Piaget Dual Time 'Tiger's Eye' Dress Watch new dates to circa 1978 and

dates to circa 1978 and features a strong Oyster case with 'holey lugs'

) But it's small details like the crown at 12 o'clock and the subtle guilloché of the dial (in which Cartier's hidden their signature inside the Roman numeral at 7 o'clock) that make the Basculante truly original

brands like Waltham and Elgin saw the potential for this new product

which the AVI lacked

and with a new technology—side-scanning sonar—Cousteau scoured the seafloor

Piaget Dual Time 'Tiger's Eye' Dress Watch new dates to circa 1978 andThe mass manufacturing of well built timepieces has been a boon for the modern watch buyer. Everywhere one turns, one is confronted by watches of good quality and solid build and this is to say nothing of pieces from high end independents and practitioners of haute horlogerie. But for those who crave a hand made quality a certain je ne sais quois that often feels absent from modern timepiece production looking to the past can provide an answer.