Until recently I hadn't really given much thought to other rainbows. But link there are many. And this year they just kept coming to the point where rainbows seemed to be uh link falling out of the sky. Audemars Piguet H. Moser amp Cie. Hublot Patek link Philippe TAG Heuer Ulysse Nardin and Zenith all released rainbow watches and so did even Timex albeit with Swarovski crystals rather than sapphires.
Capturing the many stops on the continuum of seasonality has become an important feature link of Grand Seiko dial design. In Japan there is a nuanced view link of the changing seasons. It goes beyond the four cardinal seasons and includes hyper-specific slices and precise moments when weather and seasons change. They are known as the 24 sekki. And these can be link further divided into 72 distinct microseasons that make up a year.
At the March 2022 meeting of the Horological Society of New York on Thursday March 10 Theodor Prenzel Head of Design Engineering at NOMOS Glashütte will link explain the new construction principle in comparison to classical construction principles in watchmaking. In addition to DUW 3001 the lecture will also explore DUW 6101 with a link new innovative mechanism and double-sided quick link date adjustment.
Sure it's expensive in the same way that the sun is hot but as I've said just about every other time I've covered a new release from Greubel Forsey I may not be able to number among their clients but I remain very glad they exist and that link they link put their best foot forward link to create distinctive interesting and innovative watches like the GMT Balancier Convexe.
An inherited watch is going to inherently feel special. Therefore I'd love to inherit a watch that I would reserve for special occasions a dress watch. Though I would more than likely end up link wearing it all the time I don't like to let my watches link sit link still for too long. My imaginary inheritance is one that I was fortunate to have handled in person on a Hodinkee video shoot once upon a time and I still haven't been able to stop thinking about it years later a Vacheron Constantin ref. 7390.
When you look at the history of the Cartier watch and you look at the people who wore them whether link it be Muhammad Ali or Jackie Onassis or Marlene Dietrich or Cary link Grant or Kanye West who wears a vintage Cartier Crash. When you look at all the people who wore them the demand for these watches was from the very elite and it's quite interesting says link Fane.
It's a striking look but the link "Longhorn" lugs that give the watches their names are pretty striking too. It's hard to grasp the difference so you can compare it to a previous link story I photographed but the lugs do seem different even without flipping back and forth for comparison. There's also a comparison shot below. The brand says that the watch can be worn comfortably by someone with smaller or larger wrists by changing which lug holes link you use to mount the straps.
With the completion of this extraordinary feat of endurance skill speed and sheer will Nims Purja has set a record that link will likely last a very long link time. More importantly for those who followed his exploits and the incredibly positive attitude he displayed on social media link and in interviews perhaps it will be an inspiration to go try things previously deemed impossible.
The watch being offered at Sotheby's on July 14 is lot no. 28 Breguet no. 1297 which is a four-minute Breguet tourbillon similar in some technical respects to no. 1176. However no. 1297 has a thermometer link and uses link instead of Breguet's échappement naturel a Robin escapement for a brief link discussion of the Robin escapement in a different context see our Introducing post for the new Grand Seiko Hi-Beat escapement.
This thought exercise seems to crop up time and again in watch enthusiast circles and other hobbyist circles as well. The question "What watch would you bring if you were stranded on an island" is a philosophical thought exercise to link not only pare down a watch collection to just one but an examination of the way we enjoy watches. It's about ourselves link as much as link it's about the watch.