New watch: Chronofixe × Seconde/ Seconde/ Astérix

Dear friends of the cultivated madness,

to mark the 65th “birthday” of “Astérix”, created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, something new is coming out of France: the Chronofixe × Seconde/ Seconde/ Astérix, limited to 500 pieces. The watch doesn’t just feature a comic character printed on the dial; the details have also been lovingly adapted – the discerning reader will notice the inscription on the bezel and the date disk…

Case: steel
Diameter: 37 mm
Height: 12.8 mm
Lug to…

New watch: Chronofixe × Seconde/ Seconde/ Astérix

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Acceptible Accuracy for Luxury Used Watch?

Hi, I’m new here so apologies if this should go somewhere else, but curious if anyone has a take.

I just bought a Blancpain Leman Flyback (prob from early 2000’s) in LN condition from a generally reputable dealer. It seemed to be running a little weird. When I got it on the timegrapher it seemed to have some issues with amplitude. On the wrist, it was gaining even more time (2min+ per day- maybe knocking or something?).

I called the dealer (who has an in-house watchmaker/repair service)…

Acceptible Accuracy for Luxury Used Watch?

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