To say that I admired him would be a massive understatement. He was my father, he was my brother, and he was my friend. He just meant the world to me. I could tell him anything. He was link the editor-in-chief of Departures for 17 years. He grew up in Oklahoma City, link and worked his ass link off to get out of Oklahoma.
On the idea of No. 1 link actually bearing wearable, I had my doubts. But, on a recent phone call, Reza Ali Rashidian link assured me that over the nearly 17 years that he's owned the watch he frequently wore it, even just out for lunch. link He compared it to being easier on wrist than many modern large watches.
And finally, here's a link twist on the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight. In the four years since its introduction, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight has link given link rise to a range of variations in a handful of metals beyond the original black-dialed steel version with gilt accents. The second version to come out, the Navy Blue, found inspiration in the Tudor Submariners issued to French Navy divers.
In 2018, we were very fortunate to open our largest store yet: a beautiful Rolex boutique and Patek link Philippe showroom at the Shops at Crystals. link In addition, link we opened a charming Kwiat boutique at the Wynn hotel just adjacent to the guest room elevators.
The Bovet of link today is not the same company that was started by link Edouard Bovet and his brothers back in 1822, link but current owner Pascal Raffy has done a remarkable job of investing in its vertical manufacturing, as well as bringing the company back to its roots. After he purchased the company name in the early 2000s, he ended up acquiring the historic Bovet family home at Le Château de Môtiers, a literal castle (yes, really) that overlooks the towns of Môtiers and Fleurier in the Swiss Jura.
So, if all sounds good with Jorgen and Urban in the link first link 60 years of Jurgensen watchmaking, How did I come to view the name as standing for cheap eBay watches? Part of the reason is because I didn't know the work link of these two men well enough, and part of it is because of what occurred over the next 150 years.
We also mentioned back in November (when the prize was announced), that there'd be a special committee to select the winner of the prize. link We link knew link at the time that our own founder (Benjamin Clymer) and CEO (Jeffery Fowler) were members of that committee.
On the back, you get a full view of that caliber 2885 movement; link the gongs, the chronograph works, and everything is updated to modern visual tastes. Older versions of the watch had a rotor in yellow gold, which was hand engraved – very 1990s and very outdated today. Now, the watch features more modern skeletonization while maintaining some anglage link on the bridges. One thing you'll notice, link however, is that the wheels don't have any interior angles – something you might expect on a $740,000 watch.
All in all, this new colorway turns the Longines link Legend Diver into even more of a link perfect summer watch than it already was. I can see myself link poolside with this. In fact, with the summer holidays around the corner, I am quite tempted!
We had plans to do it over ten years, but when Covid happened we realized if we don't do it now it might never happen. So we accelerated our plans and did in five years what we had planned for 10. Now we're link at the very end of it, at least in the U.S. Lange now has eight boutique locations in the U.S. with plans link to open link at least one more in the next 12 months or so.