What watch are you wearing today?

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Pulled out the orange Omega Planet Ocean XL this weekend.
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Nice choices

 

Picked up in trade last week and have been wearing it ever since.

 

Got Lume?
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that's a sweet watch.

 

Somehow it felt like I was driving faster today...
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Gorgeous.

 

nice!

 

PAM 411 Firenze taken at 4:11 on 4/11
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Martin Braun Heliozentric

 

bundy, only other time to see a martin braun! ,,love them.. 18k rose gold notos

 

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Beautiful Notos, Kerim! I almost bought one instead of the Heliozentric. I recently traded my Selene FC rose gold on a Daytona because it was too big for my smallish wrist.

I tried to take a better pic of the Heliozentric. I may be the world's worst iPhone photographer.

 

your right, my daytona is small compared to the Notos..but both nice watches..

 

Cool timepieces, guys!

Bundy - what complication is displayed in in the upper left (between 9 & 2) of the watch face.

Kerim - What are the pizza slice-looking sub dials for?

 

thanks Anthony. The watch is a little complicated to put into my own word so I will copy and paste from an article about it..
The focus of the Notos model is to display the declination, a function that no other wristwatch has until now shown. According to G.-A. Berner’s Professional Dictionary of Horology, the declination can be thus defined: “In astronomy, the angular distance between a star and the celestial equator on the horary circle of the star.â€Â This definitely sounds a little confusing, and Braun himself has a much better of way of putting it: “I wanted to create a display that shows which line of latitude the sun is currently found on at noon.â€Â This display is shown on the elongated cutaway found between 7 and 9 o’clock by a hand that is only twice as thick as a hair, its shape designed by Martin Braun himself according to the principle of the divine rule.
divine rule.

“The equation of time is absolutely predestined to be combined with the declination,â€Â Braun explains of his inclusion of the Boreas model’s main complication. It has, however, been made even more legible on this dial, thanks to a new control disk Braun has created, with the fan-shaped display spanning almost a third of its right-hand side. And since the equation of time’s disk already contains the current month, it was logical for Braun to include this display in the Notos as well, found here between 5 and 6 o’clock.

While the dials’ displays are embellished by blue or silver-colored applied frames of 0.3 mm (depending on the dial color), the Notos’ movement is chiefly characterized by the module that Braun created for his own in-house movement (Caliber MAB 88), which years of development in Braun’s ateliers have honed to the finely tuned mechanism it has now become. MAB 5, comprising 87 individual components, is 2.5 millimeters high and represents the “brainâ€Â that powers the declination, equation, and month displays. Braun has also added his signature 18-karat gold rotor to the movement for both technical and aesthetic purposes.

 

Thanks, Anthony. Actually, that is just an engine-turned backplate detail housing the date. In the center, an "earth" travels an elliptical path around the central "sun", to tell you the month. The lowest dial is the zodiac. The tiny diamonds illustrate the constellations of Ursa Major and Orion.

Sadly, Frank Muller actually owns the rights to the Martin Braun trademark, despite the fact that he is no longer with the group. Must suck to lose the rights to your own name. Bad business planning.

 

Cool Brauns guys

Declination explained is confusing

 

Even sadder is that Muller appears to be doing absolutely nothing with the Martin Braun brand. No new releases, no nothing, not even a pulse. On the flip side though this is probably good for Martin Braun the man as it doesn't distract from his new brand Antoine Martin.

 

...And the big hand tells you the minutes while the little hand measures hours, right? I read it -- twice -- but I still don't get it. So much to I have to learn about grand complications. Thanks for showing us something so unique.

 

Interesting re: FM vs. MB. I wonder if FM bought MB out just to park it to eliminate competition a la Microsoft?

 

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Beautiful! Love RMs.

 

That is unlikely as they are much different products with different customers. I think it has more to do with bad timing and the economy. Martin Braun, European Company Watch, Pierre Kunz, Barthelay, all Muller brands that have been stagnant for the past couple of years.