Handling this watch in the metal, and doing link my due diligence on the historical model, produced two observations: First is that this is larger than the OG by about a millimeter-and-a-half (that's 38.5mm for the old vs. 40mm for the new) and clocks in a bit thicker than it's ancestor, at least visually. Now, I am no apologist for watch thickness, but I do think certain watches are enhanced by a thicker design, whereas making them thinner would take away from the intended effect.

In 2008, with the opening of the Palazzo Hotel, we took a major leap and opened two new stores, Bellusso and our Van Cleef & Arpels location. Bellusso was really a first-of-its-kind in the US. It was a very long and narrow store with amazing frontage, but it was lined with a number of boutiques and had a very European feel. That location features link an IWC, Vacheron Constantin, and Kwiat boutique in addition to Cartier, A. Lange & Sohne, Blancpain, Breguet, Bulgari, and Wellendorff.