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Simply too big

Bit of lug overhang on the wrist, and the movement size dictates where the registers can be - and that seems to be a bit far from the outside edge, despite the numerals balancing the dial out a bit.

I really don't like the applied (or 3D printed) logo, it looks cheap to me - flat printed (as per the 1887 text) looks more restrained and classier. There are already plenty of rose gold highlights, this is one too far for me.

Going in the right direction though, let's hope the external bezels are gone for good. I'd suggest 41mm is plenty big enough, a more restrained Bauhaus approach to look genuinely premium, a revised movement to give 3-6-9 and 3-6 register layouts (up-down and 7750-alike layouts come across a bit budget) and some work to get the height of the modular movements down (these are tall watches).

The Grand Carreras were there to provide a bigger watch, so bigger Carreras is a confusing strategy - cap the size and call the bigger ones something different, whether it be Grand Carrera, Autavia, Montreal or something else entirely.

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