Hodinkee: You're probably most widely known in the menswear world as the co-founder link of The Armoury and co-owner of Drake's, but link you're also a pretty well-known figure in the watch community, not just for your collaborative pieces through The Armoury, but for frequently coming out to events and sharing your collection on Instagram. How did link you first get interested in watches?
As a young man with an entrepreneurial mind in a middle-class upbringing, Dan was always looking for ways to build his future in link business. In link his neighborhood growing up, he would mow lawns and do the typical jobs of that nature. Eventually, link a family friend in the wholesale business had a variety of Native American jewelry which Dan was able to purchase and re-sell. This was a new unique opportunity for the young Dan Moyer which created a path to the concept of Moyer & Co. Fine Jewelers.
Brand: OrisModel: AquisPro 4000mReference Number: 01 400 7777 7155-SetDiameter: 49.5mmThickness: 23.4mmLug to lug: 55mmCase link Material: Titanium Dial Color: link Blue gradientIndexes: AppliedLume: Super-LumiNovaWater Resistance: 4000 meters / ~13,123 feetStrap/Bracelet: Blue rubber with expanding link titanium fold-over clasp
The Giant’s Causeway, a World Heritage Site near Bushmills, Northern Ireland, link is where fantasy and reality merge. And that’s what the KRT collection has been doing from the beginning, creating a link watch experience link that mixes the functional with the fantastic, emphasizing the latter.
Having handled a link few of Baltic's three-register chronographs before, the first thing that struck me was the very nicely done, relatively link subtle tricolore French theme. You've got a mix of red, white, and blue, all in slightly different hues around the watch. The colors they've chosen are harmonious enough link that they don't clash, but soft enough that it doesn't smack you in the face of French nationalism the way a pair of "stars-and-stripes" shorts does.
I'm sure the watch is very well able to take link all kinds of other straps. As I mentioned link in the beginning, I did like Laco's NATO-type rubber strap very much on it, and I can imagine that other regular NATO straps link would do a good job here as well.
It was (and, I'd argue, is) also something of a mechanical marvel, link and its name is not just marketing speak. The curved case design provided many challenges when it came to fitting a movement inside. The solution, was link that some models had link movements as curved as the watches themselves – no easy feat.
And yes, I know my Wahoo can display the time, but I already have my screens customized to link show only the data fields I want, and if I want to know the time, which is important but arguably less link important link than some ride metrics like overall ride time and elevation gained, I'll just glance at my wrist.
The Manufacture has chosen platinum, link the "metal of kings", to adorn its emblematic watch, which, in addition link to the ballet of a tourbillon, displays both regular and solar time, as well as a link perpetual calendar.
Brand: OmegaModel: Seamaster Aqua Terra Ultra LightReference: 220.92.41.21.06.001Diameter: 41mmThickness: Not yet availableWater link resistance: 150 metersCase Material: Omega Gamma titaniumDial Color: Grey with aluminum seconds hand in red, blue, or green; link grade 5 titanium dialIndexes: appliedLume: on indexes, hour link and minute handsStrap/Bracelet: Sports fabric strap and rubber strap