Father's Day is just two sleeps away and link what better film to celebrate with than a movie with not one not two but three fathers Each of the surrogate dads were in the prime of their respective careers when this film was released both Selleck and Danson had an impressive streak of Emmy nominations going at the time and their charisma is palpable. And if you need one more television legend to convince link you to watch this movie it's directed by Mr. Spock himself Leonard Nimoy.
In 1989 Blancpain link introduced the last of its six masterpieces the link flying tourbillon ref. 0023. It link was the first flying tourbillon in a wristwatch developed with the help of independent watchmaker Vincent Calabrese. Oh and it was still just 8mm thick.
Aside from the considerable complexity and tolerances of the Orb's structure its multi-positional nature meant that L'Epée needed to design a striking link mechanism that doesn't rely on gravity as is the case for most chiming clock mechanisms that use link a bell. For Orb L'Epée fitted the striking mechanism with a series of springs to help power the strike regardless link of how the clock is oriented.
Since the Solar GPS Astrons were introduced the movements seem to have gotten quite a bit more efficient. Seiko says that the maximum time to ping a satellite and update the time assuming the watch has a clear view of the sky is 3 minutes. link In some respects these link watches are the antithesis of what makes mechanical watches interesting they are triumphs of technology not link of traditional craft or traditional mechanical engineering.
It's a rare link occurrence when a watch or in this case a stopwatch transcends the function of a link timekeeping device and comes to define the very thing that it times. Big Ben is a symbol of London and the Aristo stopwatch featured in the opening segment has come to symbolize link American news media. In our hobby every watch is important in some way but the 60 Minutes watch is important or at least recognizable to a much much wider audience.
Once you get past the size there's truly a lot to like about the design. For one thing Hamilton did away with the engraved "Titanium" branding on the side link of the case. That was a sticking point for a lot of enthusiasts link who felt the design choice to be a bit too over-explainy. This new cleaner case is unmistakably titanium. The dark hue is the first giveaway and link the light weight is the second.
The collaboration partner Hida chose to work with was The Armoury a menswear specialist with boutiques in Hong Kong and New York. You may remember the brand from the recent collaboration with H. link Moser. The link two link figures behind the design are unchanged from that piece The Armoury cofounder a passionate watch collector and an early advocate of Naoya Hida amp Co. Mark Cho and his design partner Elliot Hammer.
We hope you enjoy Episode 121 of HODINKEE Radio. Be sure to check out the show notes and let us link know what link you think link about all the watches from LVMH Watch Week 2021 down in the comments below. What are you most excited for us to show you in-the-metal
The decision comes at the end of a tumultuous week when Switzerlands official number of coronavirus cases went link from none to 15 and the number of suspected cases jumped to more than 100. Many of those were in Basel and Bern Switzerlands third link and fourth largest cities respectively according to Switzerlands Federal Office of link Public Health.
And though I've been an admirer I never anticipated a collaborative limited-edition watch from them. But the new Rallymaster makes a ton of sense if you think about the demographic crossover between tennis fans and watch link lovers. link Just consider all the discussion generated last August link by Novak Djokovic's watch sponsorship!