The thought of giving up that worn-in leather roll of different timepieces or that cabinet of winders all spinning in sync for just a single, lone, day-in, day-out wristwatch is a polarizing thing, but something that watch folks tend to talk about quite a bit. What appears to be slight corrosion on the surface of the hands would further confirm that this piece is truly untouched, giving prospective bidders additional peace of mind. These will be produced in slightly larger numbers than the very few surviving vintage Air Command watches – Blancpain is offering this watch as a 500 piece limited edition. Calibre 403 is the company’s ninth calibre (across two base constructions) in eight years, going back to the hand-wound Calibre 110 of 2014; its designs have all been refreshed and refreshed well; and Oris continues to prove that good-looking watches with original, inventive mechanical movements can be made and sold for prices that still qualify as reasonable. You're basically trying to find out where your watch comes from. Provenance leads to questions within questions. 2mmPower Reserve: 50 hoursWinding: AutomaticFrequency: 28,800 / 4 HzJewels: 31Chronometer Certified: N/AAdditional Details: Precision-adjusted in five positions; unidirectionally winding central rotor with 950 platinum centrifugal mass; balance bridge engraved by hand; shock-resistant cam-poised balance with four poising screws, superior-quality balance spring manufactured in-house; precision

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A serious review of all the watches on display could easily take a real enthusiast days, not hours. replica iwc uhren Of the 123 other lots at Sotheby's, I'll be watching (pun intended) lot 53, a Tank Allongée with "bec d'aigle", French for "eagle's beak," lugs. The catalog has this one dated to the 1940s, but I would guess it leans more toward 1960. Whatever the year of production, it is a real deal vintage Cartier, produced in collaboration with Edmond Jaeger in Paris, and a rare one at that.