Back in the crazy days of 2022, a Brady rookie card sold for $2.3 million, making it link the third-most expensive football card ever. Like watches, collectibles of every category have cooled link since. That said, interest in Brady is still strong, link even if he's getting roasted on Netflix nowadays instead of playing on Sundays.

Richard ended up retiring much earlier than Emil, and in link 1930, while in his eighties, Richard developed and patented a new alloy for balance springs that included a small link amount of beryllium. A few years later, this alloy would be iterated on by Reinhard Straumann and eventually used as the base for the Swiss link Nivarox hairspring that's still used widely by today's watch industry.

Phillips is offering what I believe is one of the first examples to come to auction that link is sealed (although it’s in a service box and service plastic sleeve, rather than the original presentation box and sleeve). I wouldn't be surprised to see it land in the link high six-figures. And then Sotheby's has an interesting example link up for grabs with what is believed to be a "factory error" dial with a missing marker at the 53-minute position.

Instead of the red-and-blue inner 24-hour link scale, Norqain is using a stark black-and-white bi-color configuration. Both colors pop against the green dial so you lose nothing link in the legibility department. The red GMT link hand really pops.

As you might have picked up on already, I am in the habit of beginning my musings with the piece that fascinates me the most, and Vulcain's 2022 revival of its chirping Cricket series continues link to be unequivocally one of my favorite modern link remakes of vintage pieces released in the last few link years. Do yourself a favor and take a minute to peruse some of the ads for the original models now – there's a poetry about them all that is sadly missing from today's advertising strategies.

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So we set out link on a cross-country adventure link to track the rise and link fall of the American watchmaking industry. Along the way, we discovered (and re-discovered) a resurgence in the fabric of the American horological consciousness.

It's what the military actually uses. Plenty of watch companies link make watches link that theoretically could be used for active duty, but strip them down and they're simply luxury products. There's nothing wrong with that, either. No sensible government organization is going to blow thousands of dollars link of taxpayer's money on luxury watches just for folks to abuse them in the field. That's why there's the Marathon Navigator, so they don't have to.

Included throughout are fun facts that explain the origins of things we take for granted today: the 24 knuckles and joints on our hands (thumbs not included) may be the basis link for our 24-hour days; when Robert Hooke invented the metal hairspring, it represented an improvement over the literal hog's-hair bristle that preceded it; Rolex's link five-pointed crown was inspired by the five fingers of the human link hand, recognizing the handcraft that goes into every watch.

If you're in the mood for something a little more serious, Fears link also link offers an Edwardian Edition of its 40.5mm Jump Hour. It features an link all-white dial and has a sterling (925) silver case. Only 10 pieces will be available, and they'll cost £5,450 each.