Breitling Chronospace

What is a constant force escapement, anyway? That's a question we've been getting A LOT recently. You see, the term is thrown around often in this day and age, and rarely is it an accurate description of what is going on. But, a few weeks back, Girard-Perregaux invited us over to Switzerland to see what they believe to be one of the first true constant force escapements to be unveiled, by anyone. And we tend to agree. In this post, we'll run you through GP's new "Constan........

I was given a IWC watch about a year ago, and this is what was said..."Hey this old guy gave me a watch a while back and told me that it was expensive, its a nice watch do you want it?" Of coarse i said yes and thought expensive ment $200 tops. well much to my surprise after i googled the company i found myself in awe when i saw that the cheapest of these watches online was right around $3000. Its floated around in the center console of my car for the last year. Like the title of this post says ........