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Power at a Premium: 6 Watches Under $3,500 with Great Power Reserves
Of the various ongoing trends in the watch world, ever-improving power reserves in mechanical timepieces are among the most practical. With collect... -
Vacheron Constantin Teams With Mr. Porter for New Fiftysix Day-Date Petrol Blue Limited Edition
Ending 2020 with a statement, Vacheron Constantin has unveiled the latest addition to its catalog, an exclusive and limited-edition watch released in partnership with luxury retailer Mr. Porter. The new model, the Fiftysix Day-Date Petrol Blue Limited Edition, uses the now familiar Fiftysix Day-Date unveiled at SIHH 2018 as its base design, with this specific model distinguished by its namesake blue dial. For Mr. Porter, the new watch is the latest exclusive partnership after a landmark year of luxury collaborations, the last being this past summer when it partnered with Jaeger-LeCoultre for the exclusive Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Limited Edition made for the film The King’s Man.
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Skeleton in Ceramic: Introducing the Bell & Ross BR 01 Cyber Skull
French-founded Bell & Ross is known for its creative designs and unique takes on the aviation-influenced, square-cased style that the company pioneered with the BR 01 collection. The BR 01 Concept Skull series, in particular, has showcased some of Bell & Ross’s most playful offerings in recent years, and its skull-and-crossbones motif has become a signature look for the watchmaker. In 2018, Bell & Ross also created a signature movement for the series, debuting in the original Laughing Skull and appearing in the multiple iterations unveiled since.
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60 Years Soaring: Grand Seiko Unveils U.S.-Exclusive GS Eagle Limited Edition Ref. SBGE263
The Japanese luxury watchmaker unveiled the new U.S.-exclusive GS Eagle Limited Edition Ref. SBGE263. The new watch is a novel take on the brand’s popular Spring Drive GMT design, itself which had an anniversary last year celebrating 20 years of production. The new watch joins an array of other commemorative pieces rolled out this year, including a blue dial SLGH003, a novel caliber, four limited editions at the start of the year, and at least three re-creations of the first Grand Seiko; in all likelihood with only a couple weeks left in 2020, it will be the cherry on top of this anniversary year.
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Borrowed Time: GlashĂĽtte Original Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition With Glacier Blue Dial
Blue dials on watches have gone from novelty to mainstream; it’s rare these days to find any popular watch model, or family, that doesn’t offer at least one option in blue — some even in an array of shades, from powdery pastel to shiny cerulean to bold navy all the way to moody indigo. There are so many blue dials these days, and so many brands that claim a specific blue as their own, that when a new blue-dialed watch comes along that really makes the collective watch community take notice, it is a special event indeed. I daresay that Glashütte Original — the German manufacture renowned for its complications prowess, its traditional designs, and more recently for its boldly colorful dial experiments — has accomplished that feat with the latest annual release from its Sixties collection, a steel-cased bicompax chronograph in a gradient “Glacier Blue” dial.
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Vacheron Constantin Teams With Mr. Porter for New Fiftysix Day-Date Petrol Blue Limited Edition
Ending 2020 with a statement, Vacheron Constantin has unveiled the latest addition to its catalog, an exclusive and limited-edition watch released in partnership with luxury retailer Mr. Porter. The new model, the Fiftysix Day-Date Petrol Blue Limited Edition, uses the now familiar Fiftysix Day-Date unveiled at SIHH 2018 as its base design, with this specific model distinguished by its namesake blue dial. For Mr. Porter, the new watch is the latest exclusive partnership after a landmark year of luxury collaborations, the last being this past summer when it partnered with Jaeger-LeCoultre for the exclusive Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Limited Edition made for the film The King’s Man.
