: I think it is a reasonably nice watch. I don't think the design is
: that balance, and the mismatched pushers and sub-dials seem to
: me to be more of a distraction. I also am not enamored with the
: numerals and typography, which is too orthagonal for my taste.

: Also, while I'm sure the amount of engineering coupled with low
: projected sales volume dictated the price, it seems RIDICULOUS!
: You can cobble together a pretty amazing collection of vintage
: and modern for this amount.
We all have different opinions. This chronograph is together with the Monaco V4 a truly GRANDE COMPLICATION you can only compare to a Tourbillon. We have developed from scratch 396 totally new components and spent 20.000 hours of work. The assembling itself takes 2 days of a qualified wAtchmaster. Hence the cost hence the consumer price, taking into account as well the current vey high gold price. All media met found it rather "accessible" for the new benchmark in chronographs ie the only one EXTREMELY PRECISE and UTTERLY READABLE, which are the 2 main requirements for a top end chronographs. Never forget that before the Mikrograph, most chronographs you can buy nowadays, often at very very high prices are beating at 4 Hertz only (1/8th of a second.......) and don't display anything more precise than one second in ways not easy to read.....in other words, the MIKROGRAPH is the first ever real Chronograph !