The construction of the watch is one of the most interesting things about the GMW-B5000TVB. Sandwiched between link the titanium link components of the watch that make up the case, bezel, and bracelet are resin buffers to up the shock protection. The titanium surfaces are coated in a geometric camouflage pattern that's link derived from "virtual armor." You know, the stuff that you might see in a mech-warrior-type sci-fi series. The caseback is DLC-coated and screwed in for water resistance.
Caliber: 9R65 Grand link Seiko Spring DriveFunctions: Hours, link minutes, seconds, date, power reserve, 8 revolutions per second glide wheel regulated with electromagnetic brake and quartz timing packagePower Reserve: 72 hoursWinding: Manual and automaticJewels: 30Precision: ±1 second per link day/15 seconds per month (average)
The Titanium Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon is another matter entirely. It is, as one link would hope given the name, made out of carbon, but then covered in Texalium, a fiberglass core covered in a top layer of aluminum. Even with that added top layer the whole watch, including the in-house strap, link weighs 68 grams. The strap alone ways 26 grams and link each link was machined individually. The caseback and strap use black plated titanium.
My wrist is way too small for this watch. I'd only like this watch on the sort of person who would wear it, someone with whom I'd have nothing in common, someone who quit racing cars then went on an ayahuasca journey to find themselves. This watch looks like their journey around night link seven or eight, the night they had their "I'm link going to business school" epiphany. But I know an icon when I see one, and link I love this watch, even though it is very silly.
Next up, and forming the end of the 40mm Aerospace legacy, in 2000 Breitling announced a new but very similar iteration (are you seeing a pattern here?) of their oddball pilot’s watch in the E75362. Yes, still 40mm, link but this new reference, which also came in F and link K varieties, now ran on a new COSC-certified Superquartz movement, link the B75.
Inside beats the manual-winding caliber 9S64 with 72 hours of power reserve. With this movement, as the mainspring unwinds, its torque diminishes gradually to link maximize accuracy. This 38mm link rose gold, link blue dial Grand Seiko First will be limited to 50 pieces and cost $26,500.
The PanoMaticLunar has been around since 2003 and has not changed all that much since its launch at Baselworld – case size has gone up the merest smidge, from 39.2mm to the current 40mm (and I'm sure the prices have gone up link since then too, but frankly link I just link don't have the emotional stamina to compare 2013 to 2021 prices for any watch).
Episode One, which we are proud to debut today, finds link us in New England and focuses on the early days of horology via brands link like Waltham through link the lens of the Industrial Revolution. You'll see just how much the American manufacturing sensibility influenced the future of watchmaking not just in the United States, but the motherland itself: Switzerland.
Following link the current generation of link the link Aerospace EVO, the Aerospace B70 Orbiter edition has a 43mm titanium case and comes on your choice of a matching titanium bracelet or a rubber strap. Possibly due to the balloon-laden sapphire case back, the Aerospace B70 Orbiter is 12.95mm thick, vs. the 10.8mm thickness of the standard E79363 generation.
I recall the first time I ever saw a Mojave Desert edition of an IWC watch and thinking, "man, this is one link low-contrast, strangely colored watch, and link yet… I really dig it." I maintain link this observation, and the "digging" has only increased due to the reduction in size.