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georgeszaslavsky
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if you remember Chuck Maddox, you should remember his posts about the 33xx

Sorry for my late response, but better late than never if you read the chuck maddox's watch weblog and from his posts onseveral forums, you could and can read the numerous number of cases where the 33xx failed. Also knowing that the 33xx has known three variants in less than 10 years of production is not reassuring. For your information, I have done a lot of research on the piguet subject because I know some highly qualified master watchers who used to repair these watches as well as the 1185 used in the blancpain chronos. Despite a lepine construction for the 1285 instead of a savonette construction for 1185, some parts are stamped and the thickness of these parts is relatively thin compared to a zenith ep 400 or a rolex 4130, also the fact that it has one screw retaining the rotor and not three screw with a complete ball beating winding system makes the winding less efficient and more prone to unscrewing in case of intense activities. Also a well known problem was the resetting chronograph breakage. Chuck used to call the 33xx "a hangar queen" movement because it didn't and doesn't offer the same level of robustness than a 321, 861, 1040 or 1045 movements.

I have always had more faith in Chuck's objectivity and sense of constructive criticism than the claims of a marketing department.

best regards

georges 

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