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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT 26589IO
Watch legends are tough acts to follow. The groundbreaking Royal Oak of 1972, Gerald Genta's luxury steel sports watch that founded an entirely new genre, was revisited in 1993 with the Royal Oak Offshore provoking as disparate reactions as the original. Thirty years later, in 2002, another collection known as the Royal Oak Concept saw the light. This powerful collection with its deconstructed architecture firmly plants the Royal Oak in the 21st century. Innovative materials and complex openworked architecture are trademark features of the Royal Oak Concept that attires its Flying Tourbillon GMT in shades of blue and grey.A mighty Royal OakThe Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT made its debut two years ago in a darker version with sandblasted titanium and a brushed black ceramic bezel. The latest models share exactly the same specifications but come in new colour schemes; one in monochromatic grey tones and the other with vivid blue accents. Ad - Scroll to continue with
Baselworld 2019 - Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar 5212A (Specs & Price)
This is it, the list of new watches at Patek Philippe has been revealed for the 2019 Collection. While we’ve already seen the introduction of a new regulator in rose gold, there are several interesting watches, including this brand new Calatrava – design-wise, material-wise and complication-wise. Meet the Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar 5212A, a surprising, retro-styled and quite attractive new model (to say the least).While the most interesting feature to be discussed on this watch will certainly be its unprecedented display and novel complication (at least for Patek), the main topic of discussion will be about the design (a bit) and the material (a bit more). This new reference 5212A is indeed clearly vintage-inspired but also introduces steel in the classic, elegant Calatrava collection – and we know that besides the Nautilus and the Aquanaut, Patek isn’t so prone to crafting watches in stainless steel. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Seiko Prospex Street Series 'Urban Safari' Tuna Watches
“Inspired by the original 1975 Seiko diver's, this new timepiece features the same iconic outer protector, in a more compact design perfect for urban living.” Seiko’s speech regarding these new models, an entire collection of no fewer than 11 watches, says it all. Take one of the brand’s most important professional specification dive watches, extract what matters (the case, its unique design and its specific architecture), make it modern and less instrumental, add a touch of contemporary colours and texture and you end up with the new Seiko Prospex Street Series ‘Urban Safari’ collection.The most iconic of Seiko’s professional dive watches, the 1968 Hi-beat Diver 300m (left), the 1965 62MAS 150m (middle) and, for today’s article, the 1975 Professional Diver 600m (right), a.k.a ‘Seiko Tuna’.While the brand has already announced that the Automatic Professional Diver 600M ‘Tuna’ will be reissued later this year in a f
First Look: The New Norqain Neverest GMT Glacier 41mm and Glacier 40mm
Norqain has consolidated a repertoire of watches to tackle the great outdoors. Robust, well-designed, contemporary models that can take their fair share of adversity and still look good, Norqain is back this summer with a versatile GMT travel companion and a rugged three-hander, both from the brand's Neverest collection, fitted with high-performance, chronometer-rated Kenissi manufacture automatic movements.Launched in 2021 as a sub-collection of the Adventure family, 10% of proceeds from the two Neverest models support the Butterfly Help Project. This partnership provides schooling for the children of Nepalese Sherpas who have lost their lives in the Himalayas. As a brand that fosters connections to the world of mountaineering, the crackled texture of the icy blue Glacier dial and the black dial is meant to evoke the jagged crevasses of the treacherous Khumbu Icefall located at the head of the highest glacier on Earth on the Nepali slopes of Mount Everest. In 20
First Look: The Retter Mistral, An Accessible Thin Dress Watch with Style
Retter isn't a brand that many are familiar with as its first watch launched only a couple of years ago, the 22 Automatic. It was a solid first effort with the always popular integrated sports watch aesthetic, but the follow-up Mistral is a more mature and elegant dress watch, with a truly ultra-thin case (a term a bit too loosely thrown around). Both the case and dials have interesting, well thought designs that are above the microbrand norm, while the hand-wound Swiss movement really completes the package. It's quite a leap from the 22 Automatic, which was already an impressive inaugural watch, and it comes with a palatable price to boot.?There's an interesting approach to this stainless steel case design, which initially was going to have an interpretation of the classic 1950s Corne de Vache lugs. The look of soldered lugs on such a thin case just wasn't working, so the team created a multi-piece design with a mid-plate holding the lugs, which would then be hidden by a thin shell in