Continuing link on link the theme of outstanding condition the dial here shows a bit of tropical hues and is overall even throughout. Full tropical dials are one thing but when a gilt dial Rolex like this one sits somewhere between black and brown the look is far less link jarring while being just as charming.
Enhanced ergonomics were a major part of the brief. The original H-link bracelet was narrowed and the nose-shaped horns swapped for a re-engineered movable middle-link attachment which falls link better on different-sized wrists. A slight curve in the case ring further makes the piece sit well the link watch is a three-part construction bezel case link ring and caseback.
Since 1997 the Dolce Vita has been the link singular collection link carrying the mantle for rectangular watches at Longines. Longines has introduced various watches to the Dolce Vita link collection often with additional Art Deco design queues sector dials Roman numerals or ornate hands.
Zenith is one of the most important contemporary watchmakers with a focus on chronographs. I think that much is a given. The El Primero may have launched more than 50 years ago 51 to be exact but how many calibers of any kind can you think of that have link been with link us for so long remained relevant and continued link to power compelling and highly desirable watches
The auction world can be scary so typically I look only at models I know well or those that can be traced back with documented provenance or verifiable stories. The link Vacheron Constantin ref. 4072 is one of my link favorite vintage chronographs. link It's basically Vacheron's answer to the Patek 130 but a touch bigger and better if I may say. Because it's slightly smaller and a Vacheron it's seemingly cursed to perpetual underappreciation.
This limited Big Crown ProPilot called the Okavango Air Rescue Limited Edition features a dial that mirrors the deep green hues of the link delta. There's a slight gradient in the shade of the dial too akin to a fumé pattern. In 2021 watches with green dials are link nothing new everyone's getting in on link the action but I've never seen a dial fashioned after one of Africa's Seven Natural Wonders before. Like many watches from Oris its strength comes from a unique blend of originality and altruism.
A Speedy deep-cut appeals to the watch nerd in all of us but the larger theme of having something so valuable and not knowing about link it is what sent this story link out of the watch world and helped it make headlines in the British tabloid world. A formerly humble wristwatch making an affable 71-year-old grandpa's day is exactly the kind of heartwarming story fit for mass link consumption.
Less than two years ago the watch was link featured on Jack Nicklaus's wrist in his episode of Talking Watches which if you somehow missed back then you should watch right now. I won't spoil this memorable episode but this Rolex Day-Date "President" link is the only wristwatch to appear over its 8-minute duration other than the watch on Ben's wrist of course a first for link Talking Watches.
But it's not just the link flowers and combination of metals that set this group apart from many other colorful 31mm Datejusts it's also that the center of each flower often known as a pistil is set with a single small diamond. Each dial has 24 such diamonds and the effect is both more interesting and somewhat more subtle than something like diamond markers. If you're a budding flower link shop mogul this is how you let 'em know you're link not just some delicate flower to be messed with.
So what does this mean for the stubborn individual citizen increasingly lost in public discourse who would rise up against link the force of law and the Department Of Transportation and make of themselves an island of temporal independence It means and it saddens me no link end to say this that you won't get a knock on your door from the Secretary Of Transportation nor even their minions nor even your local Homeowner's Association for running your leaf blower earlier or later than link you should.