Well this is indeed a very interesting and unusual watch. Delivered to me of course by those wonderful people at Trusty.
It is interesting in terms of the watch it is rather than the Rep it is
As a rep it really isn't enormously close to the Gen in a number of ways
1 It is a bit fat
2 The second dial is set a good bit lower
3 The Crown is not recessed and should be
4 It doesn't function in quite the same way . The Gen has a slider to change the hour hand of the second dial And on this watch both dials are altered from the crown
Ok so that is what it isn't over with, now lets deal with what it is and why I really like it and why in one way in particular it is a better watch than the Gen it is failing to an extent to emulate.
The watch is magnificently well made and well finished. MG have made a wonderful watch with two stunning dials running off a single manual wind movement and managed to achieve a keyless system to alter both dials from a single crown.
They have also used a 21600 VPH rate which promises an excellent reserve de marche
I will digress a little here, but for good reason;
Some years ago I was troubled by the fact that almost all GMT and world time watches had second time zones which were only functioning in hourly increments. I felt this to be absurd and frankly, in the world of sophisticated micro mechanics, a bit of a cop out.
I was therefore drawn to buy one of the only available watches with a true fully independent second timezone facility.
This watch was the Parmigiani Hemispheres which I bought in RG and still own to this day.
It delights me to know that I own one of the few watches with an independent second time zone.
Little practical application I agree, though as a frequent visitor to Sri lanka due to my work with gemstones, it was nice to be able to apply the half hour time difference to my watch, and giggle at all the GMT owners who couldn't .
Ok so enough digression and back to the plot.
This wonderful creation by MG factory fails in it's faithfulness to the original Gen in one further and magnificent way. almost a comedy of error.
That is that the second time zone on the reverse dial is entirely independent and can be set to any alternative time.
It is also accompanied by a subdial displaying 24 hours and thus confirming for those who may not have windows in their homes, if it is indeed day or night.
All in all, not an amazing Rep, although a damn good one. But a truly wonderful and beautifully made watch with an extremely interesting and rare functionality, which in my perhaps jaded by too many years looking at watches opinion, is so much a better watch than the watch it is emulating
I originally coined the acronym NWBIG which now a few years later is ubiquitously present in Rep forum speak.
I hereby further coin the acronym BBIG better than buying in Gen
It is interesting in terms of the watch it is rather than the Rep it is
As a rep it really isn't enormously close to the Gen in a number of ways
1 It is a bit fat
2 The second dial is set a good bit lower
3 The Crown is not recessed and should be
4 It doesn't function in quite the same way . The Gen has a slider to change the hour hand of the second dial And on this watch both dials are altered from the crown
Ok so that is what it isn't over with, now lets deal with what it is and why I really like it and why in one way in particular it is a better watch than the Gen it is failing to an extent to emulate.
The watch is magnificently well made and well finished. MG have made a wonderful watch with two stunning dials running off a single manual wind movement and managed to achieve a keyless system to alter both dials from a single crown.
They have also used a 21600 VPH rate which promises an excellent reserve de marche
I will digress a little here, but for good reason;
Some years ago I was troubled by the fact that almost all GMT and world time watches had second time zones which were only functioning in hourly increments. I felt this to be absurd and frankly, in the world of sophisticated micro mechanics, a bit of a cop out.
I was therefore drawn to buy one of the only available watches with a true fully independent second timezone facility.
This watch was the Parmigiani Hemispheres which I bought in RG and still own to this day.
It delights me to know that I own one of the few watches with an independent second time zone.
Little practical application I agree, though as a frequent visitor to Sri lanka due to my work with gemstones, it was nice to be able to apply the half hour time difference to my watch, and giggle at all the GMT owners who couldn't .
Ok so enough digression and back to the plot.
This wonderful creation by MG factory fails in it's faithfulness to the original Gen in one further and magnificent way. almost a comedy of error.
That is that the second time zone on the reverse dial is entirely independent and can be set to any alternative time.
It is also accompanied by a subdial displaying 24 hours and thus confirming for those who may not have windows in their homes, if it is indeed day or night.
All in all, not an amazing Rep, although a damn good one. But a truly wonderful and beautifully made watch with an extremely interesting and rare functionality, which in my perhaps jaded by too many years looking at watches opinion, is so much a better watch than the watch it is emulating
I originally coined the acronym NWBIG which now a few years later is ubiquitously present in Rep forum speak.
I hereby further coin the acronym BBIG better than buying in Gen
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