Speedmaster co axial sub dial

padders

Bearing in mind that the 3313 will fit a 37mm case it isn't all that surprising that the sub dials look a bit cramped on the large 44mm case but IMO look better on the Speedy Pro sized 42mm:

Archer

The particular poster I am referring to is a bit of a whack job who would not listen to reason - I know hard to imagine you find those on watch forums...

One of his big issue was that they used "cheap stamped parts" in the F. Piguet movements. The fact the parts were made by a stamping process really upset him. I can only suspect he imagined some very crude process, but stamping can be quite precise - when used for small and accurate parts the process is know as fineblanking, and it follows some specific rules to obtain tighter tolerances than you would expect, and prevent material flow during the blanking process. Parts can still need secondary finishing operations after this, but these are not cheap, flimsy parts as was being suggested. Sorry, my process engineer hat was on for a minute there - I did some research on this process for the company I used to work for when looking at new production options for our products - didn't work out but I did find it interesting. So now I'll put the watchmaker hat back on.

I believe I once illustrated the use of stamped parts to him with this photo...



This is a display cabinet at a watch factory - not some factory in Hong Kong or mainland China, but in the Plans-les-Ouates area of Geneva. It shows large versions of the steps involved in producing a train wheel using stamping. The actual size parts are the little dots on the shelf.

To put these in perspective, I also showed an example of the watches these "cheap stamped parts" go into that I saw at that same factory...





Damn those cheap assed stamped parts! 😁

Cheers, Al

Foo2rama

If you have to ask... but at least a quarter million closer to 350 I think on that one. It's some flavor of a Grand Complication.

My girl friend saw it a shop and said that's pretty having no idea what it was. They took it out and she tried it on then asked how much it was. Watching her freak out that she had that much money on her wrist as she tried to get away from it and not damage it was pretty funny.


What I was never able to figure out on that one is the odd what I assume 24 hour subdial on the left. Is that a GMT rotated 180 degrees? Everything else on that watch make sense but that.

GBTRIUMPH

Probably Day/Night indicator. Top half is day, bottom night.