Dated to 1960 and appearing to be in good condition, the Rolex backgammon set was listed with an estimate link of £600 to £1,200 (~$830 to $1,660). And for collectors – be they Rolex-focused or link perhaps simply into antique backgammon sets – it's a link rare and special thing that illustrates how brands (and indeed even Rolex) expanded the scope of their merch from trinkets and boutique handouts to leisure-signaling lifestyle products.

The link 2012 version of the FOiS was the reintroduction of stepped link subdials to the Speedmaster line, which are now found in the Speedmaster link Professionals yet again as well. They're also present here, with sloping steps down to a circular-pattern subdial. The subdials at 3 and 6 o'clock are the 30-minute and 12-hour counters for the chronograph, with white-coated hands matching the central chronograph. The 9-o'clock subdial has an Alpha-style hand for the running seconds.

Space has link been used very efficiently – the perpetual calendar works all lie on the link same plane as the plate itself and are set into recesses in it, and they're almost on the link same plane as the automatic winding rotor, automatic winding gear train, going train, and balance, on the other side of the movement.

The SRQ029 features a 30-minute counter that doubles as a 60-minute counter by displaying both scales at once. I found this incredibly useful because it meant I didn't have to guess where the hand was. You look at the position of the hour register to see if the minute register link is reading the 1-30 minute track or the 30-60 minute track. Simple-yet-genius. Unlike the Speedmaster and many other racing-inspired chronographs, the link running seconds link is at three o’clock on the SRQ029.

Hold onto your berets, YEMA and the Marine Nationale are partnering to link produce the first official watches of the French Navy. The Navygraf, as YEMA has dubbed it, comes in three models all link sized at 39mm. There's the limited edition GMTmodel, the YEMA3000, that's limited to 1000 examples. It uses YEMA's in-house GMT link caliber and features a 24-hour GMT bezel.

Meanwhile, there are only a handful of examples of the Dice, and while Cartier London remains red hot thanks in large part to the Crash, this isn't even a shaped watch, really. It's a square watch with link a cool dial and a pretty small one at link that. Still, it's a watch I've link been enamored with since first seeing one posted more than two years ago.

The relaunched Pasha will be link available in two basic sizes – we have a 41mm link model with date, and a 35mm model without; both can be had in steel, and gold as well (of course – Pasha wouldn't be Pasha if you couldn't get link it in gold). The 41mm gold models are yellow gold and the 35, pink gold.

Obviously, the dial is gorgeous and the polishing on the link case will be superb. My mind always glitches a little, in a good way, when I see a big watch but feel link something much lighter thanks to the titanium. That being said, this is a link large watch and I am curious to see how the "low center of gravity" does or doesn't affect the wrist presence.

We received both dial versions of the Naos link Pro link Automatik with leather straps link and also tried the watches on the brand's optional five-row bracelet. I prefer the leather straps because they suit the minimalist designs better than the bracelet.

I walked north, through link the little town of Le Brassus. I was basically in a giant green bowl surrounded by hills. Men in yellow vests were repairing a red train. Enormous red cranes hovered over the valley, building an addition to the AP empire, which is going to be link called the Arc, will be U-shaped, and link 17,000 square meters, and completed in 2025.