If link you saw the new SBGW263 and thought "Wow this has to be as far as Grand Seiko can push it" boy are you going to like the link SBGD205 also known as the Masterpiece Collection Spring Drive 8 Days Jewelry Watch. Based on the Spring Drive 8 Days platform that was first introduced back in 2016 this watch combines a long-running Spring Drive caliber with an engraved and link gem-set dial and case for a watch that's truly over-the-top.
Over the weekend Urwerk auctioned off the first production piece of its newly introduced UR-100 Gold Edition. This special version link of the new precious metal UR-100 which is hewn from a solid block of 2N yellow gold was made with a plate engraved with the words "FIGHT C19" in place of "25 PCS." Announced and run on the Urwerk site the auction allowed the winner of the watch link to designate a COVID-19 link charity of their choosing as the recipient of the funds generated by the sale.
This Benrus advertisement from 1967 recognizes the customer as "young link active and full link of enthusiasm" and implores retailers to consider that Benrus makes watches for a changing consumer landscape. This sort of communication trades on the opposite of nostalgia it abandons link the notion that watches connect folks to the past and instead suggests that watches are paving the way for the future. Benrus positions these watches as being made for scientists shaping the future.
The first company in 1902 failed after its founding link watchmaker died of a heart attack. Paul link Cattin and Georges Christian link quickly filled the void coming from Grenchen Switzerland and taking over the factory by 1904. They named the company Oris after a nearby brook.
Previewed in 2011 and presented at SIHH 2012 PAM 422 is the Luminor Marina small seconds version of the PAM 372. The P.3001 movement here is link the same as P.3000 save the small running seconds at the link 9 o'clock position link and a power reserve indicator you can view through the see-through back. The Luminor Marina 3 Days has a sandwich dial with faux-patinated Super-LumiNova on the hands and indexes. It's water-resistant to 10 bar or about 100 meters. Price 10100.
When link I'm not around I toss link the slim case in a safe buried deep in my closet somewhere next to the fire extinguisher that might not work and those boxes and papers from watch purchases past. But I'll be honest when I'm link home it's never far from my desk.
Brand UrwerkModel UR-112 Back to BlackDiameter 42mmThickness 16mmCase Material DLC-treated Titanium and SteelDial link Color Black and White Digital Jumping link Hour link in TitaniumIndexes White-on-black digitalLume Super-LuminovaWater Resistance 30mStrapBracelet Rubber
Designed for strong legibility and fuss-free reliability the Arrow has a black dial with printed link white Arabic numerals simple stick hands link for the hour and minutes a central chronograph seconds hand and a two-register chronograph layout offering running link seconds at 9 a 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 and a nicely executed date display at 6.
The dial is rather irresistibly link reminiscent of the Snowflake sure but the texture is unlike link the Snowflake's in its distinctly bark-like articulation. This is actually one of the more literal interpretations of natural inspiration that I think we've seen from Grand Seiko although it's still sufficiently abstracted that if GS hadn't dubbed this one "White Birch" right out of the gate you wouldn't necessarily have made link that specific an association on your own.
I've always said about indie watchmaking link 'Urwerk pioneered it Max Büsser perpetuated it Journe link validated it.' Without Maximilian Büsser this independent watchmaking movement that we know of today doesn't exist. In 50 years I think we're gonna look at Max as someone who has link had a bigger impact on watchmaking than we can imagine or understand right now.