited quote from the review: "while minutes are displayed by an index at the periphery." Very vague and, like you, I think there is some high level sorcery involved here. In another post this week I said that panache wasn't a priority when looking at watches for myself. Clearly I won't be buying one of these any time soon, but it has made me realise I'm happy with the notion of panache.
Manuka honey is superb if you get the real stuff. It needs to have been made from bees that solely harvest the manuka bush (mono floral) which grows only in NZ and needs to have the highest mgo rating you can comfortably afford. Make sure that the honey is packaged and sealed in NZ before export as there has been some stories of honey's being blended with lesser honey. It's a super food and has all kind of health benefits. It tastes out of this world, like real honey should.
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I had to look it up too. So I guess this complication is all about showing off the complexity of the movement?
This watch is quite a piece of engineering!
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Re: Truer than a true GMT
That's beautiful! I love how one side is elegant simplicity, but they you flip it over and BAM! - it looks like rather than for tracking time zones it's for actual time travel
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Re: Truer than a true GMT
I would suggest that the minute hand is attached to the cog wheel just on the inside of the minute track.
If you look at the screws at 15 and 60 mins, they are offset by just enough to tell you that’s not a design feature and they move. If you imagine the minute hand pointing to 12, then they are equally spaced out as well.
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I agree Grant. The classic side is achingly beautiful, with the guilloché centre detailing and the outer minute ring. Then the contemporary side is like something made from Elvin silver smiths, like Bilbo’s chainmail vest. Magic wrapped up in a wristwatch!
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Re: Truer than a true GMT
I dont have 195k CHF 'right this second', but what I do have Good Sir....is 2 wrists.
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Didier.O wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:56 am I dont have 195k CHF 'right this second', but what I do have Good Sir....is 2 wrists.
Introducing a collaboration between Grand Seiko and Swatch, I present you the SBGA211G/Peanuts POW WOW Charlie Brown Yellow Dial. Local time on the left, play time on the right.
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Yep, there it is. The entire gold/grey wheel just inside the minute track moves. The minute hand is attached by a post at its tip. There’s a gear at about 4 o’clock that moves the minute wheel.iain wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:00 pmI would suggest that the minute hand is attached to the cog wheel just on the inside of the minute track.
If you look at the screws at 15 and 60 mins, they are offset by just enough to tell you that’s not a design feature and they move. If you imagine the minute hand pointing to 12, then they are equally spaced out as well.
PRETTY DARN COOL.
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