To stay in the Clifton Club spirit, Mike Lewis and Arifin Putra spent the day testing the robustness of the Baume & Mercier Clifton Club Gentlesportsmen.
Thanks to its design made for adventure, the two actors were able to put to the test this watch while traveling their native land, Indonesia.
Now, being that it is a mechanical watch, I can already hear the chatter of watch enthusiasts commenting about how mechanical watches shouldn’t be exposed to continuous vibration and G forces regardless of the specs. The effects of continuous and brief strong vibrations to mechanical motions continues to be widely debated on many forums and covered by several articles, some of them by aBlogtoWatch, but it’s generally agreed upon that any strenuous physical activity is best performed together with your mechanical watch spectating in the sidelines. Fixing of mechanical watches through these kinds of activities could harm the self-winding mechanism along with inducing premature wear on the equilibrium wheel.As an ideal testing ground I’d be riding a skillet, vibey V-twin Indian Scout Bobber, over three days, to test these premature wear concepts such as the extra benefit of it being shock resistant and rated to withstand 550 G, that can be over 10 times the shock exerted onto a human body through a fatal automobile accident. Together with those specs, I was feeling pretty positive about the opinion withstanding the vibrations.The additional mechanical machine I would be reviewing are the above Indian Scout Bobber, a newly not-yet-released model, and I’d be riding one to the upcoming few times at arguably among the most coveted, secret, two-wheeled parties in the bike community. The Bobber was a fantastic compliment to the Clifton Club watch because they both carried an edgier feel contrary to their counterparts in their respective collections, and that, as the weekend progressed, shown to be a very complimentary relationship with similar road maps.