It?s pretty rare, but every so often a sequel improves on the original. The Godfather Part II is probably the most frequently cited example of this extremely rare phenomenon, and while some might chime in that it?s part of a trilogy and shouldn?t count, the third installment of the Godfather saga was far from a foregone conclusion in 1974 when II was released, and director Francis Ford Coppola (who also made Jack, never forget) has stated that in his mind, the first two films told a complete story, and he considered it all a done deal. Anyway, the point here is simply that it?s very uncommon for lightning to strike twice, and the same would seem to be true for watches. Brands frequently go back to the well, releasing new, slightly changed variants of existing watches that were bona fide hits. The new watch from Louis Erard, the Excellence Guilloché Main II, is named like a sequel, and while it shares a lot with last year?s original, it also has some key refinements that make it very much its own thing. Is it better than the original" The Godfather Part II of watches" 
The original Guilloché Main took a fresh approach to the artistic application of guiloché with a design inspired in large part by the work of M.C. Escher, known for creating images of ?impossible objects? frequently rooted in mathematical and scientific principles. The nature of guilloché itself, which is marked by a series of repeating patterns, made an Escher-esque design a logical c...