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jean claude bivier has been rather honest about these associations
Apr 04, 2008,08:02 AM
At least he used to talk a lot before he moved to Hublot! I agree that so long as no "slight of hand" is part of the deal, what can we criticize!
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Letters from le Brassus & the 1185 calibre
By: Jerryuk : March 29th, 2008-09:48
The latest edition of the Blancpain magazine arrived a while back and along with the article on the new Fifty Fathoms I was interested to read the article on the 1185 chronograph movement. I was amazed to learn that several un named top Swiss manufacturer...
Could they be suggesting, for example....
By: Moses. : March 30th, 2008-14:23
that the JLC 75x family of chronograph movements was directly "inspired" by the 1185 (i.e. JLC copied aspects of the movement without BP's approval?)
Interesting to provoke a little debate read the responses to this,
By: Jerryuk : April 1st, 2008-13:21
The other part of the mysterious behind the scenes goings on that I find intriguing is that certain "manufacture" houses also supply their movements to other brands, some of them very prestigious names indeed. I'm refering to the part of the market where ...
it happens all the time
By: ei8htohms : April 3rd, 2008-03:04
Hi Jerryuk, All of the "Big Three" brands (PP, AP, VC) use some movements supplied by other manufacturers. That in itself is not terribly scandalous and quite thoroughly disected and documented on the various watch discussion forums. Whether or not it is ...