BREGUET NO. 1160, AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF THE “MARIE ANTOINETTE.”
I think to say that finishing here is merely decorative, or that it is merely the result of a quest for precision, is to create a false dichotomy that I very much doubt exists in the minds of those responsible for making it. This is one of the most important distinctions in looking at movement finishing. One of the interesting things today as a watch writer interested in the technical and historical background is that Walt Odets, who basically invented…