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The Frederique Constant Highlife Perpetu
In this watch, there's a story of carbon, Arnault told me before the watch's grand unveiling here in Geneva at the Watches and Wonders trade show. "Inside there's the pas cher Audemars Piguet carbon hairspring, and outside you have lab-grown diamonds set on the case in a way that natural diamonds simply could never be. Once we understood that we needed to use the shapes that only lab-grown diamonds could produce, it unlocked creativity to do something entirely new. This was the approach we took to create the watch."And the depth of the relationship became apparent while touring the team's garage. There was a strict no-photographs policy, otherwise I would have been snapping wrist shots, but something stuck out to me: mechanics, engineers, admins, and every other person on the team was wearing an IWC, but not the latest model. Many of the watches were older, telling me they had been with the team a long time. And they wore their watches with a noticeable pride.In the uncertain and unpredictable life as a CIA Case Officer, the Breitling Aerospace would serve as a reliable and predictable constant. It was with me as I shook hands with "princes and thieves" — a euphemism to describe the contacts and friendships I would develop over a career at the CIA. When I met Middle Eastern intelligence officers and diplomats, I would eagerly show them the watch, in hopes that it would establish credibility as an intelligence officer.I believe that I have been quite upfront with you about my NOMOS fanaticism thus far, though I've kept my musings largely limited to its dressier designs. Now, I am formally here to show some love to the brand's sportier options, and with its 37mm sizing and radiant green dial, this take on the Club Sport Neomatik is a great place to start.
A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1 MoonphaseChaumet Creative Complication ColombesClaude Meylan Tortue "Petite Fleur"Girard-Perregaux Cat's Eye CelestialGraff Mastergraff Floral TourbillonVan Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Papillon AutomateThe movement powering that flyback functionality is the chronometer-certified Calibre 02 Flyback from TAG Heuer which the brand has smartly showcased via replika IWC an exhibition caseback with a black rotor. It's a large movement both in diameter (31mm) and thickness (over 13mm).Sometimes a line of text on the dial of a watch can tell a part of that story, and that's what makes double-signed watches so appealing. A double-signed watch usually bears the name of the retailer on the dial, and that sheds light on where the watch was sold and tells us about a larger relationship between a manufacturer and its retail network.SBGW 281 and SBGW287:Caliber: 9S64Functions: Time only Diameter: 28.4mmPower Reserve: 72 hoursWinding: ManualFrequency: 28,800 vph / 4 HzJewels: 23Accuracy (in normal usage): + 10 to -1 seconds per day
The movement is something quite interesting: the Mido caliber 80 Si, replica GUCCI which is based on an ETA C07.821. It's not an especially large movement, at 11 1/2 lignes (25.60mm x 5.22mm) but it is fitted with a silicon balance spring and is a COSC-certified chronometer; Mido was ranked the 4th largest maker of certified chronometers in 2013 (although, alas, the COSC no longer releases numbers of movements certified by brand any more, which is a loss).Monday, December 3, 2018, 6:00-9:00 PM at The General Society Library, 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Doors open at 6:00 PM; lecture begins promptly at 7:00 PM. Free tickets are required to attend.All HSNY meetings are free and open to the public, and all lectures are video recorded.HODINKEE is a sponsor of the Horological Society of New York.The "Daytona" signature was introduced in 1964, and in 1965, in the reference 6240, Rolex introduced screw-down chronograph pushers and a screw-down crown. While these were certainly improvements to water resistance, the fact is that a screw-down crown is not naturally at home in a manually-wound watch, and in 1988, Rolex introduced the first self-winding Daytona. This was the 16520, and the movement was the Rolex caliber 4030, which in turn was based on the Zenith El Primero caliber.The 41mm fiber shell is now navy blue instead of the standard black, along with a custom J.Crew dark-blue and grey-blue striped NATO strap. The Arabic numerals are dropped from the dial in favor of standard Submariner-style indices. Inside is an ETA high-torque quartz movement.
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