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Breitling Navitimer Blue Sky 60th Anniversary Limited Edition - Monochrome Watches
For the sixtieth anniversary of the Navitimer, Breitling releases the Blue Sky. This limited production of five hundred pieces celebrates what might be from the standpoint of versatility, THE pilot watch. The Navitimer is a timeless classic, and the Blue Sky upholds the tradition.It is impossible to think of the aviation chronograph's history without Breitling's iconic Navitimer, whose name is a contraction of navigation and timer. With the Navitimer, Breitling bred the ultimate in aviation functionality. Not only did Breitling work with its partners to develop the first automatic chronograph in 1969, but Breitling engineered the look and function of the modern chronograph: first with the side one-button in 1915, refined in 1923, and then with the side two-button in 1934, which separated start/stop and reset functions. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Their
Hands-On - Hamilton Khaki Field Murph 38mm (Specs & Price)
Movie-themed watches aren’t very uncommon, but it’s another thing to just create a watch?inspired?by a movie instead of creating a watch?to be worn in a movie. Either by chance, like with the Seiko worn in Apocalypse Now, or intentionally like with the Hamilton Khaki Field Murph. Regardless of the scenario, it can launch a watch into stardom, for instance when Steve McQueen wore the Heuer Monaco on-screen in the movie Le Mans, or James Bond donning various Omega Seamaster watches. Often just a form of product placement if we’re honest, the watch itself can become a major character in the plot of a movie (again, James Bond and his Q-branch issued Seamasters), which is basically what happened when Hamilton made a watch for Christopher Nolan’s 2014 epic science-fiction movie Interstellar. The Hamilton Khaki Field Murph played a huge role and was launched in a 42mm size in 2019, and now returns in a more compact 38mm diameter!The Khaki Field Murph 42mm (left) and 38
Back to the Future! As Marc Jenni Re-Invents the Winding Crown! - Monochrome Watches
There are a few conventions in watchmaking that have existed for centuries. One is that all-mechanical watches need a crown for winding and setting. Marc Jenni didn't see it quite that way and found a lateral' solution to a circular problem.Sometimes in life it's easier to just go with the flow and accept things for what and how they are. To fall back on tradition! Then again, sometimes it's just plain BETTER to go against the grain! (Who says the world HAS TO BE flat? Who says desert has to come AFTER dinner?) Who says that a mechanical watch has to have a crown and stem for winding and setting? Ad - Scroll to continue with article If you think about the winding crown, it's a bit of an arcane thing! For reasons of water pressure and dust, it has to be sealed multiple times - otherwise you leave your device open to the elements. For security reasons it has to be
TAG Heuer Monaco Titan Special Edition CAW218B - Hands-On, Price
Few watches in the world can compete with Jack Heuer's brilliant branding coup of his 1969 square-shaped Monaco chronograph with the world's most glamorous F1 race. There was a time in the watchmaking world when innovation' and imagination' were the keywords. Today, they have been replaced with special/limited edition' and titanium'. However, when it comes to golden oldies like the Monaco, the new buzzwords are a real treat for fans. Designed to mark the return of the Monaco Grand Prix in 2021 after a one-year hiatus provoked by the pandemic, here is the new TAG Heuer Monaco Titan Special Edition, that you can discover live!This special edition of 500 pieces of TAG's iconic Monaco is sheathed in sandblasted titanium and fitted with a modern version of the famous Calibre 11 automatic chronograph that made its debut inside the first Monaco. After the suspension of the Monaco GP last year, the F1 cars competing in the 2021 edition will undergo the qualifying rounds on Saturday, May 22. On
Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited Edition - Hands-On, Price
The connection between Oris and the Carl Brashear Foundation isn't new. It all started in 2016, when the brand introduced its first-ever bronze watch, which also marked the beginning of a long-term relationship between the Swiss brand and the American Foundation. This watch, based on the handsome Divers Sixty Five vintage-inspired model, will draw the design cues that will later be found on two subsequent watches; the Oris Carl Brashear Chronograph of 2018 and the watch we'll be talking about today, the recently-introduced Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited Edition.?A tribute to a man who never gave upThe story of Carl Brashear is that of man who has faced adversity and overcame challenges, despite shortcomings, racial prejudice and disability. And indeed, he never gave up! Carl Brashear is mostly known by younger generations thanks to the 2000 movie Men of Honor, an American drama film, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. that depicts the life of Brashear.?
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