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DeWitt Academia Quantième Perpetuel Sport Watch

"Sport" and "perpetual calendar" (they use the french "Quantième Perpetuel") usually aren't terms you hear in the same sentence when discussing high-end mechanical watches. But to be ballsy, that is what DeWitt did with the Academia Quantieme Perpetuel Sport watch. The amazingly loud design of the case and dial is sporty and bold. Certainly not for everyone, a good amount of people will appreciate the architectural complication that the design offers.

The watch isn't new, but this red bathed version is. Logically this watch should not look good. If you explained the concept of it to someone on paper, you'd be describing a mess. Though it does in fact seem to be greater than the sum of its parts. It comes across as cool - certainly more so that the original Academia Quantieme Perpetuel watch.

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DeWitt Academia Blackstream Chronograph Watch

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed) —

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The last few years have not been easy for DeWitt, and that has likely challenged their designers to come up with new things while staying true to the brand DNA. This year at Baselworld the brand symbolically re-released some older complex models, and new models were merely design experiments. You really started to expect that DeWitt was all about high complications for the prices they were asking. Now I think you have watches that are too little for too much. If I had to choose a decent one it would be this Academia Blackstream Chronograph watch. It has a base ETA 7753 automatic chronograph movement, which has been simplified down to a 30 minute chronograph for aesthetic purposes.

In a 44mm titanium and black rubber case, the style is DeWitt, but the specs hardly excite like DeWitt was once able to do. Dial styling is acceptable and decent to look at, but still on the side of underwhelming a bit. The watch does have a better presence in person though. DeWitt has made these funky rubber straps that you can see at play here. These next few years might be a time when getting a good deal on a DeWitt is possible and even wise. Or they might be the last gasps of breath from a brand that once had so much promise.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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DeWitt Academia Double Fuseau GMT2 Poetic Watch

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Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Uniquely designed DeWitt watches has released this new interesting line of Academia Double Fuseau GMT2 Poetic timepieces. In most respects this is a traditional GMT watch with a fourth hand on the dial serving as an adjustable 24 hour time indicator. Added to that is a small disc with an image of a globe located at the 12 o'clock position that revolves behind a tinted crystal partition showing the day and night regions of the world according to the time set by the GMT hand. It is a fun and useful complication. The globe itself is made from a process called "Goldfuss," which is also know as gold glass, and is very rare to find and hard to work with. The level of detail showing the outlines of the continents and included countries is quite impressive.

The DeWitt Academia Double Fuseau GMT2 Poetic is available in 43mm wide 18k white or rose gold cases and features a mechanical automatic movement. The movement also features a date complication in addition to the time and GMT hand. Like most DeWitt watches, the bezel features the iconic crenellation design, while the sides of the watch have engraved 'imperial columns." A nice and in my opinion simple addition to the DeWitt watch line.

Via Watchluxus.com.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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