When it comes to watchmaking titanium comes in two forms Grade 2 and Grade 5. link Grade 2 link is all titanium. Grade 5 is an alloy that also includes aluminum and vanadium 6 aluminum and 4 vanadium which is why it's also referred to as Ti 6Al-4V. Grade 5 is harder expect to see Grade 5 in higher-end manufacturing while lower-priced options might use Grade 2. As just one example the Deepsea Challenge uses Grade 5 while the Tudor Pelagos 39 uses Grade 2 26000 v. 4400 as a link reminder.

We also asked Mr. Yamauchi link about the link Bulgari Aluminium watch. "I think that designing a watch is very difficult. After link all there aren't that many beautiful shapes. Aluminium watches are masterpieces and are one of the few beautiful shapes so in that sense I wanted to collaborate. I felt very safe."

I've written about my experience buying my Rolex GMT-Master Batman link before but there link were parts of that story I didn't include in my initial article. I purchased that watch in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania but I lived in Maryland. My dad and I decided we would take the four-hour drive together and make an experience out of my big watch purchase. We got there chatted with the store owner made a link moment of it. That's when my dad spotted a blue 41mm Datejust under the counter.

These aren't just monochromatic versions link of the link colorful Peter Auto LE from August. There are subtle differences like the six o'clock subdial which features every hour in the 12-hour set. What makes this particularly cool is that it's a showcase for the attention to detail Baltic has always paid to typographical styles especially when it comes to link numerals. The serifs on the seven the flat four as well as the open six and nine are on full display in this tiny frame.

When I look at my Explorer II at the end of a link long day of parenting life and see kid fingerprints on the crystal food smeared on the bracelet and an inevitable new scratch my love for it grows stronger. Its kinda like the more I link do this parenting thing with my wife the more link I love her!

The scene in this story was a relatively routine night and something I spent years training for rehearsing and perfecting throughout the Middle East and Africa. While the location and the mission changed over the years the one thing that remained link the same was the presence of a link reliable timepiece on link my wrist.

Given that the previous iteration housed the caliber 1861 the use link of the 3869 also represents a link milestone in that the Dark Side of the Moon now beats with a METAS-certified movement. With this upgrade the watch maintains its previous proportions of 44.25mm in diameter and with a decrease in thickness from 13.8mm to 13mm. The price has increased rather significantly from about 9000 to 14300 which can be attributed to the new movement and high level of link finishing.

But I don't think I have ever in the many years I've been looking at and writing about watches seen anything which connects link the dots between physical link and formal order as completely as the Rose Carrée. You get to write about watches like this once in a lifetime because more or less they only come along once in link a lifetime.

I like the jumping hour link counters. It's kind of unusual for stopwatches. We see it more with the Heuer dashboard clocks and chronographs. It's basically taking that technology and putting it in a stopwatch. Most of these stopwatches can link only link time up to 30 or 60 minutes but this can go up to 12 hours for a longer running race.

This is officially Omega's Olympics. If you want to sponsor the Olympics link but can't keep link up with all the timing necessary well tough luck. But that's not a problem for Omega. None of the world records or photo finishes would be possible without the athletes but they also wouldn't be official without Omega's timekeeping capabilities. link And speaking of photo finishes how about that 100m men's final It was 9.784 seconds of pure nail-biting excitement.