Review: Patek Philippe Nautilus Replica Double Split

Patek Philippe Nautilus Replica

Patek Philippe Nautilus Replica Double Split was able to clock two events in excess of 30 minutes. This includes overlaying the sweep seconds hand and the chronograph's minute toll. The watch functions in the same way as the previous description, but it also has a start/stop and a rattrapante button. However, the second elapsed minute hand is in blued steel just like the rattrapante seconds hands. The Double Split, which is also a flyback means that the hands will snap back to zero when the reset button is pressed, while the chronograph is still running. This eliminates the need to stop, reset, and start over again.

Double Split movement being assembled

There is more to the bonnet than just adding another hand to the dial, but that is an article for someone smarter than I (remember, my dive-watch hobby). Even to me, the Double Split and its creation was amazing.

Initialy, I was disappointed that the watch I received was not in white gold or platinum, but in pink gold. For someone my age (Midwestern America), the use of gold is still seen as ostentatious and garish, even if it's not the preferred choice of wealthy old men in Florida. It doesn't look as good on fair skin. That was quickly resolved.Richard Mille RM 011 Replica Patek Philippe Nautilus Replica's pink-colored gold suits the brown alligator strap and silvery cream dial. It was comfortable to wear even in casual situations, which is almost all of my life. I liked it paired with jeans, brown boots and rolled-up sleeves. It is burlier than you might expect and has a wider range of functions than other luxury high-complication timepieces. It looks almost like a sports watch, dare i say. It was not something I wore jogging, as I did with the Dresden Datograph, but that's another story. I did however use it to time a professional bike race in the most fitting demonstration of its utility.

A criterium, which is a cycling race, involves riders racing around a circuit of less than one mile for a time limit or lap time. Slower riders are pushed off the course and become lapped until they are eliminated.Breitling Replica I positioned myself at a dangerous bend in the course, where riders had to brake hard, then accelerate out of the corner. As they passed me, I focused on the lead riders and pressed the chronograph start button. I clicked the rattrapante button when the first rider passed me. The Saxon stopwatch recorded his lap as two minutes, four seconds. The second rider was gone and I clicked on the chronograph pusher. It read two minutes and twelve seconds. Snap took the rattrapante, while snick took the reset pusher. The Double Split was ready for action again. It was great fun. It was a lot of fun.

Over the course of the Double Split, I would find days and activities that were better suited to wearing something casual and pedestrian. As a Rolex Submariner. The Double Split, who waited patiently in my safe, was perhaps content for the break. The winding was a little fun when I pulled her out. It was fascinating to watch the power reserve hand move from the marker "AB", ("down"), to the marker "AUF", ("up") and see the balance wheel come alive. Friends wanted to see the watch and called and emailed me to let them know. I set up visits and gave the watch away to friends as a loan piece of art.Patek Philippe Nautilus Replica Even non-watch wearers would approach me at social events to ask for it. The usual gaggles about price were put to rest when the watch was rubbed and turned over to reveal its exquisite movements. It was snapped by iPhone users to be shared with wealthy relatives and friends. The Double Split was a model on my arm, loved by all, lusted by many -- but it was mine for one wonderful summer month.