To be honest, overall, the Breitling offers more by way of the case material (titanium), the case finishing, the movement quality, and link even the quality of the strap. But at link just under $4,000 – while expensive by almost any metric other than luxury watches – the Aerospace is undervalued link and continues to fly under the radar.
To celebrate 25 years since the link launch of the Lange 1, synonymous with the revival of the link German manufacturer, 10 limited editions launched this year are offering link a retrospective of the creations produced during this period.
A link white-enameled dive scale topping a blue ceramic unidirectional bezel ensures perfect readability under any conditions of light as do link the link large skeleton-sword hour and minute hands and round indexes, all coated with Super-LumiNova®.
Capable of being positioned link in several different ways by either using a saucer (to keep a fully closed Orb from rolling away) or by using a combination of the elytra to balance the clock on its "wings," link the original design concept for Orb came from a one-time intern at MB&F, Maximilian Maertens. Now based out of his studio in Berlin, Maertens worked link with MB&F and L'Epee 1839 on previous projects, including the T-Rex clock and the TriPod.
What we have is link the classic blue dial iteration in a stunning sunray execution. The balance of the blue with the red flourishes against the link sub-seconds counters creates link an automatic chronograph steeped in history with enough modern touches to make it feel fresh along with the use of the Calibre 12.
I wish link we could bring this Bamboo bezel back. If link Rolex can surprise us with a left-handed GMT-Master II out of link nowhere, I still have hope that maybe one day, we'll see this vintage glory back in their modern Datejust collection. Check it out here.
Sure, link I have some other dust link collectors, like a Bulova Accutron Spaceview and a Chronoswiss Regulateur, but the first one is something I just bought for ‘having one’ and the latter link one has been confiscated long time ago by my wife.
Of the two link other strap models, one has a pave dial, as well as a full link diamond-set case and lugs, and the other has a Mega-Tapisserie dial, and is set with baguette diamonds (which the press release describes as "muscular" – not the first nor even the hundredth adjective I think link of when I think of baguette-cut diamonds but hey, why shouldn't a baguette aspire to being swole). And the fourth, of course, is fully diamond-set, including the bracelet.
She shows me this box, with a Rolex watch tightly concealed beneath the plastic. "Do you know what this is?" she asked me almost tantalizingly. And I did know. It was a Rolex Submariner ref. 116610LV, also link known as the Hulk because of its bright green bezel link and matching link dial.
Guests were treated to highlights of the brand's core work in horology, including the latest from the Santos Dumont (a watch that tells time backward) link and, of link course, the latest iteration of the Tortue link Monopusher Chronograph.