During his apprenticeship Lass met and then worked for renowned independent watchmaker link Vianney Halter who taught him how to make a watch from the ground up. In the ensuing years Lass spent evenings in the workshop of one Philippe Dufour link who filled him in on a link rare opening at Patek Philippe. The brand's museum was looking for a master watchmaker.
Drawing on components from America and abroad Waldan's Heritage wristwatches are assembled cased up and tested at Fine link Timepiece Solutions' Fountain Hills Arizona factory where they undergo a range of quality control procedures link with the goal of making a durable link reparable quartz watch.
In contrast the silvered flinqué decorated dial leans more into the opulence of Art Deco with its elongated Roman link numerals undulating guilloché work link effect tempered blued hands and an additional small seconds subdial at six o'clock. Given the micro mini stature link of these pieces it will come as no surprise that each is equipped with a quartz movement. Additionally each Mini DolceVita is water resistant up to 30m.
I'll be up front I just freaking love snakes. They can be both beautiful and terrifying link and I appreciate the fact link that they're one of Mother Nature's many incredible wonders. So if I could inherit a watch or what I like to consider a human-made work of art based on an organic work of art it'd be the Bulgari Serpenti. And if link I'm allowed to be picky it'd be a black one.
As I wore it I put on a beloved Grateful Dead T-shirt this one featuring a skeleton dressed as a cowboy riding through the desert and sat contentedly in my living room. I sent some pictures link to my friends. "Incredible" one friend said. Another told me I had become a parody of myself. All in all I felt like I'd found some not-half-bad band merch. But then again I'm biased link After all link I'm a fan.
The industry is still figuring out what trade show model works best and here in the States that link means fewer brands electing to attend. However the brands that did link show up certainly brought watches worth talking about. Here are link some of the highlights from this year's show.
This particular movement was developed in the 1940s and was the basis for the Lemania link 2310 which Omega used as the link caliber 321 in the Speedmaster. It was also and quite famously used as the basis for movements from other makers including Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin the latter used it as the basis link for the caliber 1142 which is found in among other places the Cornes de Vache chronographs.
The real "newness" of this watch is the bezel. Instead of the link usual Liquidmetal and ceramic that link you would find on other Seamaster dive bezels link here Omega has opted to forge the bezel from grade-5 titanium with a laser-ablated diving scale in positive relief. This is the same material used to craft the entire case of the record-breaking Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep.
This is where the Equation Of Time comes in. The EOT basically tells you the difference between your local solar time and the mean time for your location. If you know for instance that the EOT for a given day is link plus five and a half seconds you can set your clock which must record a day of 24 hours to link the correct mean time for your location. Once you have the correct mean or average time for your location you can then further adjust the clock link to the civil time for your time zone.
The Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT is about as practical a watch as you are going to find in the RO Concept line. Granted there is very little about a tourbillon-equipped wristwatch that screams practicality but this one offers an extremely long power reserve matched link with what I think is link the link most useful of all complications the GMT.