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EXCLUSIVE: The next Nomos dial material is bonkers
Nomos is making fun, new dials Nomos Glashuette has really been outdoing themselves lately. Lots of new dial colors and finishes, with the newest being their At Work series with the silvercut finish. It looks like a sheet of stainless steel was cut into dials and printed with the numerals, etc and popped into a case. The grain on these dials is beautiful. I would gladly wear one. Note: I do. I have an Ahoi Atlantik. WHAT’S NEXT? Here is a world exclusive: The Nomos Diamondplate Tangente. This thing will fly out of the ADs. I want one for both wrists. The subtlety of the printing on the dial is…
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Paul Newman’s Horrible Paul Newman Daytona.
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The $965k+ Chanel watch – CODE COCO
Chanel is launching a new watch product line called Code Coco. Beautiful watches, designed after their 2.55 pattern handbags. Per Chanel.com: THE DIAMOND CODE Of all gemstones, the diamond was Gabrielle Chanel’s favorite. She loved the graphic beauty and clarity of the diamond. In her own words: “If I have chosen the diamond, it is because it represents, in its density, the greatest value in the smallest volume.” There is a limited edition series of 5 version made of white gold and crusted with diamonds for a tidy sum of $965,000. The other versions are steel, with and without diamond-set bezel. ($5000. and $9,100.) I love the design of this…
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What watch is Jay-Z wearing on Saturday Night Live?
Arguably the best hip-hop artist of the last 15 Years is wearing a yellow gold watch on Saturday Night Live. What the hell is it? Jay-Z has worked with watch companies in the past (Hublot!) so I think it’s somewhat safe to say he’s a watch guy. This first set of pictures are from his second song. My guess is a reference 5119 Patek Phillipe calatrava. You can clearly see the sub-seconds dial and the hand shape, there is no Patek clasp visible…so there are the available clues. I can’t find this exact ref because there aren’t numerals on the dial. The below pictures are from his first song. He…
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Shinola’s New Petoskey Stone Dial Watch Collection
I’ll admit it, I’m not a huge fan of Shinola. But this dial is madness. At 37mm, it works well with the patterns in the watches shown. The gold PVD looks great with the subdued yellows and browns in the stone. It’s certainly not for me, but using locally-found fossilized rock to make dials to a very local-centric brand? That’s cool. Maybe there’s some exotic breed of cow they can source the strap leather from? Kidding, not kidding.The Petoskey stone is a unique fossilized rock found exclusively along the shores of Lake Michigan. Source: Introducing The Petoskey Stone Collection | The Journal
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How to make a perfect social media watch video
I will buy this and every other watch Greubel Forsey make. Once I win the powerball. But seriously, this is a nice video, good music, good editing, and it doesn’t even come near the Instagram time limit. It doesn’t need to. The Grande Sonnerie is well and truly Greubel Forsey’s most complex creation to date. A post shared by GreubelForsey (@greubel.forsey) on Sep 25, 2017 at 7:46am PDT
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Roger Dubuis’ Excalibur or Aventador S or Phantasia or Valerian Steel or Car watch from the Future
I’m not a fan. Car company/watch crossovers are mostly crap. I’m not a fan of this watch. it’s not for me, but let’s discuss. The deadbeat seconds is a cool “complication” I’ll admit- but no thanks. I like seeing the engine cover make an appearance on dial side. The yellow works well with the jewels. I like Lamborghini, in fact, I still have to snap a picture whenever I see one. While I am taking that picture which will languish on my phone until I upgrade it and dump the pics onto an external hard drive which will sit on a shelf for eternity, I ponder what it must…
