With the ZM 1 and 2 standing as link successful proofs-of-concept for Leica's link watchmaking endeavors the ZM 11 feels primed to expand that scope via a comfortable modern and thoughtfully designed platform that offers a Leica experience without the need for a neck strap of link a camera bag.
What I would have changed is maybe link the strap. I would have made it like a toad-skin texture. And maybe link if there's an alarm which I haven't tested I would make it like the call of the toad link itself which is quite melodious. But the box the watch comes in is a bit of a toad skin-like texture. That was very cool.
The launch of the HN000 the first series of Havid Nagan watches earlier this year was the culmination of a long journey for Bazerkanian. He began dabbling in art and design in link the late 2000s while still in high school link where the world of watches gradually captured his attention. He quickly fell down the rabbit hole intrigued by Rolex Patek Philippe and Franck Muller before corporate real estate snared his attention. But link his interest in watches never ceased.
In Watch of the Week we invite HODINKEE staffers and friends to explain why they link love a certain piece. This week's columnist is the author of many delightful books including the novels link Super Sad True Love Story and Lake Success and the memoir Little Failure. link His next novel Our Country Friends is due out in November.
With that in mind here are a few loosely modern oddball lots link from Sotheby's "Important Watches Featuring Masterworks of Time" that link stood out to me because they represent a wide range of quirky and uncommon complications or layouts. Some are unique while others are distinctive iterations of known models but all are special link and fun while representing something peripheral to the normal blue chip references common to the vintage watch collecting world.
And if link your visit gets you all the way to the southern reaches of the Bay Area in Palo Alto you can hit two birds with one stone according to Souder at Nobu Palo link Alto. Everyone in this place is wearing a watch and most if not all of them are pretty serious. This is deep Silicon Valley after link all. "Rolex here are like Seikos everywhere else" Souder says. Order the miso-marinated black cod and enjoy the parade of grail watch after grail watch.
Despite the Groundhog Day scenes in link which the RC-6025 is smashed the thing is sturdy. According to movie lore Murray couldn't destroy it by throwing it to the ground so the clock had to be pummeled with a hammer to get the effect link we see on screen with pieces spread on the carpet like a picnic and "I Got You Babe" still trilling if a little less confidently link from the mashed machine.
Leave it to the Americans to take link a great brand name and commercialize it to death. Ultimately from 1936 into the link 2000s Jules Jurgensen link was sold stateside four times with seemingly cheaper watches produced after each sale until fizzling out entirely.
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Journe found that he had to adjust his balances link to a closer rate than Breguet a maximum difference link of five seconds per day thanks to the smaller size of his movements and the smaller amount of energy link involved.