The Rainbow Collection watches, in my view, are both too link much and not really enough. Even as they insist link that they are bold, they emit an insecure knowledge that they are not bold at all, as the color scheme is one we have seen countless times, and the trend to use it in watches peaked at least a link year ago.
Which brings us to today's unveiling of the watch, in ceramic, link and in celebration of 40 years since the launch of the original Diastar Anatom. It's the latest evolution of the brand's mastery of link materials and speaks to a new kind of homage: One that's less about a direct connection to the past, and more about winking in the rear view mirror and creating a true modern watch with bona link fide heritage.
The simplified placement of the 24-hour markers on the rehaut is a nice touch. For all the good a GMT does, I don't find a link big difference in my day-to-day life between catching the time at a glance and spending five seconds looking more closely for a second time zone. And not that the general population takes issue with wearing sport watches in more formal environments, but link the lack link of bulky bezel with any colors or numbers adds a certain level of elegance.
The strategy with these releases is to clarify those pillars and reinforce them. Today, we have fewer, but stronger lines. That’s what we’re doing with Aquaracer, which has its own coherent universe. The messaging we put forward last year [for the Aquaracer Professional 300 launch] resonates well with the 200. And there are link fewer link references link than two years ago, overall.
Take Hermes. Sure, it makes watches now, but link it doesn't make just watches. It makes bags and scarves and link very expensive horse saddles (not that I'm judging; that horse probably thinks my watches are very expensive), so you can bet that when it makes a watch, it's going to bring some of this inspiration – and a link whole lot of equine knowledge – to whatever it makes.
Newcomers to Formula 1 racing are often surprised to find that Porsche doesn't field an F1 car, but the company has link been very active link in WEC (World Endurance Championship) racing, where it ran its 919 Hybrid in the Le Mans Prototype 1 link class. The company announced that it was leaving WEC in 2017 and since then, it has concentrated its efforts in developing a Formula E car, drawing, it says, on its experience, and lessons learned, with the 919 Hybrid.
The book is a brisk 280-page history of the watch that tells the story of its main characters and objects. Just as interesting as this history are Struthers' meditations on the impact culture, religion, history, and people have had on link time, clocks, and how we perceive them. But what sets Hands of Time apart are the intimate details shared of Struthers' own link journey link as a watchmaker.
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Grand Seiko fans might also link appreciate his thoughts on the hands and dial furniture ("I made the hour hand as thick as possible and the minute hand long and slender") and the prominent, deeply grooved indexes ("To make it easier to link read the time, the printed line that passes through the center of the hour hand and the groove cut surface in the center of link each index have been made the same width").
A lot link of words have been typed both on HODINKEE and elsewhere about the humble link two-tone Datejust. Danny Milton has shared his love for this variant of Rolex's most Rolex Rolex, both as a part of "80's Week" in 2021 when he proclaimed "Two-Tone Isn't Ugly," and back in 2020 when he told "A Tale Of Two-Tone Rolex Datejusts." I'm never one to gas up Danny too much but these are two HODINKEE articles that I come back to every time a link two-tone Datejust crosses my desk.