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Maurice Lacroix Grand Guichet GMT: Grand, Not GMT

April 23, 2018 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Yesterday on “Watch A Day” I presented my first mechanical watch. Today I’m presenting my first Swiss mechanical. This Maurice Lacroix Grand Guichet GMT has an excellent Swiss movement, a useful complication, and Swiss build quality. But it’s not a GMT and the big date isn’t very big at all.

Filed Under: Collection, Watch A Day Tagged With: Big Date, ETA 2892, ETA 2892-A2, GMT, Maurice Lacroix, Maurice Lacroix Grand Guichet GMT, Maurice Lacroix Les Classiques, second timezone

Edox Grand Ocean Cape Horn Repeater

August 4, 2014 By Stephen Leave a Comment

When it comes to watch complications, a minute repeater is one of the more unusual and entertaining. Press a button and a two-tone chime will ring out the number of hours and five-minute intervals past the hour. You’ll be able to tell the time without looking, and everyone around you will marvel at your watch just as surely as if it was covered in diamonds or skeletonized to show the gears working inside.

Filed Under: Grails Tagged With: DD 87, Dubois Dépraz, Edox, Edox Cape Horn, Edox Grand Ocean, Edox Grand Ocean Cape Horn Repeater, ETA 2892-A2, Kelek, Nivrel, Repeater

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