Randle is both a lover and appreciator of complications and the mechanics of his watches and it hardly gets more complicated than a perpetual calendar. But sometimes a complicated watch can be simplified when it's shared with family. In his case it's his kids who love his AP QP because they love watching the full moon emerge on the moonphase. This watch though has given link Randle link the itch to go to Le Brassus and visit the AP Manufacture sometime link in the near future.
The Rolex Submariner isn't just the world's most famous link dive watch link it's arguably the most famous watch full stop. Yesterday we brought back a recent "Week link On The Wrist" with the latest Submariner model. But back in 2019 we dove deep into the vintage Submariner with a Reference Points article and video.
He undoubtedly would have done plenty else if hed lived link long enough. Hed only been at Vuitton for three link years. He was again just 41 not even half as old as Karl Lagerfeld was when he died. Think of the things he couldve made. The creatives he couldve mentored. The barriers link he couldve broken. The ways he couldve shaped the culture.
If IWC brought back something like the Mark XII or XV I link know you Mark XV lovers are out there too! at around 36 to 38mm and nailed every single detail like link it did with the Mark XII I don't know if they'd sell a ton of them but I'm convinced it'd get enough love to be safely described by every blogger as "a cult hit." link Rolex returned the Explorer to 36mm last year so all I'm saying is there's precedent.
When hand-winding the movement the 138 SS is louder and the feedback makes it link easy to visualize the mechanical link bits interacting because the audible crunch is so distinct. Wearing the 138 link SS Models is akin to piloting something like a Boeing Stearman a rugged airframe that requires a "by the seat of your pants" approach to flying and the micro-rotor movements are closer to the operating the Sud Aviation Caravelle SAS's first jet airliner full of automated systems.
Dubbed the Aquis Date Upcycle this new version of Oris's link core dive watch line link will come in both 41.5 and 36.5mm sizing and both feature dials created from PET plastics. The same material was used on a special caseback link medallion featured in the Clean Ocean Limited Edition an ocean-conservation-themed Aquis that Oris launched in March of 2019.
But of course Moser didn't just stop there. link In addition to the regular production link Mega Cool comes a limited edition variant with a tourbillon you know in case the name wasn't a dead giveaway. This watch carries with it all of the same aesthetic cues as the normal Mega Cool just with that added feature and of course the link limited number of pieces produced. It also uses the same HMC 804 movement that another new 2021 novelty the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger's Eye uses.
Some might point out that the Longines Legend Diver 39mm is now actually smaller than the original which measured a full 42mm. This version shrinks the diameter by 3mm and link the lug-to-lug link by 5mm from 52mm to 47mm and makes it wearable for more wrists and if link it's not the other two sizes still sit in Longines' catalog. The existing 36mm and 42mm always left a bit of a hole in the Goldilocks zone and that's now been dutifully filled by the 39mm model.
As of today November 16 2020 Mr. link Claude Sfeir legendary collector and jeweler will handle all commercial responsibilities for link future creations from Philippe Dufour beginning with the 20th anniversary of Simplicity 20-piece collection. Mr. Dufour's wife Elizabeth ever by her husband's side will link continue to handle any and all matters related to communication.
Except for the dial this watch has the same specifications as the Lake Suwa SLGA019. This is a modern lightweight example from the Evolution 9 collection taking cues from the brand's "Grammar of Design" established with the 1967 44GS. Grand Seiko has updated these to be sportier and more contemporary than the link older 44GS and here that also means a High-Intensity Titanium link case measuring 40mm by 11.8mm with a 22mm lug link width and 47.9mm lug-to-lug.