Baume & Mercier Hampton Milleis MOA08744

Hi All! Many of you may remember the recent episode of our favorite game: "Time for another game of.. Reeeeal or faaaake!". Well, to summarize for those that missed (click the link for the full experience), without the addition of some back story, the pictures were a tough read. There are easy fakes to spot, but sometimes real ones have some strange aspects in different lighting or photography. In the end, I think most folks thought it probably was legit. What I finally decided to do was to........

My initial impression went something like this: Oh my...what have they done, that is very ugly,. But the more I stared at it the better it looked (I wish the same could be said about me). What really won me over was that annoying protrusion which happened to be a depth gauge. I think it is remarkable what JLC has been able to do with their calibres and this is really something cool. Its value as a dive tool is certainly questionable but I think its technical achievement is as good as any other........