Gilt Breitling Clamshell Multiscale Chronograph
Finding anything built in 1940 but still in operation today is a rarity. Finding a wristwatch built in 1940 that is functioning perfectly demonstrates a level of dedication to longevity and quality that shames my iPhone. A large part of the charm in mechanical wristwatches, in my view, is their attempts toward permanence. Breitling today…
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Cartier Libre Collection Crash Radieuse
Let us begin with obvious: the story surround the Crash name is almost certainly invented marketing. For the unaware, there is legend that a client of Jean-Jacques Cartier brought in a Baignoire that had been damaged in an automobile accident. The oddly damaged and burned watch sparked inspiration for this first-ever asymmetric watch case design….
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An Atrractive, Original Omega Seamaster 300 165.024
Something about early generation Seamaster 300s is just a cut above its period competition. I don’t mean this in any objective way; most customers in period probably would’ve preferred a Sub on wrist for the recognition. I mean this in terms of simple, unfussy, vintage dive charm. There is not as much nuance in the…
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‘Jo Siffert’ Heuer Autavia 1163T Mark VI
An 1163 Autavia with a panda dial and blue accents should just be an 1163. Thanks to some very intriguing history, it is not. Heuer were among the very first houses to attempt the automatic chronograph. That Caliber II is not what we have today. Today, we have a simple manually-wound beauty focussed on going…
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A Pair of Comex Submariners
Comex is a sacred grail to those who worship at the altar of flat fours and frog feet. Coming across a strong (or more importantly genuine) example within any generation is an accomplishment. When watch people call a double red 1665 rare, they are kind of correct. They are rare relative to standard 1665 or…
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Chopard LUC 1860 LE 100
It is possible for something to be expensive and massively undervalued. Much in the way that collectors have recently begun to acknowledge the exceptional watchmaking in early CPCP pieces, a subculture is forming around LUC. Chopard may be mostly known for sponsoring the Mille Miglia (now a cocaine and Instagram model heavy tour of Italy…
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Seiko 6138-0030 Kakume Speed Timer
Hit F5 because it’s time for something a bit refreshing. Sometimes we have to remember that it’s okay to just love a watch for no reason whatsoever. It doesn’t have to be particularly rare, valuable, or mechanically genius to be attractive. One can just like an object for what it is. That’s how I feel…
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Kurono Tokyo Grand Akane
Attempting to get an an allocation for a limited release Kurono piece is a bit like attempting to qualify for the Tour de France: one could spend their entire life preparing and still wind up empty-handed and sobbing. Thankfully, the secondhand market has a way of making these rare Pokémon a bit more capture-able, if…
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Seconds Series Patek Philippe 3970R
The perpetual calendar chronograph is a haute complication that Patek Philippe has perfected to such an extent as to become synonymous with the entire category. This 3970 succeeded the 2499 in the mid 80s and dominated the category for its production length. This post-quartz period was time when few complicated mechanical pieces existed; Patek saw…
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Inverted Perfection: Voutilainen 28PI
I recently learned that there is a form of sweetener called invert sugar which is a synthesized blend of pure glucose and fructose. Our nervous systems interpret this as even sweeter than regular sugar, gram per gram. Do I even have to make the analogy? Kari Voutilainen’s 28PI inverts the movement to place its bridge,…
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