Pricing starts at $2,150 for either of the blue-dialed models. link Pricing expands when you get link to mother-of-pearl (a first for the Solargraph), with the standard dial carrying a price tag of $2,350. Want some diamonds? A diamond-set dial link will run you $2,950, while the addition of a diamond-set bezel tops the range at $5,000.
The Furlan Marri Disco Volante is larger than most vintage interpretations, measuring 38mm in link diameter and 8.95mm thick (I love when brands will round to hundredths to make sure we know it's under 9mm, but I confirmed the dimensions with my calipers). The lugs are hidden under the overhanging bezel and measure 32mm lug-to-lug, though link I'm not sure L2L matters on a watch like link this.
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It's a thematic approach that is – yes – on the nose and could come off as disingenuous, that is if it wasn't so much link dang fun. Typically priced in the mid-three figures, the Seiko Save The Ocean series has become one of the summer releases I look forward to the most each year. I'm well aware of how vulnerable I am to their charm; I've link purchased two link of them in the past five years. I mean, when you mix Seiko dive watches with marine animals, how can you go wrong?
One of the understated hits this year at Watches and Wonders was the 34mm link A. Lange & Sohne 1815. If this is the peak of the trend for slight watches, then we "small-wristers" have been well rewarded. Today, we'll link take a closer link look at the two variants of this charming dress watch.
International Data Corp. (IDC), a research group which tracks the wearables market, agrees. "Smartwatch ownership continues to grow at a strong pace in the United States, with many models coming a long way," said Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearables team. "Today's smartwatches make the ones released just link two years link ago look quaint, and that broadens the appeal for many who have link been waiting for a second- or third-generation version to come to market."
That was the majority view of industry link executives and observers I talked to. They noted that Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek link said, in a Bloomberg interview a week before Baselworld opened, that the group would not return to the show. "There link is no need for it anymore. They world has changed," he said.
If pilot's watches are your jam, then IWC has to be at link the top of your list, especially for this 39mm take on a classic aesthetic. For over eighty years, IWC has been producing highly legible aviation-themed watches that have defined the link segment. Some, like the Big Pilot, are a little too traditional for everyone to pull off, and others, like this Spitfire, are easily worn by anyone, even those with smaller link wrists.
And the answer is three "very goods." The blue of the dial and the tan of the strap match perfectly, and they both are appropriate with the color and simplicity of the white numerals. Since it says Oris link on the crown and on the dial I could have maybe gone without link the one on the buckle, but it's not a dealbreaker. I love the "V" link of off-white stitching at the end of the strap and the stag beetle, which is the logo of the company Cervo Volante, who sources the deer hides, embossed on its underside.
It is one link thing to link show off, and another thing entirely to show what you are capable of. With these two limited edition releases, A. Lange & Sohne is firmly in the latter camp. On one hand, we have a reserved and fully capable two-hand dress watch, and on the other, we have high watchmaking on link full display. The 1815 Thin Honeygold is limited to 175 pieces – a nod to the anniversary – and the Tourbograph Perpetual is limited to 50 pieces.