As I've said before, one of the true joys of my job is getting to speak with some of the greatest watchmakers of our time more frequently than most. The benefit of events like Dubai Watch Week, held just a few weeks ago, is that any of the 49,000 visitors could have the same experience. replica omega watches The last time we covered a release from Mido was last month, when Jack went hands on with an architecturally inspired limited edition based on New York's Guggenheim Museum. Today we have a new big date version of the Commander to introduce. AP doesn't say ta-ta to Tapisserie for just anything. By opening up the dial, the house is exposing its new caliber 2972, which simply indicates it's the openworked variation of the caliber 2950, which first saw light as part of 2019's CODE 11:59 debut. You might think that you have seen this Longines before, and with good reason. It was first offered for sale on Instagram in May; and if you saw it then, you probably noticed its resemblance to the recently released Longines Heritage 1945. Granted, the bezels and lugs are slightly different in curvature, but the dial configuration is identical, for good reasons since this re-edition itself was inspired by a vintage piece also from the 1940s. Polo S obviously sounds sexier, but I believe the core reason lies deeper than that. The Polo S aimed to accomplish as much as the Polo had done in the late 1970s and early '80s, when it was the versatile watch of the jet-set crowd, admired for its precious looks and water resistance. The Rolex "mania," as one Richemont executive who competes with Rolex in the U.S. called it, distorts the Swiss watch export figures. Rolex's sales were up far more than 7%, he said. Therefore, other brands were down. "The strong are getting stronger. This applies to the brands and the retailers," he said. "Second tier brands in the U.S. are hurting."

Diameter: 44mmThickness: 14.2mmCase Material: DMLS titanium (sandblasted) case. Bezel, crown, and lever in Carbotech. Dial Color: Grey (anthracite) Indexes: Sandwich dialLume: Super-LumiNova (grey) Water Resistance: 300 metersStrap/Bracelet: Black "Sportech" woven rubberized material with grey contrast stitching and DLC black titanium buckle I made the transition from a Timex Ironman to a Garmin GPS watch in 2010. I had never used a watch that tracked distance before. I just ran the same routes regularly and knew the distance. If I didn’t know the distance I plugged the route into various online mapping software that calculated the distance (simpler times). My first Garmin was a revelation (I suddenly knew how far I was going in real time) and a curse (I was unhealthily fixated on pace). I like to describe the escapement as a motion translator – it translates rotational motion (from the gears) into side-to-side impulses (for the pendulum). You also mentioned regulation of a watch/clock. The escapement isn't responsible for regulating, but the pendulum/balance wheel are. The escapement keeps the pendulum/balance wheel moving. It's not like the Ellipse went anywhere. It has remained firmly in the catalog since 1968. What started as a blue-gold dial and yellow-gold 27x32 mm case on a bracelet has morphed into a few different elliptical iterations. What was once a dainty yellow-gold dress watch on a bracelet assumed a modern form and became larger in proportion. It's as casual and easy to wear as a plaid overshirt and checks all the boxes for a true everyday no-fuss dive watch. You can put it on any strap, read it in the middle of the night, and it looks amazing on the wrist. I don't think any other '90s steel sports watch could be considered to be more influential, especially within the confines of bona fide watch nerdery.

The new 2024 model, which is being presented as a limited edition of 300 pieces, even manages to include a new central minutes monopusher chronograph movement from La Joux-Perret, effectively emulating the original and deeply tool-ish appeal of the vintage Benthos 500. Caliber: BVL 5307Functions: Grande et petite sonnerie, perpetual calendar with tourbillon, indication of the leap year, day, week, date, phase and age of the moon; power reserve indications for the strike train and going train; various safety systems to prevent damage to the movement during striking en passant or on demand, or during setting of the time; silent centrifugal governor for the strike