Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic 42

This week on "Vintage Eye," we visit one of the most hotly debated vintage-inspired watches of the past few years, taking a deep dive into the Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic 42mm If you're unfamiliar with the watch - but are familiar with a little model called the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak - then you can likely understand straight off the bat the cause for contention Since the Aikon Automatic's release, it has been compared nonstop to the original Royal Oak, and for many commentators and collectors the watch represents a bargain-priced "Homage" rather than a watch that stands on its own design grounds.

In large part due to its significantly more accessible price point in combination with the quality of its build, the watch has been able to strike a chord among fashion and trend-focused consumers, and makes Maurice Lacroix something of a player in the steel sports watch category In the experience of this writer, the movement is the least spectacular aspect of the watch, featuring only standard Sellita finishing in combination with Maurice Lacroix's logo, rather than an elevated level of finishing clearly demonstrated by the Swiss manufacturer From its initial release through the modern day, it has retained many of the vintage elements that have influenced not only this modern Maurice Lacroix but plenty of other contemporary watches.

I have observed above, and other writers have commented, on the somewhat lackluster quality of the finishing for the movement of the Aikon Automatic; that said, it's still easy to extol the overall finishing of the watch itself, from case to dial to bracelet Caleb Anderson is a freelance writer with a primary focus on vintage watches. . Source