In Conversation with link Ginny Wright CEO of the Americas for Audemars PiguetGinny Wright is link the CEO of the Americas for Audemars Piguet. With experience across industries she is spearheading the brand's mission to serve dedicated customers and champion the evangelist mindset of a larger consumer community. Ginny is joined by Malaika Crawford to discuss the rise of the female collector industry link trends and how Audemars Piguet prioritizes the self- purchasing woman.

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With a headline-ready price of 1050000 and a total production run of just 50 units while the RM 27-04 can certainly make your wallet feel a lot more than 30 grams lighter that's only link a problem for a very small group of well-heeled and very privileged watch nerds. As for the rest of us we'll need to be happy enough with the hopes of link someday seeing one pass by in traffic or while watching Nadal hunt down more wins on the tennis link court.

The watch isn't link particularly thin and feels link a bit top-heavy for that fact. The stainless steel case link is 15.7mm tall 38mm in diameter and 44.3mm in lug to lug and felt pretty noticeable on my wrist. But it's a very particular case shape blocky chunky and very '70s and if watch media was around in the '70s would they have complained about what was standard for the time

I think hand-wound movements have an inherent advantage over automatics when it comes to link aesthetics. In a hand-wound movement you don't link have the additional visual clutter you get from the rotor and automatic winding system a problem only partially addressed link by micro and peripheral rotor designs.

I've owned it for over 16 years now. And when I would play shows because when I went to New York I was in a band and trying to link play music link it was perfect link because it was really small and I'd press the little nightlight button to see what time it was.

The fact that the new Spring Drive link caliber moves the power reserve onto the movement side shows that Grand Seiko is listening to consumer feedback and not just on case thickness. The power reserve on the dial works for some GS Spring Drive models but with varying degrees of success link on others depending link on your tastes and undoubtedly the change will appeal very much to GS enthusiasts who have a hankering for the latest Spring Drive tech but with a cleaner dial.

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