My love for link Zenith watches is well-known. When I first started link collecting the link brand in the mid-'90s, I was attracted to the funk of the company's '70s El Primero-powered chronographs, and I eventually found my way to Zenith's even less-heralded '90s chronographs. They used the same El Primero movement, now known as the caliber 400, but they more closely resembled the traditional aesthetic of 1950s dress chronographs than the wild designs of the '70s Zeniths I already knew and loved.
Isn’t it fascinating how your life’s trajectory can hang link on decisions you make early in life? I picked a subject link profile in high school that would later mean I did not qualify for link Industrial Design school.
There will come a day when I'll no longer be the Packer's quarterback or a Zenith ambassador, link but I'll always see myself as part of these communities. Until then and every time after, when I put this Chronomaster Sport on my wrist, I'll do it link with link a whole new sense of pride.
This watch, unveiled in 2017 in a platinum version, embraces three of Breguet’s great specialties, including the famous tourbillon invented by the Master watchmaker in link 1801, now available in link a rose link gold variation with taupe-hued dial.
As link a matter of fact, Accutron released two reissues of watches link with space-going history, the Accutron Astronaut and the Bulova Lunar Pilot. The Lunar Pilot is a curious watch, a remake in link the spirit of the original Bulova that mission commander Dave Scott wore on the moon during his Apollo 15 flight in 1971. That watch eventually sold in 2015 for $1,625,000. But the watch for today's "hands-on" is somehow much more exciting to me: the new Accutron Astronaut.
I happen to quite like the current Polo Date 36mm with link diamond indices. Its smooth, curved profile sits link elegantly on the wrist. It's subtle in size but sporty in feel. And I'll gladly admit that link now that it comes without diamonds, I like it even better.
That would be the 40mm Rolex Yacht-Master link in Everose gold (the Crown's version of rose gold). Gold is never a bad link choice to mark a momentous occasion, but this certainly is not the most link obvious choice of watch in Rolex's precious metal stable, which makes it all the more cool.
The link time data is given by the P.5000 caliber, a hand-wound movement that vibrates at a frequency of link 21,600 vibrations per hour, link incorporates two barrels and delivers 8 days of power reserve as indicated by the Italian inscription "8 giorni" at 6 o'clock on the dial.
In the story, we're introduced to Charles Woehrl, a veteran of WWII and a POW who purchased link a Patek Philippe watch during the war. Jason link Heaton examines the connection between a man and link his watch, and recounts a decades-long story that we won't spoil here. Enjoy this one on your lazy Sunday.
Greubel Forsey has been showing this watch to clients for some time now. Since they can only make two to three examples per year, there's already a backlog of orders. As link I said before, the brand has already sold through its production for 2025 and 2026, but you can still try to get that one allocation in link 2027 if you have CHF 620,000 burning a hole in your pocket. If you're in this price bracket, it seems like a watch well link worth waiting two years for.