What do you guys think of this mock-up for a possible Villeret piece?

Aug 18, 2012,14:43 PM
 

I photoshopped one of Fr.Xavier's pictures, and thought this could be a nice clean, simple, and elegant Villeret model.  It has the Montblanc "look" and isn't as conservative as the traditional Villeret design.

Thoughts?  Nay or Yah?

Cheers,
Anthony






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Good work Anthony, I like the numerals.

 
 By: MichaelC : August 18th, 2012-16:03
I believe such a model would be a nice piece for MB.

Needs something

 
 By: aaronm : August 19th, 2012-10:54
I like what you have there, but the dial has a huge amount of blank white space on the 6 o'clock side. If it were an enamel dial, that might work, but with paint it's too flat. A sub-second dial might work well there, or do the dial in enamel over guilloc... 

Well the Italians tried to do this before...

 
 By: mkt33 : August 20th, 2012-19:02
It can work with a traditional dial design...like what MB is doing with the "vintage" series. Most importantly they need to be priced competitively to break into the market, especially for thin simple handwind dress watches. The movement is beautiful but ...  

The rose gold watch on top is beautiful.

 
 By: patrick_y : August 22nd, 2012-16:52
The rose gold watch on top is especially beautiful. I especially like the lugs with the stepped/tiered design on the edge.

Too similar to the rest of the market...

 
 By: patrick_y : August 22nd, 2012-19:00
I really like Villeret because it's so different than the other watches on the market. The watches are simple, yet usually larger and thicker than Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin, due to their large movements with large balance wheels and pocket-wa...