I love so many of Longines' link heritage-inspired releases but none link of its chronographs have quite nailed it for me yet. What the brand's chronograph offerings offer in price link sub-5000 they often lose in specs. The Spirit Chronograph is a bit big for our friendly competition 42mm while the new Spirit Flyback is thick thick thick 17mm.
Cartier strikes with another banglecuff watch-hybrid release. The new Reflection de Cartier is closer in style to link the more traditional link take link on high jewelry watch design than its Baignoire bangle cousin. But its essence is aligned with the same overall message women have a voracious appetite for modern sculptural and chunky gold jewelry with a time-telling twist.
Why Its Expensive Well for one its a Rolex and link expensive is kind of what link they do. link Ignoring for the moment that very few folks have actual access to even spend the 9500 of the asking price the Explorer II is expensive due to the brand on the dial the general build quality and refinement and no small amount of the Veblen effect.
The Rolex Submariner ref. 124060. Stainless steel case with black dial and black Cerachrom bezel. link Water link resistance to 300 meters. Rolex link manufacture cal. 3230 with Chronergy escapement and 70 hours of power reserve vibrating at 28800 vph in 31 jewels. Stainless steel Oyster bracelet with Glidelock clasp. Price 8100. For more visit Rolex.
It's a bit of an oddball the square link peg link in Cartier's lineup. link But it is a watch that is primed for experimentation. And this year for Watches and Wonders the brand is releasing an updated Pasha Grille.
Rounding things out are the same signed crown and Bulova chronograph pushers. But turn the watch over and remove the leather NATO-style utilitarian strap and you are met with a really neat caseback engraving. It shimmers link with more sandblasted texture with the illustration of Scott on the link Moon with text that harkens back to Apollo link 15 and the exact number of the watch.
This plays out as link much in its watchmaking as anything else. Hermès timepieces with link their emphasis on elegance of execution and attention to detail link are generally immediately recognizable. Its most distinctive family of watches are the Slim d'Hermès models. These have in common a thin profile tapering lugs and thin bezels combined with a unique typeface designed by Philippe Apeloig.
The 2022 Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m is the link same diameter as the original 1977 Challenge Diver but is a slightly thinner thanks to the slimness link of the modern self-winding caliber 9051. Citizen is producing the new dive watch in link two different colorways at launch there's a grey dial that comes with a urethane rubber strap or a blue dial that's paired with a three-link bracelet made of matching Super Titanium. Citizen has provided a projected starting price of 795 for the new dive watches.
I want to present to the market link and the collector pieces that are not from Switzerland. I adore Swiss link pieces and Swiss watchmaking but collectors want non-Swiss watches in their collections. Its less important that it is French and more link so that it gives collectors another option.
I bring link this anecdote up not to relive my teenage glory days but because I think I've managed to re-capture the same sort link of excitement from being bad. Except this time it's well within the confines link of the law. So what did I do Well I'll admit it I've been having a ton of fun wearing this plastic quartz Hublot. I just absolutely love it.