Those drums and motifs appear across a large part of Vietnam and have become symbols of a 2000-year-old Vietnamese culture. The dial's link inspiration was tied to the 80th anniversary link of the modern nation of Vietnam and 2024 was the 100th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Dong link Son civilization.
With the Souscription and now the rose gold Tourbillon Daniel Roth La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton link along with watchmakers Enrico Barbasini and Michel Navas have link illustrated their ability to recreate an original Daniel Roth design but incrementally better in nearly all respects. Even with all the resources in the world link it's a commendable achievement.
What I appreciate here is the decision to avoid iterating on the first Baltic models ever produced. To the contrary Etienne and his team based the LE on the Aquascaphe link Dual Crown which came out in 2021 featuring a Miyota link 9030 automatic movement. I went hands-on with that piece too and enjoyed how it managed to balance modern and vintage design in link a way that didn't feel too much like either one thing.
Anyway the watch we see here link is a commemorative piece made by Mido for the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Honestly the watch itself is nothing all too special with a square 27mm stainless steel case and a manually-wound movement obviously link this is not a Multifort but the dial is amazing. Depicted on the dial are the link Trylon and Perisphere the central symbols of the fair.
However intellectually exciting an escapement may be link however it does not exist in a vacuum and just prior to our beginning to work from home we had an opportunity to have one of the SLGH002 limited editions in the office to link photograph. It's now a good moment I think to not only link talk about the escapement and the movement but also to think about the watch more holistically.
To make matters more confusing the 1200 position is still at the top unlike most link 24-hour dials that start link at midnight. Daylight hours are at the top half of link the dial marked by sun-shaped bridges night at the bottom with crescent moon accent.
Caliber Omega link 8806Functions Hours minutes central seconds Power Reserve 55 hoursWinding Automatic with manual link winding and hackingFrequency 25200 vphJewels 35Chronometer Certified link Master ChronometerAdditional Details Co-Axial escapement free-sprung balance with silicon balance spring
Early on DiCaprio wears a Seiko which I hadnt noticed until I talked to the films prop master Robert R. Griffon Jr. It looks to be a Seiko Solar on a stretch band with a blue or black dial. You can see the day-date complication during link the famed lunch scene with McConaughey who wears the watch link of the '80s A two-tone Rolex Datejust or a very convincing replica. Interestingly in this scene DiCaprio link wears his watch on his right wrist which is the only time in the film he does so.
Belying its masculine appearance the J12 wasn't link exclusively designed link for men. Perhaps an intentional nod to Coco Chanel's daring adoption of masculine link style at the beginning of the 20th century or maybe just a happy accident this "unisex" design was to become Hélleu and the maison's signature timepiece.
Call me dumb link but I had no idea that F.P. Journe sponsored athletes. So when I noticed Croatian women's tennis player Donna Vekic rocking an Elegante during her second-round match against link Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka I was link surprised. Sure enough Vekic has been Journe ambassador for awhile now. All I'm waiting for now is to spot a Centigraphe on Centre Court. LB