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Hands-On Gerald Genta Arena Mickey Mouse Playing Football
Swiss watch designer Gerald Genta was ahead of his time. The man who designed the Royal Oak and the Nautilus, singlehandedly kickstarting the extraordinarily coveted luxury sports watch genre, also anticipated another niche for watches inspired by characters borrowed from pop culture. When Genta decided to produce watches under his own name, he unleashed his more playful side and produced a series of ‘serious’ mechanical watches with Disney characters on the dial, including Mickey Mouse. Following the sold-out performance of the Gerald Genta Arena Retrograde Smiling Mickey released by Bulgari in 2021, Mickey Mouse is back for round two, this time kicking a football. A rare triple complication model with retrograde minutes, retrograde date and jumping hours, the Arena Bi-Retrograde Mickey Mouse is a treat reserved for just 200 fans of Genta, Mickey Mouse and football!When Gerald Met MickeyGerald Genta might not have been the first watchmaker to feature a Disney character, bu
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black (Ceramic GMT) - Darker than The Deep Sea - REVIEW with live photos, specs & price - Monochrome Watches
What is the color of the deep sea? Blue? Navy?blue? No, when you reach 600 meters, the sea is black, pitch black in fact.?At this depth, everything turns dark and no color can be distinguished anymore. You probably saw?us coming with this teaser. Yes, here is it, this is the “raison d’¨ºtre” of the brand new?Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black. After the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon, here is the full black, full ceramic Planet Ocean, the hefty, technical and robust dive watch of?the Biel-based brand. Antimagnetic, Master Chronometer certified, with GMT function, revised display and a lot of technical improvements… No more introducing words, let’s look at the?Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black – and like the Stones would say,?“No colors anymore, I want them to turn black“.This year, after focusing on the Globemaster?and?Speedmaster in 2015 and the Seamaster 300 in 2014, Omega had a strong focus on its professional dive watch,
Only Watch 2017 - Tudor Black Bay Bronze One - LHD / Khaki Green ref. 7925/001
Let’s be honest, the unique Patek and F.P.Journe for Only Watch 2017 we’ve just introduced to you earlier today are indeed really important?pieces… But let’s not forget the brand that surprised everyone back in 2015, with a watch that sold for multiples of?its pre-sale estimate: Tudor. For the 7th Edition of the charity auction, they are back, with a unique left handed and?Khaki Green Bronzo, the?Tudor Black Bay Bronze One.Two years ago, at Only Watch 2015, Tudor rocked the event?by presenting a unique Black version of the Heritage Black Bay, a watch that was prefiguring a future commercial watch (the Black Bay Black 79220N). This watch caused a sensation, as it reached approximately 100 times the price of a standard Black Bay, at CHF 375,000. Clearly, collectors had shown their enthusiasm for?it by bidding – hard. This year, for Only Watch 2017, Tudor had no other choice than to bring another ultra-cool piece. And here it is, the?Tudor Black Bay Bronze On
MeisterSinger Pangaea Day Date 2022 New Models - Hands-On, Price
MeisterSinger introduced the Pangaea Day Date back in 2013 with day and date discs that were fully exposed in the centre. Of course, a single hour hand was all that relayed the time in MeisterSinger style. The updated 2019 Pangaea Day Date received contrasting colours between the base dial and discs (and outermost track), which offered more visual separation and some additional character. That trend continues with two 2022 models that feature Petrol (a shade of cyan) and Bordeaux (a merlot red) discs against a black base, and the colours really pop without being garish.?SIMPLE AND SOPHISTICATED?The Pangaea Day Date is among MeisterSinger's most successful lines, winning the Red Dot, German Design and Good Design awards in its relatively short history. I've always been impressed at how the brand continues to make intriguing, sophisticated dials with the single-hand design. Models like the Perigraph Edition Planet Earth, Astroscope and Lunascope show that simple concepts can be anything
Two Norqain Independence 21 Models (Live Pics & Price)
For an independent family-run company that has only been on the scene for three years, Norqain is going from strength to strength at an impressive pace. We first covered the fledgling brand in 2020 when it announced its partnership with movement manufacture Kenissi (jointly owned by Chanel and Tudor/ ) and became acquainted with the three main collections: Adventure, Freedom and Independence. As their names indicate, the collections are sport-oriented watches with signature features like the customisable plate on the case flank. Following on the heels of last year's Independence 20 model that sold out in days, Norqain introduces two new Independence models in limited editions: the Independence 21 with a blue dial (200 pieces) and the Independence 21 DLC Skeleton model (100 pieces), the brand's first skeletonised movement.Independence 21 Scratched Blue DialLately, many brands have been pushing the urban sports watch' category. A loosely defined category, the ‘urban sports watch
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