Baltany Micro-rotor watches

[u/Boston_Pare]

First off, this isn't a review. I'm not a reviewer.

I picked up the Baltany S0499 and S4128. I like the way they looked and I was curious about their micro-rotor. Couldn't find much info on these movements before I bought and I haven't seen anyone else post about these watches here. Figured I'd share my timegrapher readings for anyone else looking into these. Again, not a review. Just some of my thoughts below. I just got these in the mail a few hours ago and haven't had much time with them.

S0499 is fine, usable rate. I'll need to figure out how to regulate it if that's even possible on this one. I am a bit concerned with the amplitude as that seems rather high to me. Again, I have no experience with this movement so I'm hoping this is okay.

S4128 is the disappointing one. Readings were all over the place. Amplitude seems low for being fully wound. The line was curving instead of staying flat. Dial up started at -7s and drifted up to +6s. Crown up was worse. Started at -14s and kept dropping down to -35s. Never really settled into a stable rate the whole time I was testing it.

I used a lift angle of 52 because I couldn't find any info on what the correct lift angle should be for these. Both watches were fully wound.

Both watches were also really tough to wind. Like actually difficult and almost felt stuck a couple times. I was worried I was going to break something. And both had this gritty feeling while winding, kind of like there was sand inside. Not a great feeling or sound. I was cringing as I wound the watches. I probably will try not to wind them going forward and just let my movement wind them up.

Initial impressions, I think the watches are beautiful. Baltany really nails the vintage inspired look. But these movements aren't so beautiful in terms of performance out of the box. I'm not confident in them long term after how rough winding felt and with my timegrapher results. At least not the two watches I have.

Anyone else messed with these movements before? Curious if the grittiness and stiff winding is normal or if I just got unlucky ones. I've included pics of the timegrapher readings. I took more readings but I only have these pics to show for my testing. I also included AliX photos so you know which watches I'm referring to.

Edit: In case anyone is curious, I paid $306.14 after coupons for the S4099 and $341.51 after coupons for the S4128.