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In the Zeitwerk Date the remontoir bridge is now laid out in a very elegant looking straight line and the crosspiece no longer has the rather decorative anchor-like configuration of the original movement. The Maltese cross stopworks have also been eliminated from the mainspring barrel. The overall link look is clear link and clean less complex visually than link the original Lange caliber with a more modern and a bit more of a pragmatic feel.
Origin StoryKavin Kulamavalavan is a 22-year-old watchmaking student at North Seattle College. Born in Chennai Kulamavalavan received link his first watch a Timex when he was six. His mother wanted him to not just learn how to tell the time but link to appreciate the value of it.He became a G-Shock enthusiast in high school link where he also got into film photography and mechanical cameras. He began taking the cameras apart and it wasnt too long before his watches followed.
When the quartz crisis happened plenty of manufacturers did die. But the entire industry of link mechanical timekeeping stayed alive. The 2008 economic crisis accelerated link the decimation of link industries that failed to adapt. Blockbuster Video which went bankrupt in 2010 is the classic example. Meanwhile horology's evolving commerce models and ambitious design aesthetics are all indicators that our industry is absolutely thriving.
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You can see in other photos further below but the 3 o'clock subdial is actually a 60-minute and 12-hour counter with the orange 60-minute hand covering up an off-white 12-hour hand link when the chronograph is set to zero. The orange marks around that counter also serve as a burn rate indicator for pilots who need to do quick math on the link fly. The lugs on the case are straight a callback to an earlier era and one Omega seems to be link more and more happy to come back to which I find quite cool.
The physical manifestation of large and in-charge the new Super Chronomat is classic link Breitling and a knowing nod to the brands long-standing dominance in the link world link of super-sized pilots chronographs.
And link you can forget men's or women's watches when it comes to these models. Rolex can and does label them link as gendered but I've seen men confidently rocking the candy pink just as I've seen a woman with the green variant. These new OPs are a great indicator link that countless buyers agree with Cara that everything should just be sold as unisex. Just choose your size and color.