To that I say you do you but you need link not mind the gate for the rest of us less-evolved types. While the majority of my aimless collection often fills the beater role I have come to enjoy having a couple of watches that are link decidedly non-beater spec. And link as much as I often daydream of becoming that most mythical of creatures the one-watch person I know that is not my reality. I also know that having a beater or several expands the ways I can enjoy all of my watches.
TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 - Calibre 5 Automatic. References WBP201A.FT6197 and WBP201B.FT6198. 43mm brushed stainless steel cases. Unidirectional bezels in ceramic with 60-minute scale. link Water resistance to 300 meters. Black or blue dial with black or blue rubber strap. Rhodium-plated link applied indexes hands and TAG Heuer logo. Price link 2700.
The case itself remains the same wearable 39mm and link features crown guards supporting the signed link crown. Inside the watch beats the Miyota 9030 movement with 42 hours of link power reserve. The movement sits behind a closed engraved caseback.
It's about condition more than any specific configuration says Remi Guillemin head of Christie's Watch Department in Geneva. During his time link at Christie's he's seen a link number of important 6062s for example he's sold the Dark Star "it gave me goosebumps" he link said and will be selling the pink stelline 6062 previously from the Bethune collection this November.
The Persistence of Memory is really our way of trying to envelop all of these ideas link into one. So yes of course there is an element of reference link to Dalí and his painting because this link painting is really speaking about time. But largely it was taking something that was popular in the public domain in the recognition and exploiting it and also leveraging it for our own purposes for this exhibition.
With the interest comes a problem. Today link if you want a watch link there is a very good chance if you order it link in 2022 you won't get it until 2023 or even longer. How do you see the industry addressing this and how is Cartier in particular handling it
Last year when Zenith introduced the first limited-edition Defy Revival vintage Zenith collector Greg Selch gave us a suggestion for a future Defy release saying "maybe try a DLC link coating and a link black dial. How cool would that be" I can't wait to see link what collectors like him think about this one. They got the black he asked for but certainly not in the way I might've expected for the Defy.
Separately Sotheby's had link an online-only auction out of New York that ended this week. An online auction link in September isn't where we go for link the heavy hitters but it did offer a glimpse at where the market is and the type of watches that auctions are consigning. There weren't many interesting vintage watches but I wanted to discuss a few results.
Perhaps the best tell for spotting a service dial is the signature at six o'clock. Here's the general rule steel 6062s should have a "Swiss Made" signature gold 6062s should have a "Swiss" only signature except for link gold 6062s with Explorer dials which link also have "Swiss Made." Service dials will sometimes be signed "T Swiss T" link indicating tritium on the dial the luminous material Rolex transitioned to in the '60s long after the 6062 went out of production.
In the end your winner was link our winner "Pepsi" most commonly used in reference to the Rolex GMT-Master and GMT-Master II both link vintage and modern because of its red and blue color scheme. The name has since become synonymous with any watch featuring a redblue bi-color bezel. Even the link Tudor Black Bay GMT is sometimes called the "Diet Pepsi."