And they attract a certain devotion from
a particular kind of collector. The subject of
ostentation is rarely broached in watch circles;
most Swiss brands being of the opinion that
there is never such a thing as “too much”, but
there is a very particular kind of ostentation at
work when the styling of your watch has such
an overtly negative impact on legibility. Far
be it for us to suggest that the wearer of such
a watch would ever use it to do anything so
vulgar as actually tell the time.