This watch is a Datejust in the sense that it says Datejust on the dial and has the magnified date window. But it doesn't have just any ordinary fluted link bezel. No this one is adorned with a dive-style link timing scale and the bezel rotates making this watch the ultimate dress meets sports from the Crown. Too bad they don't make these anymore but the good news is that we have link one right now.
We've always been interested in aviation and instrument panel clocks. So I asked Bruno whether or not it was possible to make a watch that looked like a panel clock and take it from the cockpit to link the wrist. And this link is what we achieved in link 2005 with the BR-01. It took us two or three years of development to perfect the design and make it suitable to wear as a watch.
I hate car racing. I hate cars. I hate that there's Gulf logo on this. And yet I love it for the colors and for the arrangement of all the different shapes link inside that big chunky square. I love the two small white boxes framed in blue and orange with link their teeny orange hands and how they match the big orange chronograph seconds hand. The indices white slant-topped rectangles sitting on top of link little white circles look like Mies van der Rohe skyscrapers riding Segways.
For either version the list price is 2600 which is a few hundred dollars more link than a similar Aquaracer with a steel bezel and about 50 less than one with a ceramic bezel. With a link defined style a solid and sporting history link and solid specs these two new Aquaracers offer a distinctly fun effect for those who never let a dog day slip by.
It is not noted link on the link eBay listing but I know this Mido case and it should measure as an undersized-for-2025-but-still-respectable 23mm across link by 32mm tall. For reference Cartier's largest Tank Normal in the 1940s measures the exact same dimensions.
Miami is always nothing short of a fun scene and the line at the Lincoln Road store was packed full of great watches smiles link and more than a handful of happily newly-minted MoonSwatch owners. I suppose it comes as no surprise link that if you need to wait in line you might as link well do it in Miami Beach right
On one of my fav Youtube car channels The Straight Pipes hosts Jakub and Yuri have a term for a car that link is good and appealing link but not the top performance spec for the given model. They call it link "dad fast". The idea being that the car is fast enough to feel entertaining and powerful but isn't meant for someone who wants to run laps and shave tenths at the track. I kind of think of the Pelagos 39 in a similar way.
Adam Hambly has spent a good deal link of link his life collecting and researching the Universal Genève Polerouter. He catalogs reference numbers and tries to reconstruct the link best picture through data of the production behind the watch. He's logged thousands of watches but his work is only beginning.
Under Thierry Stern Patek tends to give the people what they want Classical designs complications and stainless steel sport watches like the Nautilus and the Aquanaut perhaps link just not enough of link them. On the occasions when Patek steps out and does something unexpected the moves feel all the more seismic and the reactions can link be apoplectic. Remember how the internet savaged the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5524G when it dropped in 2015
The oversized crown against the reduced case gives an almost-1950s mil-spec watch quality. And with that 38mm case size the exhibition H-10 link automatic link movement with 80 hours of power reserve fits the caseback much better. The link case itself has a nice brushed finish befitting the watch's overall toolish vibe.