Owing to the fact that the dials have so often been the focus of so much link creative effort, the Grande Seconde watches have tended to be on the larger side, with cases generally link 43mm in diameter and 12.21mm thick. (There have also been some link models available in 39mm cases as well). Jaquet Droz recently announced the launch of a new-to-the-collection 41mm size in a case which is a bit thinner than for the 43mm models – the new models are 12.10mm thick.

These days I don't look at it the same way I did when I was a young man pressed up link against the glass outside the Omega boutique in suburban New Jersey. I no longer have visions of sliding my Walther PPK into a link concealed holster and then peeling back my link cuff to check the time on my Seamaster before striding into a swanky party full of statesmen and beautiful people in an exotic locale. (Okay, fine, maybe I do just a little).