Day-Date is a Rolex convention... But... you may see an annual Calendar soon.....
Day-Date is a Rolex convention... But... you may see an annual Calendar soon.....
I am not sure whether a Day-Date indication would look harmonious with the pie-pan dial on the Globemaster. Day-dates seem to work well with round cased watches. Curious about the annual calendar complication Superdoc just mentioned.
It's not just example, it's MY watch [emoji57]
If we'll begin to remember who was first we can go to some 14 century or at least to monsieur Breguet. BTW, Rolex is pretty young company.
Alex, I love you, but are you suggesting that Rolex was not the first to produce a Day Date display wristwatch?
A young company, for sure, but you can't pretend that they didn't contribute to the world of horology... In fact Rolex is responsible for more than a few innovations... It wasn't always just about the marketing ..
I agree Rolex has invented a lot of stuff but don't perpetual calendars show day, date and year. If they count then Patek, VC and others would be before this date. Think 1956 was first time Rolex debut that complication.
So... I guess you didn't read that part about "gee whiz, you're right R.J." ....🙁
So... I guess you didn't read that part about "gee whiz, you're right R.J." ....🙁
@Riviera Paradise ... Good advice - officially let go..
and I agree with @anselmw ... back to Globemaster business.
I agree that GMT, or moon phase, or world timer more fits into the "Globemaster" theme... but I think that Omega will start to test the waters with more complicated watches by adding complications to their traditional Best sellers... which is why I think we're seeing the moonphase on the Speedmaster whereas I feel that a Moonphase complication would better fit on the Tresor.
Basel 2016 is going to provide us with a GMT model that will demand all of the GMT attention...
the Annual calendar seems to be the preferred Omega complication, I believe, but cannot say for sure, that the Basel '16 Annual Calendar Globemaster is going to be a little bigger (41mm) - so we'll have to see how well the current one, and the next one sell before they expand the line...
I will say that there are many high ups at Omega who are pushing for 'Minute repeaters', 'Perpetual calendars', etc...
the barriers to this are ... #1. Swatch group decides what they can and cannot do, and if they think that a Dress watch with Moonphase is 'BlancPain's' thing, then they veto the idea of Tresor Moonphase...
#2. they are still feeing for a ceiling... there is a big gap in the space between Gold PO and tourbillon... so there is a big question as to how much demand there is to fill that gap...
Most Omega sell in that SS mid-range...
I really think Blancpain is a very limited brand with the Fifty Fathoms as their one trick pony. I would certainly not allow Blancpain to limit Omega´s rise, but I would certainly not allow Omega to enter Breguet territory.
The new Globemasters have finally arrived in sunny Rio at my local boutique (they are currently being shielded from the Zika virus😀).
That, to me, is a very surprising view of the Blancpain brand. While the 50 Fathoms is their iconic sport watch, the brand in it's modern incarnation is pretty well known for making complicated watches. Anything from retrograde watches, to alarm watches, GMT, equation of time pieces, to a very expensive Grande Complication piece:
Although some had issues with the way they counted the parts in the 1735, it does contain a lot of parts (744 by their count):
Although Omega has made a tourbillon, in terms of watchmaking prowess this one watch from Blancpain pretty much eclipses Omega by a wide margin in my mind. Maybe Superdoc knows of an Omega in the works that will have a perpetual calendar (with date, month, day of the week, and leap year), a moon phase indicator, a rattrapante (split second) chronograph, a minute repeater, quarter repeater, and of course a tourbillon? 😀
Tisk tisk...😉
Cheers, Al
