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Originally Posted by PreferHackingSeconds
Beautiful collection!
I notice you have the 1942 Historiques too! I'm wearing that today and that is one of my favourite GADAs!
Do consider adding the Angelus Chronographe Telemetre and we can have 3 identical watches  |
Thank you my friend! 1942 Historiques was a love at first sight when I saw it, it's gorgeous all around.
As for Angelus, I was VERY close to pulling the trigger on their Instrument de Vitesse reference (absolutely love the look of the black-dial version), but after reading about some shortcuts they decided to take on the A5000 movement, I decided against it.
Essentially it appears that Angelus kept some movement parts even though they are not actually being utilized. From another collector:
"For this Angelus monopusher, to be clear, they are not using the THA045MC, and they have chosen to only have a 1 min chrono to avoid facing the design challenge of cramped dials. Note, Massena’s sympathetic reboot of the ’63 'Medical' cleverly included the 30s register. But, both these retain visible vestigial parts; e.g. minute reset hammer, minute wheel bridge and jewel, intermediate wheel etc. Shame."