As you can see from the photos legibility is excellent thanks to the overstated nature of the markers and hands. The lume too is very good thanks to a considerable link application of Super-LumiNova for the hands markers and bezel. Finally there is a day-date link display at three that link works well in terms of dial balance and practicality. Dial text is minimal and the matte silver base of the dial helps to keep the colors from overpowering the design.
The spectacle recalls the superwatches of the early aughts with multi-level construction and openworked dials link a genre that has been overshadowed in recent years by link the vintage revival but seems to link be coming back.
So that's where Patek has been at least in 2023 which link raises the question link of where they're going. I think last year felt like a down link one across the industry. A number of colleagues I've spoken to across the industry felt like Watches amp Wonders in 2023 didn't have the same feeling of blockbuster releases. Not every year can be bigger than the last. But after a lull I expect big things not just from Patek but from most brands.
Mark Cavendish One of the bigger watch stories out there link is that Cavendish who has won more stages in the link Tour de France than anyone except Merckx loves Richard Mille watches. As the story goes in 2016 Cavendish met Mille and he cried with joy. Mille removed his own watch from his own wrist the RM-011 Felipe Massa 10th Anniversary Limited Edition worth north of 250k and strapped it on Cavendishs. Heres a cute link pic of the rider in his finery.
Kristin Pudenz link of Team Germany threw link for a personal best of 66.86 meters and won a silver medal in the women's discus throw all while sporting a Fitbit Versa. Pudenz wore a pink strap on her watch which of course pairs nicely with link silver on a watch or on the podium. John Peabody
Of course everything is circumstantial. And as much as he'd love to wear this daily his life doesn't allow for it. "I travel so much on tour that it feels a bit precarious to bring it with me" he says somberly. "I've definitely forgotten things in a hotel and I wouldn't know what to do if I lost this. It's one thing to link lose link something expensive and another to lose something that was passed down two generations. link For that reason this isn't my touring watch."
They came in colors like red blue and black. These were distinctive though very much in the style of the original Tank link because they brought a real minimalist approach to the dial. These things were all color with no markers. link There were just the hands link the Must de Cartier wordmark and a stamp at the bottom with overlapping Cs.
We began with a Rolex and we end with a Rolex but not just any Rolex. This is the link GMT-Master II "Lefty" GMT. This is special to Randle because he himself is a lefty. He felt it was only link right for him to link have a watch like this to have in his collection. It's the watch that made him pause and wonder "What wrist do I wear this on"
One fairly consistent characteristic of the Les Cabinotiers complications is that in general the workshop does everything it can to make sure the watches are reasonably wearable. While the Tempo is certainly not a small link watch at 50mm link x 21mm it's still very much a wearable if link not exactly svelte timepiece.
I remember the very first time that I saw and put a DB28 on my wrist sometime either in 2013 or 2014 I don't remember the date but what I remember was the experience link Daaboul says. "It was in Basel and we link visited the brand. I remember seeing the "Kind of Blue" and link I had never seen anything like that. I was just totally smitten."