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Pierre Paulin Small Seconds Vintage Watch Review

Pierre Paulin Small Seconds

What is Pierre Paulin? It is the name of a watch brand, I saw this brand on the website of Merkur, which is also a custom-made watch brand created in China, not like other Chinese homage watches, Merkur is more creative in design. I introduced Pierre Paulin watches on my blog before, the most popular model is the one that looks similar to Daytona Panda, many people like this watch and have asked me the price, actually, almost all watches made by Merkur have cheap prices except the ones with tourbillon movement. The Pierre Paulin watch I am going to review today is a basic model of Pierre Paulin with simple design, but with elegant style, the watch also offers a lot of fun on the band because the wearer can change different types of bands and they still look nice on the watch.

Pierre Paulin Silver Dial

The case is not big, which is only 38mm in diameter, but checking the pictures, it looks larger than 38mm. The case is totally brushed, it is a whole piece of metal that is made with stainless steel, the brushing on the case does not look very delicate, but I like this finish that looks a bit rough. Due to the manual winding movement inside, the case is only 12mm thick. The solid case back has the engraving of a lion head. And seeing from the back, the connection between the case and band is also very simple for the wearer to remove and change a new band on.

The dial is silver and has a very high readability. In my memory, I do not know which Swiss watch uses this dial design, or is it just the own design of Pierre Paulin? If yes, that’s amazing. The circle with big Arabic numeral hour markers on has the same brushing finish as the case. The blue color just refreshes the entire silver and gray dial. A small dial positioned at 6 o’clock shows the working small seconds hand, which is sweeping smoothly. The outer track-style minute scales always look classic. The watch is powered by a manual winding mechanical movement, I do not suggest you wind too tight each time, just 20 rotations will be enough. The watch comes with a green leather band, actually this type of full grain leather band fits better than any other bands, absolutely you can try a rubber band. By the way, I will love the watch more if it has a see-through crystal back.

Pierre Paulin Case Back
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Merkur Pierre Paulin Double Tourbillon Watch Review

Merkur Double Tourbillon with Black Leather Strap

I never thought I will buy a double tourbillon watch until I saw tis Pierre Paulin tourbillon from Merkur, I was simply attracted by its cheap price, which is less than 1000 US Dollars, it is hard to believe, because now even a replica watch with tourbillon movement is sold over 800 USD. Merkur is a watch company founded in China, it is a very young brand, I know very little about it, but the watches they made have a lot of Chinese elements, I love them, I have bought several watches from Merkur, I like their China army Pilot’s watch very much. Different from some traditional Chinese brands, the young Merkur puts more focus on the creativity of design, so many watches coming from Merkur will lit up your eyes.

Merkur Tourbillon Watch

This Pierre Paulin double tourbillon watch from Merkur looks like a homage of the one made by Roger Dubuis, but this Merkur watch looks more simple. Such a tourbillon watch is a show of your high-end taste. Merkur offers four dial color options, black, white, blue and this salmon.

Merkur Double Tourbillon

All of your attention must be on its dial, the double tourbillon device, they are real and work accurately, I am a little regret to choose this salmon color, it looks like the black one is more elegant. Any way, the watch is good, I do not want to send it back to exchange. The salmon dial is divided into three parts by semicircle, the tourbillon device is set in a semicircle at 5 o’clock and 7 o’clock, you can clearly see the golden wheel and gears. The tourbillon is manual winding, you need to wind the watch every day, but do not wind it too tight each time. Two hands on the center are sword-shape and in blue color, actually the four models all have blue-steel hands.

Merkur Double Tourbillon Brown Dial

The case has a big size, it is 42m in diameter and 11.3mm in thickness, I like its crown, which is very big, very convenient to operate with your fingers. The case has a fine finish with brushing and polishing used alternatively, the crystal above the dial is highly scratch-resistant sapphire. Through the crystal back, the turbo-shaped decoration on the movement plate looks unique, there are also golden egraving information about the movement.

Merkur Crystal Back

The black leather band is made with genuine alligator leather, the embossed crocodile patterns on the leather band looks high end, actually the band also feels good and very soft. This allagator leather band obviously enhances the class of the entire watch.

Merkur Double Tourbillon Wrist Shot