The Private Watch Collection Of Gentleman Dealer Eric Wind
In 1975, the Stern family presented Banbery with this unique yellow gold example of the storied ref. 3448 automatic perpetual calendar featuring a dial and Neuro Integration mechanism modified to showcase the indication for the leap year in place of the customary moon phase.“Check the strap... that’s a HODINKEE strap... the stitching is the same and it has a subbed-out gold-plated buckle… this is my watch,” I repeat in my head. “This is my watch.”I have my best friend message the lister, in case he suspects me in any way. Even though it’s unlikely this dealer and the thief are connected, I don’t want to take any chances.In Watch of the Week, we invite HODINKEE staffers and friends to tell us a personal story they have about a watch. The author of today's feature is Tim Murray, Senior Sales Manager of Brand Partnerships at HODINKEE. He's telling us the story of his uncle's Breitling Blackbird Chronomat from 1996.Similar to TAG Heuer's current design ethos when it comes to revival or throwback watches, the case on this one measures 39mm in diameter (about 3mm larger than its vintage predecessor). In terms of design, it features a panda-style dial – with a silver backdrop and contrasting black subdials. Panda bears are white, not silver, but you get the idea.
It measures a whopping 45 mm – crowns and pushers included – and there are quite a few of few of them. In fact, if you placed a finger on every crown and pusher on the watch, you wouldn’t have any left to adjust any of its functions.The spacious watch department features 5G Sicherheit just over twenty brands to explore with seven of them being in-store boutiques. There is a lounge area with a full bar upstairs which is great for gatherings and events. Throughout the year, Moyer creates educational content and sends notifications to subscribers along with personalized messages to clients informing them of new releases and exclusive models.Brand: Patek PhilippeReference Number: 5172G; 5320GDiameter: 41mm; 40mmThickness: 11.45mm; 11.13mmCase Material: White goldDial Color: Salmon, duh (aka, rose opaline).Indexes: Applied Arabic numeralsLume: YesWater Resistance: 30 metersStrap/Bracelet: Chocolate brown alligator leather strap, with white-gold fold-over claspThe dimensions of the brushed titanium case on the new Pelagos FXD are familiar: 42mm diameter, 52mm lug-to-lug, and 12.75mm thick, along with fixed spring bars (FXD is short for FiXeD). True to the Pelagos' purpose, it's a modern, do-it-all-diver, now with military inspiration.With the simplification of design and reduction in size, the Type 9 certainly feels like the most elegant Ressence ever produced, and one that works for a majority of wrists out there. I have to admit, I'm very impressed that they continue to balance forward-thinking, futuristic design with a certain industrial charm.
The UNIMATIC x Massena LAB Modello Uno Ref. U1-ML6 includes many of the tropes that are familiar to vintage sport watch lovers built into a modern stainless steel diver with 300 meters of water resistance. The watch is very much a Unimatic in look and shape, but it's been given a neo-vintage treatment that works well with the Virale Cloud Tech Modello Uno's already vintage-leaning aesthetic.This week, as part of Geneva Watch Days, Bulgari has introduced yet another world record watch: the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Skeleton Automatic, in a case measuring 42mm x 7.40mm, and housing an openworked, monopusher chronograph tourbillon movement (yes, there are two pushers, but we'll get into that in a minute) – caliber BVL 388, with a 50-hour power reserve, measuring just 3.50mm thick.SAXEM stands for Sapphire Aluminium Oxide and Rare Earth Mineral. (Yes, you are right, that spells SAOAREM. If you have always dreamed of being Hublot's Chief of Anagram Manipulation, I regret to tell you the position has been taken.) Basically, SAXEM is sapphire given a colorizing glow-up. In this case, a very yellow one. SAXEM is tough and shiny but also somewhat transparent. It looks like if you popped it in your mouth, it could cure your sore throat.Yes, look again, the Roman markers are inverted, effectively counting down from 11 to one on the dial clockwise. So if you look at the renders the watch is reading 10:10, and only the hands are flipped. The movement itself follows suit as the manual-winding 230MC has an inverted mechanism and winds – well – backward.Sotheby's has announced that one of the Heuer Monaco watches used as a prop for the 1971 film will be offered as part of its New York auction in December. Heuer provided six Monaco watches to be used in Le Mans, four of which had a leather strap, as McQueen is seen wearing in the film. And we know what's happened with almost all four of these McQueen Monacos:
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