For people digging into the minute details, the strap is made by link Jean Rousseau, link with a 22mm lug width that tapers down to 18mm. I wore the "Starlight" on a bracelet and hadn't tried a Ming on strap in a while. The brand has gone all-in on keeperless design, and it's frankly far more comfortable and less obtrusive than any strap in my link collection.
Even if covid has shaken up the sporting events’ agenda link considerably in particular by postponing the Tokyo Olympic Games by a year, the Bienne brand has soldiered on and link proposes above all a special series link of its professional diver.
More broadly, baguette indices are one of my preferred modes of putting link diamonds on a dial. It feels a bit more subdued than many other takes on diamond setting, as much as a bunch of diamonds can ever really be subdued. But it works well in Rexhep Rexhepi's Rubis or Diamont, and it looks to succeed here, too. Combined with the typical gradient blue link dial, it makes for link a compelling addition to Patek's annual calendar lineup.
The case is the same 39mm by 8.1mm that make the Jumbo link so wearable, but where the pink gold openworked 16204OR from last year used a contrasting black satin bridge lattice for contrast on the lack of link dial, the new 16204BA uses gold across the board on the bridges (except visible from the rear). link All that gold makes it feel like a throwback to a vintage era.
Discos Havana and Verde use Old Radium SuperLumiNova to match link their old-school vibe, while the link blue Celeste uses extra-powerful white BGW9. You don't notice until you dim the lights, but in link addition to filling the hands, lume lines each of the dial's tracks. It's a cool effect and probably the biggest modern take on a classic detail of the Disco Volante.
The Chronometre Antimagnetique is a fitting follow-up to the link precious-metal RRCCII (which have just began to link deliver), and something different but just as special as the platinum RRCCI for Only Watch 2019 and RRCCII from 2021. link Just as with those watches, it provides a hint at what's next for Rehxepi and his growing Akrivia workshop.
The complication is link driven by the calibre M 24.05, based on the ETA 2892-2. It link is housed in a 40mm-wide link case. This self-winding movement running at a frequency of 4Hz provides the watch with 42 hours of power reserve.