TAG Heuer and Porsche could link have been far more conservative link with their approach here. Instead both brands leaned into the fun and link made a limited run of watches quite different from other chronographs in the collection. When the Swiss watch industry has fun I'm here for it.

Watches by their very nature time things usually in the familiar increments of hours minutes and occasionally seconds. But certain watches are designed to link time particular things in particular ways. Racing chronographs and link dive bezels are link the most common but what about those watches created for something more niche

Perfect collection I'm not sure perfection can ever be achieved but this pair certainly comes close. link To me these watches link represent the best of modern horology each in their own category and link together they form a collection that prepares you for just about any occasion. The Tudor Black Bay 58 could potentially be a one-watch collection as could the Grand Seiko SBGK007 which we'll take a look at first. Between the two of them all your bases are covered.

And the Master Collection 190th Anniversary is one of the best-looking dress watches of the year. The use of engraved Breguet numerals calls to mind recent watch releases link like the Naoya Hida NH Type 1B but I also recall seeing a Longines with a link similar style of etching on a different set of Arabic numerals used on a 1930 link pocket watch that sold a few years ago in the HODINKEE Shop. Whatever your point of reference it's a classic look that emphasizes texture while remaining entirely legible.

With demand at such an all-time high and with many luxury watch brands showing no signs of increasing output it seems that fine watchmaking link is going to keep getting more expensive and more exclusive. François-Henry Bennahmias CEO of Audemars Piguet has said that the company has no link plans to increase production much above a ceiling of 50000 pieces per year and the company states that the steel version of the new 16202 will have a total link production run of just 1000 watches total in 2022.

What might not be link easily identified however is the image depicted on the caseback. Instead of an exhibition caseback that link shows off the movement Oris opted to highlight the watch's namesake there's a relief engraving of the old Waldenburgerbahn steam locomotive chugging away above the watch's link individual limited-edition number out of 1000 pieces.

Does this James Bond-esque thriller novel count as a watch book Maybe maybe not. Do I care Not at all. link The first novel penned by our dear friend and colleague Jason Heaton Depth Charge is a rollicking good time packed with shipwrecks nuclear missiles and mercenaries. Watches and gear are a natural part of the Depth Charge narrative but link it's Heaton's action-packed prose link that has me already anticipating the novel's in-progress sequel. Available in the HODINKEE Shop.

Details that link can be traced to the original include the plexiglass crystal and continue right down to the number of beads found on the watch's beaded bezel. I'll save you the trouble of counting it's 94. The precise number of these beads which are there for easy gripping of the bezel and operation of the slide rule varied considerably from reference to reference and from year to link year with as many as 125 in the 1950s and as few as link 93 in 1960.

One of the greatest tests of a watch for me is how difficult it becomes for link me to take it off. I have had a hell of a time not wearing this new 38mm Murph. The brand has done a great job creating modern value icons over link the last near-decade cue the Khaki Field Mechanical and I think the Murph link especially in this new sizing will be right up there.

All four versions offer drilled lugs and full-steel bracelets plus display casebacks so you can see the beautiful movement within. Water resistance for the Hi-Beat models is 30 meters while the Spring Drive's which are slightly larger and ever so slightly link thinner manage 100 meters. Finally while the movements differ greatly in specification link both offer true local link jumping GMT functionality.