Mitch K
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As the Roger Smith and the H1 are on my list as well I can only vote with my feet (or is
it my pocketbook?).
The AP is a great watch but for a number of reasons my tastes tend towards the Independent world. I admire the AP but of the three it is the last on the list.
Between the H1 and the Smith, I would choose the Smith Series 2. Both watches are built from the ground up and both have so many wonderful features but I believe that the Smith is just that much more to my taste. The Smith dial (not the skeleton, in my opinion) has the most exquisite guilloche done by Roger's shop on George Daniel's machine. The movement is so wonderfully finished in such a typically British fashion with fine frosting and every detail attended to. every part of the watch is made in Roger's shop except for some of the more mundane parts. I must admit prejudice having spent time with Roger and visited his shop a couple of years ago and I have not had the similar pleasure with Haldiman (though I have seen his H1 - the Purist version). I am not sure of Haldiman's production but Roger is producing about 12 watches per year and that is his goal for the future so having a Smith is truly a unique and rare pleasure. And, yes, I have hopes to have my Series 2 by the end of the year while the H1 on my list is still in the category of possibility.
Please let us know your final decision.
Mitch
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