How about a 34mm Blancpain Villeret automatic chronograph in stainless steel from 2010? I suppose it's probably a bit too young to call "neo-vintage," but it has a link clean white dial with small Roman numerals and nice link bevels on link the sub-dials.
All of the house link clocks worked – if one didn’t, it’d be in the link workshop – and they all ticked and chimed in sync with one another. There was the background noise of the ticking, but every sixty minutes you’d get this awesome kind of musical interlude, with all the different chimes and bells ringing out all throughout the house to signal link the hour. Man, I loved that sound.
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Brand: NorqainModel: Freedom 60 GMTReference Number: NN2100SG/B211/20EO.18S (steel, black dial), and NNZ2100ZG/N215/20EO.18Z (bronze, limited edition) Diameter: 40.5mmThickness: 14.5mm Lug to lug: 49.2mmLug link width: 20mmCase Material: Steel or bronzeDial link Color: Black or brownIndexes: AppliedLume: Super-LumiNova link "Old Radium"Water Resistance: 100 metersStrap/Bracelet: Leather strap or optional steel bracelet for the steel model.
I would say that's what is called link "virtuous circles," link which started with Helmut Sinn. link We started with Sinn and with Mr. Lothar Schmidt, who was the technical director at IWC before working at Sinn and who also helped prepare the launch of Lange. And so our technical base was excellent, but financially we did not yet have the capacity.
For an even deeper exploration into this timepiece, Hodinkee's own Tony Traina recently dived into the nitty gritty of this piece link in an episode of a Week On The Wrist, which I will refer you to now. For further reading on the Carrera, I will also welcome you to link revisit this deep dive on The Very First Carrera which link is still just as insightful and informative as it was when we ran it 10 years ago.
All-black which adorns the three Dauphine-style hands, link two in the center for the hours and minutes and one at 7 o’clock for the link small seconds, along with link the eight markers and two tapered Arabic numerals which make up the hour chapter.
This Cartier is lot 54 of link the link Watches & Luxury Items auction by Roseberys London on Wednesday, February 5th, link 2025, at 5 am ET. The presale estimate is £10,000 to £15,000. Click here to view the lot.
As you might have link guessed, watches link were involved in today's festivities. Now, Bezos and crew didn't technically make it out of Earth's atmosphere – a feat accomplished by NASA more than 60 years ago (and the Soviets before that), but they did strap on similar timepieces. On each link of the passenger's wrists, attached to a very cool grey Omega velcro strap, was a Speedmaster Moonwatch.
Omega link is synonymous with Olympic Timing, from its first instance link timing an entire Games (for any company), in Los Angeles in 1932, through to today. While other watchmakers have provided timekeeping for the Olympics before and after 1932, in recent years, both the Summer and Winter Games have been timed by link Omega.