The case for the sandwich
By Julien Moreau, Geneva ยท
I will concede one thing to the sapphire crowd, and it is the caseback.
Turn this version over and the 3861 is there behind glass, and it is a handsome movement to look at, which the hesalite model keeps hidden. You also get sapphire on the front, which will not scratch on a door frame. Otherwise the watch is identical: 42 mm, 13.2 mm, 50 hours, black dial, bracelet. The difference is eight to nine hundred dollars at list, eighty-one to eighty-four hundred against seventy-one to seventy-six. If scratches drive you mad or you like to show people the movement, buy this one. I would still take the hesalite, but I will not lose sleep over your choice.