Ornatus-Mundi[Zenith]
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A most beautiful and welcome achievement!
Jul 22, 2014,07:55 AM
I really love the concept of a chronometry-centered timepiece, executed in the tradition of watchmaking mastery - at least on the back!
Like others I agree that the design is a but generic, and it would be most instructive to be able to extract a bit more of Mr Coyon's own watchmaking identity through his timepieces.
Having said that, I think the 41mm case is most sexy (flatter, and look how the movements just fills out any mm technically available!). I also admire (always did!) the finely grained finishings on the movement.
This brings me to an idea: that watch, in 41mm case plus a matte silvered dial with finely engraved black indices... Just like to pocket chronometers made for the armed forces. That would also convey the chronometric message better.
Finally, I would be most eager to learn which tweaks Mr Coyon had to apply to bring good old fella Unitas up to Besançon standards!
Cheers (and thanks François for a marvellous report!),
Magnus