My friend bought a Tsar Bomba and now I want one too

The Tsar Bomba is ridiculous ridiculous in the best way. It's not subtle. But it's a real skeleton, not a dial with some holes cut in it, which is more than I can say for half the stuff in that price range.

Ten minutes under kitchen lights is exactly how they get you. That's not a watch, that's a trap with a strap.

Honeymoon phase is real though.I've owned mine about eight months now and I still catch myself staring at the balance wheel during meetings. The finish on the bridges is what surprised me most — I expected worse at the price. That said, it's heavy and the lug width makes strap shopping annoying. Not a dealbreaker, just something nobody warns you about.

just tell your partner it's the same watch with a different strap. works 60% of the time, every time

sprocket beat me to it but yeah — the distinction between an actual skeletonized movement and a 'skeleton dial' is the whole ballgame. I'd handle one in person before committing if I were you. Photos flatten the depth and you lose the sense of how the light plays across the anglage. Also seconding pondskater on the weight; it's not a featherweight office watch if that matters to you.

You made fun of him and then folded in under ten minutes. Respect the honesty at least. But no you're not crazy, that thing is designed to do exactly this to people.

Do we get to know what the two existing skeletons are? Because if one of them is already a busy openworked dial you might be stacking the same visual trick tice.

third skeleton is when the collection officially becomes a scream. embrace it