I never cease to be impressed with how fair and unbiased you are in your reviews. Well, this one is certainly a statement piece. If you like novelty watches and can afford to indulge your passion, knock yourself out. I’m not a fan of the B&R design ethos and adding the novelty dial hasn’t helped. I don’t think I’m their target market, but in fairness, I have friends who would wear something like this. Unfortunately, they aren’t people that would spend this amount of money on a watch. Oddly, looks better on the wrist than I expected. I’ll stick to Marmite. 😊
Hi Barry, to me the only saving graces of this are the movement and wearing comfort, which are considerable benefits. As a pilot's watch I have my doubts frankly: any GMT or dual time zone watch would be infinitely better in that role. I see this as a novelty watch: a nicely made one sure, but just a novelty watch. I'd be embarrassed wearing it, frankly. Now the watch Bob is wearing, THAT would be an excellent pilot's watch! Or a Sinn 856/7, 105 UTC, Tudor GMT and so on... there's a lot of choice now. Have a good weekend Barry, LG Bob ⌚🍻
I was never a fan of there larger square case design models, but it does feel good on the wrist and fitted with a cool hand set it could really like this one Bob
@@ClickSpringReview Me too. It's just their fragile nature that's a concern. It has no acoustic properties, unlike steel. It's unable to disperse shocks effectively. This can lead to catastrophic failure if struck hard enough. And boy, do they go. 😸
Because the watch brands that produce them will have actual data on the failure rate of the cases and it’s likely quite rare. Even on forums it’s the same old pictures of a broken Omega or Panerai case shared ad nauseam about the dangers of ceramic watches with the actual reports of people damaging being rare.
@@Cyime You're right about the same old broken case vlogs etc. It's just that they are unrepairable, unlike steel. Which seems to have its own rules regarding a second life. I'm definitely out for now.
Purchased one of these on a whim after they came out. First B&R I’ve owned. I’m an aviation nerd and find it fun. It’s impossible to read and is probably a bit overpriced for what it is, but I don’t care. Fun piece that makes me smile. Certainly wouldn’t want it to be a single watch but it slots it well with the others I own.
