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The 1185 is an integrated chronograph and a great one at that – needless to say, it is not made by Audemars Piguet. No, no, it’s technically a Blancpain movement, though despite the Swatch Group’s efforts to re-brand F. Piguet as “Manufacture Blancpain” (and Lemania as “Breguet,” for that matter), nobody calls it that. Though, if one were to try to visit F. Piguet's website, you'd see this. But, this chronograph is indeed sourced from Swatch, who acquired F. Piguet some years back, and according to them, this is one movement they have no plans on holding back from selling to at least two very important customers – AP and Vacheron Constantin (who uses it in its Overseas line). Swatch does reserve special variations of the 1185 for Blancpain's use exclusively, such as in the Rattrapante Flyback we showed you here.

Do I wish this watch used an in-house chronograph? Absolutely. Do I wish it adopted the Offshore methodology of coupling AP’s 3120 with a module? Not for a second. Case profile is extremely important to me, and I imagine it is for many other Royal Oak lovers. The Piguet 1185 is is a lovely movement with perfect size and functionality for this watch. I can see all the comments now – “I’d never buy a chronograph this expensive without an in-house movement,” and that’s certainly an opinion worth respecting. After all, there are now some lovely in-house chronographs out there from the likes of Rolex, TAG Heuer, Omega, and even Breitling. But, to be frank, there isn’t much in the way of competition in the true high-end sport category (the aforementioned brands should be considered “tool” watches).

Vacheron doesn’t have its own self-winding chronograph, Lange doesn’t either (though, of course, they don’t make sports watches). Girard-Perregaux’s Sea Hawk uses their in-house 3300 caliber with a Dubois-Depraz module on it, similar to the way the Offshore is constructed, and doesn’t really compete with this model as much as the ROO.

No, the Royal Oak chronograph is something of a dressier sports chronograph (if that makes any sense), and the only true competitor in this space is Patek Philippe’s 5980 chronograph, which indeed has an in-house self-winding movement. Actually, I take that back. Blancpain uses an in-house self-winding movement in its sports chronographs, as does Breguet. But they’re using the exact same caliber that's in this AP. So again, before everyone freaks out about this watch not using an in-house movement, remind yourself there is but one manufacture who does so, and it’s Patek Philippe, and for a lot more money

SerdarFB yazdı: Ben bir süre kullandığım saatlere iyi bir fiyata alıcı çıkarsa hiç durmadan veriyorum. Kullanılmayan yada saat rotasyonunda az yer bulan modelleri elde tutmanın fazla bir anlamı yok. Sonuçta fazlasıyla değer kazanan, kolleksiyon değeri olan parçalar değil.