[Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

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[Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by lunarin79 » 16 Mar 2015 22:25

Handled this interesting timepiece lately, a Dreyfuss & co 1953 Sportive Skeleton, a collaboration model with Wisma All Watches celebrating its 30th years of success in the watch retail industry. Limited to only 30 pieces worldwide.

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I'm not really a fan of skeleton dial but this model does attracts me in some ways; the red accents from the hour markers & hands. Not only it provides aesthetic purpose but at the same time, it also makes time reading easier against the busy background.

Near 7:00 position is a printed 'All Watches' company logo.

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Watch measures 45mm inclusive of crown, case is brushed finish with titanium plated bezel, as is the two-tone bracelet.

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Interestingly, there's crown guard, a nice feature in my opinion.

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And another interesting feature, is the red 'lining' around the crown if you noticed.

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Yes, it's a red rubber lining. A nice detail I must say. Not only it creates a consistent colour flow as a whole but it also helps a lot when unscrewing out the crown, setting of time and screwing it back while having a nice grip on the crown. Kudos to Dreyfuss & Co on this detail.

Signed crown.

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and some shots on the dial

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and a closeup of the lume, in red but....it doesn't even glow at all.

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Movement, as stated in All Watches, is a Dreyfuss & Co sole proprietary automatic callibre. I suspect is a ETA 2892 as 21 Jewels is on written the dial.

One thing I'm unsure of, is the 'Hand Made' part. Anyone can shed some light on it?

And a snap-on caseback rather than a screwdown caseback, hmmm..

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Overall, it's a decent watch, good level of finishing although some areas can be improved. Since it's a skeleton watch, I'm a bit disappointed to see an undecorated movement except the rotor plate ;)

Though the watch seems to have lots of weird solid angular areas, surprisingly, it wears well on wrist, the bracelet hugs the wrist nicely.

Thanks for taking the time to read this review :mrgreen:
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by balzebub71 » 16 Mar 2015 22:38

Nice looking watch, I quite like it. Kind of reminds me of a AP and Hublot in design? Hand made? Nah...probably just means some part of the watch was assembled by hand instead of 100% by robots? Any idea what the price range is like?


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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by lunarin79 » 16 Mar 2015 22:45

yes, like a fusion between AP & Hublot, haha.

Price is very near to 1.5k aft %
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Post by rojakman » 16 Mar 2015 23:12

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Post by lunarin79 » 16 Mar 2015 23:15

rojakman wrote:Image

Here's my dirty shot. ;)
waiting for you to 'show up' :mrgreen:
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Post by rojakman » 16 Mar 2015 23:40

Hahaha. There ain't much info on Dreyfuss online. But what I was told was it is handmade. Probably assembled by hand. Agreed with ceo that the finishing could be better for some area. It has integrated lugs. so if you intend to change out to a strap, you probably can get it custom made or order one from Allwatches.
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by lunarin79 » 16 Mar 2015 23:41

how much is a strap from All Watches?
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Post by rojakman » 16 Mar 2015 23:46

I think around 160sgd plus another 40 or 50sgd for the deployant buckle. The deployant buckle comes in the Dreyfuss logo which I thought it is a nice touch unlike the conventional ones
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Post by lunarin79 » 16 Mar 2015 23:52

so about $200ish for the full set, hmmm
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by rojakman » 16 Mar 2015 23:57

Yup. Can choose rubber or leather one. If you r going down, can jio me along. Haha. [GRINNING CAT FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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Post by lunarin79 » 16 Mar 2015 23:59

rojakman wrote:Yup. Can choose rubber or leather one. If you r going down, can jio me along. Haha. [GRINNING CAT FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
hahhaa, u wan change urs ar?
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Post by rojakman » 17 Mar 2015 00:02

Want to change to leather one. So far still looking around for a reasonable priced custom made one that can fit the integrated lug.
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by lunarin79 » 17 Mar 2015 00:05

have you tried removing the pin from the lug?

Not sure if it's a springbar or it's the same 'pin & collar' like the bracelet link
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[Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by rojakman » 17 Mar 2015 00:25

Haven't remove yet. I think it is a pin collar type. Leather strap would be the one seen here Image
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Post by traineract » 17 Mar 2015 01:04

Wah I really like this watch. I think it will look very nice on a rubber strap too! Any idea what the rubber strap looks like?
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by rojakman » 17 Mar 2015 07:17

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Rubber strap

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Leather strap
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by Trident » 17 Mar 2015 07:22

nice write up CEO. Saw this at All Watches Bugis, it's heavy but wears comfortably.
But I like the bracelet, solidly made.
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Post by traineract » 17 Mar 2015 09:08

rojakman wrote:Image

Rubber strap

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Leather strap
Thanks bro. The rubber strap damn nice
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Re: [Review] Dreyfuss & Co 1953 Sportive

Post by balzebub71 » 17 Mar 2015 11:30

Will look good on a horn back leather strap...
Feel like getting one to play play but 1.5k...ouch

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