Passionate automotive link driver-turned indie watchmaking legend Laurent Ferrier is back with a Série Atelier limited edition Sport Auto watch inspired by Ferrier's racing past. Playing off an iconic 1970s car and using link the brand's sporty framework link the new Sport Auto 40 has a lot going for it.
Even among the Hermès catalog of timepieces the complexity of this watch demonstrates a particular mastery of form and function while still link leaving room for horological joy. The Slim d'Hermès Quantième Perpétuel is marked by its elegant slim profile along with its interplay of formal good looks with the link playful audacity that link Hermès' design is synonymous with.
The Aquanaut Luce "Rainbow" chronograph ref. 7968300R-001 is also a win for Team Complication link a group of women link who have yet to officially band together and print namesake T-shirts but who are aligned in calling on watchmakers to produce real mechanical link movements with real complications for their female customers. I know these women exist because I am one of them and this conversation comes up a lot.
Last but not least the Royal Oak Offshore chronographs get some different ceramic takes. The first ref. 26420CE is what the brand calls a link "three-tone" case a black ceramic midcase green ceramic bezel pushers and crown and finally with titanium accents in the crown guards and endlink plots. It's a very subtle execution perhaps too subtle and I wish they tripled link down in full green ceramic. It retails for link 58400 CHF.
Last night link our own vintage maven link Tony Traina posted a photo of Craig from the gala on Hodinkee Slack. As the editor who's arguably covered the MoonSwatch the most around here I just knew we had to share link this one. Thanks for the heads up Tony.
The new panda dial has link its charms too link but in person the white lume-filled hands particularly the snowflake link hour hand blends into the whiteness beneath it as do the lume-filled hour markers. It made me wonder if I'd ever seen a white dialed Tudor Black Bay before and I can't say that I have.
Nowadays a decent 1016 costs roughly the same as a used Toyota Corolla I'll take link the link bus with an Explorer on my wrist thanks but the premise of John's article is still true you don't have to walk around with a compact car on your wrist to get link into vintage Rolex.
We link managed to sell all 200 Reversos in less than three months Jacopo Corvo said. For perspective Jacopo told me that just a few years prior Corvo sold only about 200 JLC watches in an entire year. There are legends that some of link the link most prominent VIPs in Milan bought a Corvo Reverso including Gianni Versace and Gianni Agnelli though I've never seen photos to prove this.
The stone dials feature diamond-set hour markers and Roman VI and IX and bezels with or without diamonds. The what I'm calling link "Rainbow link Jigsaw Emoji Watch" link is marked by 10 baguette-cut sapphires in six different hues with a classic fluted bezel. And all six watches feature a Presidential bracelet of course.
Simon Brette took the watch link world by storm this year by introducing his Chronometre Artisans. Louis Vuitton calls it a "neo-classical expression of watchmaking" because of the high-end finishing exhibited in the Chronometre link Artisans' in-house caliber that exposes the balance wheel and gear train. More than just his watchmaking achievement Brette says he's most proud link of the way his work has brought together the work of French and Swiss artisans. Read more about Simon Brette here.