If at this point I sound like I'm fanboying a bit, that's because I am. Watchmaking at this level is, to my mind, something to celebrate. I could grab a strong loupe and happily stare at either side of this watch for hours. That Mr. Gauthier himself is a passionate, humble, and super nice guy only makes me like the watches even more. Offered in six variations, the new 39mm Spirit Zulu Time is, unsurprisingly, a smaller take on what Longines established with the original 42mm model. In this new format, the steel case is 39mm wide, 13.2mm thick, and 46.7mm lug-to-lug. I do think it's also worth noting that the brand's standard line of mechanical watches start at a very similar price (the U2 Classic is 425 EUR, and the U1 classic is 525 EUR), with both options being powered by an NH35A, which is one of Seiko's offerings for non-Seiko product and is similar to the Seiko 4R35. But the 5508s produced in the early 1960s often show a lighter color of luminous compound that uses a lower concentration of radium. You can easily see the different in the two watches above, with the first being an early example and the second a very late one. The auction is actually very Journe-heavy. There are a number of examples of Chronomètre à Résonance in the catalog, including one belonging to Coppola, bought for him by his wife, which comes up right after the FFC Prototype. Two lots later is what I consider the star of the show: Souscription Résonance number 17. This comes on the heels of the sale of Souscription Résonance no. 2 at Phillips' Decade One sale in Geneva, which achieved CHF 3,327,000 all-in. As a final note before getting to the specific references, as you'll see in the later auction listings, these early Royal Oak QPs all fall within C and D-series case numbers. While just about anything is possible, this record is supported by the collectors I spoke with, by past auctions, and by Audemars Piguet directly.

However, the flip side of this is that this might be one of the few GMT watches properly equipped for half-hour time zones, most notably India. No, it's not a perfect system, but on a watch that's priced less than a Moonswatch, it'll do. Part of me (all of me) wishes she wore the newest version of the watch just so I could write something to the effect of "The mother of Luke Skywalker wears a 'Skywalker.'" I'll settle for what I've got. What's truly great about this movie is that she wears the X-33 almost the entire film – it basically never leaves her wrist. Cased in 42mm by 11.1mm platinum, the new ref. 6300 is powered by the brand's in-house caliber 2162 QP/270. The movement was developed off the 2018 Traditionelle self-winding tourbillon Calibre 2160. With a peripheral rotor for automatic winding, the movement measures 32.79mm by 6. Nancy (Lively) readying herself for the most terrifying surfing experience of her life, wearing a Baby-G in The Shallows. Image, Sony Both watches were worn by ETZN crew members. The Speedmaster X-33 Regatta ETNZ Limited Edition is $5,900; the Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black GMT Co-Axial Master Chronometer ETNZ is $11,200. Both are currently available and you can find out more about the Auld Mug, Emirates Team New Zealand, and Omega's partnership with them right here.

8mm thick with a 316L stainless steel case and 600m of water resistance but uses the refined design language of Ming's 37-series and puts lume on the underside of the double-domed sapphire crystal for indices while moving the dive timer to the dial. replica iwc portugieser orologi Big surprise this one is here, huh? My love of Doxa and specifically the T.Graph, is well known, and I was smitten when I first saw a prototype of this 50th anniversary re-issue at Baselworld way back in 2018. While the watch doesn’t veer far (read, “at all”) from the original, it would have been a shame if it did.