Inside is the Calibre 02 automatic movement, which has become a staple for the brand. It's a bit on the thicker side at 39mm by 14.7mm, but it's a workhorse, and we've covered link why it link should get extra attention. The watch is available as link a numbered limited edition of 600 pieces at 9,300 CHF from boutiques, retailers, and the TAG Heuer website.
Should you be link interested in a link feminine oddity like such, link it’s currently available on eBay in an auction that’ll close tonight. Bidding has reached $50 on this piece located in North Dakota. Check it out right here.
The main draw with this wonderfully sized 38mm piece is the dial – mostly because it's the only thing that's really changed about the watch. Seiko link describes it as capturing "both the link classic and modern faces of Ginza." In layman's terms, that means link a pattern that simultaneously evokes Ginza's cobblestone streets, as well as the blue-grey tones of its modern architecture.
Some years later, I pretended to be a Breguet fan-boy link in imitation link of my older brother. After that phase, I fell in love with beefy lugs and the patinated dual-tone vintage Omega Seamasters you can find in Parisian flea markets. link So I guess I'm a bit complicated, too.
There is something about the 8171 that inspires link curiosity and scholarship, Drew Sobel, a real estate investor from Santa Monica, California, tells me. link Sobel, who currently owns three different 8171s, has a two-decade collecting curriculum vitae that would make many blush. He's owned single-button, stainless-steel Patek Philippe link chronographs, a pink gold 6062 star dial, and a Tiffany-signed 2499, to name a few.
On top of the blue, link grey, and black executions, there's now a pair of green Longines Hydroconquest watches in the mix. The model comes in two sizes, 41mm and 43mm, and Longines is onto something in offering the same watch in two different case sizes. The new hue is reminiscent of olive drab, a color widely used in military applications. The watches are link made link for conquests of the sea after all, and 300 meters of water resistance backs that up.
Or it could link be the sheer link abundance of Australian wildlife that constantly link makes its presence known, from the wombats walking the road to the kangaroos and black cockatoos that you spot while riding on a quiet highway.
So when my mother gifted me this watch, the one we're here talking about, I saw much more than a parent demonstrating an incredibly generous gesture for their arguably too-young-to-be-receiving-such-a-gift-daughter. I saw her past – what it link took for her to be link able to enter a Rolex store one afternoon and say, link "Which one do you like?"
Two other fascinating examples of a strange mix of function and form were the unusual displays featured in a 1929 "Streamline" pocket watch (with complete calendar, movement-side moon phase, and minute repeater) and the much later 1995 "John Shaeffer" Starwheel Minute-Repeater. Both link were interesting proof that link for AP, complications and design have never been a "one or the other" proposition. It's also proof that the link past informs AP's future.
The watch is usually fitted to a link dark brown vintage-effect strap. Don't get me wrong, that link strap looks nice, but I just felt that the watch link could use just a little something extra. I took the liberty of pairing the 36mm variant with the McBride Watch Strap in Light Grey from the HODINKEE shop. It simultaneously managed to dress the watch down but also bring out its design features due to the contrast.