Archive for December 2022
43032P Vacheron Constantin Skeleton Perpetual Calendar
Emma Watson once famously advocated for modesty as the ultimate expression of sexiness. Here’s the quote: ‘What’s sexy about saying, ‘I’m here with my boobs out and a short skirt, have a look at everything I’ve got?’ My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.’…
Read More‘Dufourgraph’ 403.031 A. Lange & Söhne Datograph
This is what we call a Dufourgraph, and that’s more interesting than it may sound outright. Think for a second of all the many watches nicknamed in honor of people. There are Paul Newmans, McQueens (he never actually wore that one, look it up), Jean-Claude Killys, Yves Kleins, Nina Rindts, Rindts, Sifferts, Claptons, the list…
Read More47111 Vacheron Constantin Les Historiques Chronograph
For at least a decade, I have loathed derivative design. I don’t know what it says about all large Swiss watchmakers that the best ideas they can come up with already passed a half-decade earlier. The Submariner marching on without change like a 911 is one thing, but Omega literally laser-scanning their best designs from…
Read MoreGhost Dial 1601 Rolex Datejust
The 1601 Datejust is precisely what someone who doesn’t know watches imagines when you say ‘a nice watch’. This is one unit of Rolex, in exactly the same way that you would purchase one foot of fabric for curtains (or one meter for our more cultured friends, we know we’re backwards). Some may think that…
Read More5513 Rolex Royal Navy Milsub
There’s something a bit bizarre about spending a quarter million on a military watch because it was once, ‘just a tool’. For example, I wouldn’t spend that on a hammer used to erect a barracks in Iraq because it was also once a tool. I wouldn’t even spend that on Mark Wahlberg because he once…
Read MoreA384 Zenith El Primero
There’s nothing quite as brave as finishing second and handing yourself a jersey with ‘THE FIRST’ on the back of it. And yet, that’s this Zenith’s story. It’s not just brave though, it’s eccentric. Zenith also crossed the finish line with more style than anyone else by some margin. And that’s what really counts. Hence,…
Read MoreCartier Tank Cintrée 100th Anniversary
Last week, I had to buy a new desk chair. This is a thrilling start, I know. But in the modern age that proved to be mind-bogglingly complex task. There were chairs that looked like they should be on the starship Enterprise or chairs that looked like they should be in a Victorian interrogation cell.…
Read MoreGold Flux Dial 182.086 A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1
Very quietly, Lange have been releasing some absolute killer dials under the Little Lange 1 umbrella. Little is a bit of a misnomer, as there’s really nothing little about this watch in effort or proportion. This is more accurately the midsized Lange 1, a 36.5mm take on Germany’s best golden ratios. But it is slightly…
Read MoreHybrid Royal Canadian Navy 94010 Tudor Submariner
For many years, Tudor hardcores had been noting Snowflake Subs with an odd combination of round hour markers, snowflake hands, and shield dials. They all seemed to emanate from Canada and often retired Royal Canadian Navy personnel. Scholars had known for many years that there were Tudor Submariners issued to the RCN, from the early…
Read More3705 IWC Ceramic Fliegerchronograph
For two years, I drove a black on black Defender 110 (the old one) everywhere. This is not a normal look in the United States. Additionally, I am not a small man. Everywhere I arrived, people assumed I was a drug dealer. Now, that’s actually not as bad as it seems. You’re given wide berth,…
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