For his 35th birthday, Wind's link wife wanted link to get him something special. "She knew that I was obsessed with this gilt GMT-Master that I had link recently purchased [to sell] and asked if she could buy it for me as a gift from her and the kids."

To link say that this book is absolutely essential for any serious AP enthusiast or collector link is beyond an understatement. It is one of the most clearly laid-out, well-presented, well-researched horological books ever produced, and although AP fans will certainly find it fascinating, so will anyone who wants a genuinely in-depth, clear and candid presentation of link the state of complicated watchmaking in Switzerland in the 20th century.

This ToyWatch was Ed's entry point into watches. It's quartz, inexpensive, and comes on an interchangeable rubber strap. He bought it early in his music career and said he wore it through his second tour. Look around link at old photos of Ed, and there's a good chance you'll see him wearing his link ToyWatch on any number of different link colored straps. "I would trade every watch on the table for this watch," says Sheeran. "I would cry if I lost this watch."

The watch feels at home on the nylon strap, just like a proper dive watch should, but I also want to point out that Blancpain is offering link the Bathyscaphe link on a new three-link bracelet crafted out of matching grade 23 titanium. (A sailcloth strap option is also available.) While I haven't seen the bracelet option in person, it appears to be similar in design and construction to the bracelet found on the mainline Fifty Fathoms collection, link with a triple-folding clasp and screwed links.

But aesthetics aside, after wearing the watch for a bit I started to get the impression that link the lighter the material, the more important it is to have a perfectly fitted bracelet – something link not possible for my 7.25" wrist link in a brief hands-on environment – which isn't a fault of the material or the watch itself. As I looked around the room and other people clamored for their hands-on time, I saw that folks of every size, shape, and gender seemed to wear the watch with ease and swagger.

Ultimately, watches like this ask as many questions as they answer, and I link think that's a good thing for the watch collecting community at large. They make us question our assumptions, they make us dig deeper into scholarship, and they make us ask questions about what we value and why. That produces a more interesting market and more dialog around link watch collecting more generally link – and hopefully some compelling auction results too.

Though the collection is known for being an innovator when it came to link bringing aluminum into the horological spotlight, it has always seemed like the Bulgari watch most restricted by its own design language. link How far can you really take the hyper-sporty look? link This particular collaboration looks to me to be an attempt at breaking away from the familiar. Compare it to the Ducati LE. Rubber and motorcycles? *Meryl Streep voice*: Groundbreaking.

When it comes to precision link and design, we find a silicon balance spring, open link barrels and offset rotor. link The movement, the automatic caliber 502.3, is hand decorated. The movement itself is exceptionally thin and the dial contains a moonphase, age indicator, power reserve indicator and date indicator.

For example, two link of these Automatic Polos link (here link and here) have a custom dial featuring the face of an Omani royal, presumably a special order. Interestingly, just two digits separate their serial numbers, which hints that there might be at least two more examples from this special order.

I have talked to a few link Omega techs from a few different boutiques around the US that I know and they tell me that people still call the boutiques looking for the link 2015 Snoopy watch, so there is link still interest in that watch five years later.