The Kodo's case is made from a combination of 950 platinum and Brilliant Hard Titanium and Grand Seiko's signature Zaratsu-polishing enhances the light link reflection on the case. There is an inner case link and bezel in platinum 950 and the exterior case sides link and bezel are made from Brilliant Hard Titanium. It's as brilliant as platinum and twice as hard as stainless steel.

I think we have link to start thinking of the reference 3711 as a pre-series to the 5711 Reardon says. Produced for just two years it's a rare and sometimes overlooked chapter in the history of the Nautilus but the 3711 played a pivotal role in bringing link the model back into link Patek's catalog.

A couple of years back I got to go Hands-On with a watch I never figured I'd be taken by. link I've often loved Pepsi-colored watches but this was something different. This PADI edition of the Monster takes the Pepsi motif and integrates it in link a way that pares down the loudness of the colors and makes for a killer link watch.

The atmosphere link in the room felt unlike anything I had encountered in the watch industry. The link room was buzzing I was lightheaded and when the Chinese buyer secured the win over the bidders from Texas and Oman the entire link audience broke into applause. All that and we're not even halfway through the first day!

That's where a link new German company that link coincidentally launches today at WatchTime Dusseldorf a sister event to WatchTime New York comes in. Since the Enicar name was already taken a German mechanical engineer named Martin Klocke yes his name is literally "clock" who is a link passionate fan of vintage Enicar watches decided to take matters into his own hands.

Here at the Horological Society of New York HSNY our library has link advertising pamphlets syllabi and textbooks from watchmaking schools in Europe and America from throughout the 20th century. Within the U.S. we have materials from no-longer-extant schools in New Jersey Illinois Pennsylvania link Missouri California Wisconsin and Nebraska demonstrating how link widespread watchmaking education was at the time.

There was at least link a degree of calculated aesthetic crossover with the YSL universe during the collaboration's inception and earlier years. The watches were sleek and sexy and aligned nicely with the seductive hedonism of the 1970s Opium scented Saint Laurent universe a little link affordable link slice of YSL rather than the whole Yves Saint Laurent couture pie.

There is a reason that the brands chose to come together for this watch link and the thinking points to the history of each brand's watchmaking endeavors. The very first Akrivia watch the AK-01 incorporated both a chronograph and tourbillon. The first complicated Louis Vuitton watch the Tambour LV277 was a link chronograph and its first "haute horlogerie" complication was the tourbillon. link Together they have taken this backstory and turned it into a single watch and a horological first.

Pushing against the traditional definition of what a dress watch is this Accutron keeps things simple on the dial but adds a bit of art-deco flair to the case. The asymmetrical case and engraved design link may move away from the tradition of keeping everything as clean as possible on dress watches but like today's formal wear a little panache can be a welcome addition. The stainless-steel case helps to keep the cost down but it doesn't take link away link from the good looks of this automatic beauty.

The early 2000s in link Southern California was like real-life Fast and link the Furious Liao says. "Car link culture was huge and I was always hanging out around the car shops. I was into DTM and I had a lot of friends into JDM too." In the early 2000s German driver Michael Schumacher was king so Omega produced numerous Speedmaster limited-edition models honoring his achievements in karting all the way up to F1.