Armand Nicolet - usually so elegant, so refined, so beautiful - usually

Their dials and hands are among the most elegant around IMHO with very intricate work on the dials usually. This one looks like a ham fisted idiot dipped it in black paint IMHO.

Very disappointed in AN for this one.

Now this one is more like their usual offerings!

For those unfamiliar with Armand Nicolet it's a small company in the heart of Switzerland with a reputation for some stunning dials.


One of the reasons Rolando Braga acquired Tramelan-based Armand Nicolet was the huge stock of vintage movements in the brand's storeroom. After many years of training watchmakers and working on these vintage movements, Braga began releasing limited edition watches featuring these reworked movements. These special watches have been so well received that these limited editions have become one of the pillars of the Armand Nicolet brand.


In 2009 Armand Nicolet introduced two new limited editions, the LS8 and the L08. Both these limited editions feature manual wind mechanical movements created with original components from 1957, modified and updated by the factory. The LS8 is limited to 600 pieces, while the L08 is limited to 500 pieces, more or less the number of original components from 1957 available (a percentage of components are held out for after sales service reasons).


The movements have been integrated with the Incabloc shock absorbent system and the Swan Neck adjustment mechanism. The LS08 is skeletonized and decorated with CÔtes de GenÈve finishing and perlage. The L08 is partially skeletonized, utilizing windows into the movement, showing the balance, lever, time-setting and winding systems. Each watch comes with a quality control certificate compiled by the individual watchmaker.

Wow.The 1st one.What a waste of a eta 7751.

UGGG...not into chronos and REALLY dont like subdials for for month, day, and date...YUCK!

Anomaly wrote:

UGGG...not into chronos and REALLY dont like subdials for for month, day, and date...YUCK!

Yeah, that one really ...well it just.....

Now, the others from AN

I guess they just wanted to cover all the bases by adding
that stealth style into the mix !..Those other models are
off the charts classy, and COOL by the way ! They
honestly seem to make alot of great watches !