Which Independents Are You Watching?

[llngoc]

Originally Posted by ChetBaker

Quick update on my earlier post about the next step in collecting independents. I spent the weekend in Geneva - my first visit of the city and my first time at Geneva Watch Days. I enjoyed it tremendously. I saw a couple impressive watches, met great people and loved the conversations about watches and the industry in general. So I went from Laurent Ferrier to Fleming to Moser to Simon Brette. Simon was so kind to spend an hour chatting to me about his brand, upcoming releases and the difficulty of allocating his very limited pieces to the right collectors. He even let me try on his personal souscription piece - needless to say it is an amazing watch, and I believe I have an opportunity to explore getting on the list for an allocation of the upcoming steel release. Now, this would be a watch to cap off my collection and would require consolidation of a couple of other pieces. In fairness, I would have to stretch my budget considerably to make it happen. The independent collector community here in the Netherlands is fairly small and I would appreciate hearing from others with experience working with Simon. Absolutely fine to exchange PMs if that’s preferable.

Which dial color are you planning to get?

[Ross E.!]

Originally Posted by llngoc

Which dial color are you planning to get?

What are the dial options?

I'm scheduled for the titanium model in 2027 and will stick with that but I'm curious re: new dial options/colors on the steel model.

[llngoc]

Originally Posted by Ross E.!

What are the dial options?

I'm scheduled for the titanium model in 2027 and will stick with that but I'm curious re: new dial options/colors on the steel model.

My information is from a few months ago. Simon told me that there will be two dial color choices for the steel edition. (Blue and purple, but it’s been so long that I cannot be sure as I was not interested in the steel edition) But it is best to find out from him.

The dial on the titanium version is probably as good as it gets. You definitely should stick with it or add a steel.

[ChetBaker]

Originally Posted by eiesh

If you don’t mind me asking what’s the retail
Price of the steel Simon Brette piece


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I was told 75k CHF

[eiesh]

Originally Posted by ChetBaker

I was told 75k CHF

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[FrugalGreubel]

Originally Posted by ChetBaker

I was told 75k CHF

That’s a very fair price. Appreciate the info.

[FrugalGreubel]

Originally Posted by llngoc

My information is from a few months ago. Simon told me that there will be two dial color choices for the steel edition. (Blue and purple, but it’s been so long that I cannot be sure as I was not interested in the steel edition) But it is best to find out from him.

The dial on the titanium version is probably as good as it gets. You definitely should stick with it or add a steel.

A purple dial!!!!!!! Me want lol.

[ChetBaker]

Originally Posted by FrugalGreubel

That’s a very fair price. Appreciate the info.

I do not disagree but let’s not forget that is ex vat (in most EU countries between 20-25%) and the CHF/EU exchange rate is at around 1:1.05. So when all is said and done it is still 95k Euro and 105k USD for a time only watch.

[FrugalGreubel]

Originally Posted by ChetBaker

I do not disagree but let’s not forget that is ex vat (in most EU countries between 20-25%) and the CHF/EU exchange rate is at around 1:1.05. So when all is said and done it is still 95k Euro and 105k USD for a time only watch.

That’s a very good point and something I didn’t even think about. Plus it’s easy to say “not bad” when the money isn’t spent. I still think it’s a pretty fair asking price considering the hype around the brand and the limited availability. But yea that’s definitely a lot of money.