Posts Tagged ‘Chronograph’
Brushed Dial Movado M95 Sub Sea
There is a Scandinavian ideal known as Janteloven, which is a bit tricky to define but I’m going to try. Broadly, it’s a laughably egalitarian ideal that eschews any expressions of extreme individuality or success. In plain English, it’s a concept that aims to make the opposite of ostentation aspirational. Now, I enjoy a good…
Read MoreTropical Mk2 Dial 1163 Heuer Autavia GMT
For all their motorsport ties and Ryan Gosling ad nonsense today, Heuer sure knew how to do a travel watch. And travel does suit the motorsport lifestyle, more than a simple chronograph. This Autavia would’ve been perfectly suited to time laps at Silverstone, fly to Monte Carlo, and time again while not loosing track of…
Read More‘Paul Newman’ Lip Genève 830 Chronograph
You know that meme that goes ‘Mom, can we get X?’ ‘We have X at home’. This might be the only meme-appropriate watch instance where X is both less expensive and just as cool, but fits the format. This is a Lip 830, but it’s know affectionately as the ‘Paul Newman’ Lip, for its likeness…
Read MoreA3817 Zenith El Primero
Vintage Zenith chronographs pull off a trick that very few watches can. Amongst enthusiasts, they wear totally without class. I don’t mean that how it reads. I mean they seem to be effortlessly ‘right’ in just about any social strata, equally at home at some brewery in a t-shirt or at the French Laundry under…
Read More12295 Universal Genève Tri-Compax
Post WWII, the Tri-Compax was it. Introduced at Baselworld 1944, the triple-complication (it’s often mistakenly assumed that “tri-compax” refers to the triple chronograph sub dial configuration) aviator’s offering was every bit as stylish as it was complicated. There aren’t many designs which feel perfect nearly a century on, this is one of them. In fact, as…
Read More5237 Breguet Chronograph in White Gold
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I’m not so sure. Science has spent a lot of time having people rate faces or physical attributes in order to approximate just what humans find beautiful in others. Product designers of large corporations, too, will ask thousands of potential consumers to rate how…
Read MoreBA 145.022-69 Omega Speedmaster
This is just a Speedmaster in the same way that Daniels was just a watchmaker; true, but it sort of isn’t, because it’s so much more than that. The BA 145.022 was not just the first solid gold Speedmaster, but intersects with actual space history much more significantly than just about anything else post-moon landing.…
Read MoreOmega Olympic Official Timekeeper
This is a beautiful bit of autobiographical revisionist history. This is the ‘Olympic Official Timekeeper’, the most handsome of three chronographs made in homage to stopwatches which Omega used at their first olympics in 1932. Omega are so fond of a limited edition that a few gems have slipped through the cracks, drowned out by…
Read MoreVolvo Dial 2447NST Heuer Carrera
Safety has never looked so sexy. Volvo make sensible cars for sensible people. I have many friends for whom an XC90 is more akin to the family dog than a mode of transport. As someone who comes from a very Swedish family, I can assure you the Swedish do not often take massive risks. We…
Read More14364 Omega Seamaster De Ville Calibre 321
This is one of Omega’s best kept secrets. It’s the Seamaster De Ville 321, yes that calibre 321, and in many ways it’s the antithesis of modern Omega. In the era of mass automated luxury good production, it’s increasingly difficult to make something feel special. As a result, we get an endless series of limited…
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