Mercer Airfoil Watch Review
The Mercer Watch Company Airfoil is a solid-value-proposition pilot’s watch that I’ve really grown fond of from a small East Coast watch brand located in historic Central New Jersey.
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 18th November, 2016
It’s been a week of milestones, both minor and major. A Patek Philippe became the most expensive watch ever sold at auction (again), the 2016 GPHG awards were announced (well done to all the winners) and Andrew clocked up a significant birthday. All occasions to celebrate. Prost! What happened In what feels these days like a bi-annual update, we now have a new ‘most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction’, and yup, it’s another stainless steel Patek Philippe. The watch in question – one of only four reference 1518s ever made – sold in 13 minutes for the mind-boggling sum of $11,002,000 including buyers’ fee (that’s more than $14.5 million AUD). This figure far eclipses the 7.3 million CHF that a Patek 5016A-010 sold for at Only Watch last year. Now, we’d normally propose things that are a better buy than a single watch, but today let’s flip it. We’d rather have one steel Patek than nine RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. We’d only cause trouble with them. We’d much prefer this watch than to keep 29 asylum seekers on Manus or Nauru for a year. Seriously, anything is better than that. We’d rather have this rare and fine Patek instead of roughly four miles of…
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Astronomical Design: Talking To Daniel Reintjes, CEO of Christiaan van der Klaauw
In 1974 Dutch watchmaker Christiaan van der Klaauw founded his own workshop making astronomical clocks, then soon similar complications for wristwatches. He retired in 2009, passing his baton along to Daniel Reintjes, who is now in charge of the world’s only watch brand completely dedicated to astronomical watches. Quill & Pad’s Martin Green sat down with Reintjes to get a feel for where the brand is now.
Just Because: A Rare Look Inside The Incredible Collection Of Mohammed Seddiqi At Dubai Watch Week
I’ve learned a lot over the last few days at Dubai Watch Week – about modern collecting habits, how independent watchmakers see the current market, and how various industry parties are working to create ever more innovative and interesting products year after year. But it turns out that Mohammed Seddiqi (the curator of Dubai Watch Week, and Chief Commercial Officer of Seddiqi Holding, the company behind Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, the Middle East’s largest retailer) is an extremely savvy collector of both vintage and modern watches, and he was kind enough to offer us a small peek into his vast collection. What you’re about to see is some pretty serious horology, my friends. Pretty serious indeed.
HANDS ON: First look at the Tudor Pelagos LHD – live video, pics, price
Once again, Tudor has surprised and tempted us with a brand new release just before Christmas – the Tudor Pelagos LHD. On the whole it’s the same Pelagos we know and love, with just a few tweaks – but these small changes combine to show the watch in a completely new light. First of all, the case. It’s the same 42mm titanium case we’re used to, with one not-so-minor difference – the crown is on the left, a feature that gives the watch its left-hand drive sobriquet. The inspiration for this unusual configuration comes from the brand’s past. In the 1970s, the Tudor Submariner was the watch of choice for French Naval divers. Some of these were delivered in a left-handed format – perhaps for divers who wore the watch on their right hand, or perhaps simply so the prominent crown wouldn’t catch or dig into the wrist. Bear in mind, of course, that just because this is intended to be worn on the right doesn’t mean you can’t wear it on your left hand – I did, and quite enjoyed the lack of interfering crown. An interesting side note is that because the crown is on the left, COSC tested the MT5612-LHD movement in different…
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HANDS ON: First look at the Tudor Pelagos LHD – live pics, price
Once again, Tudor has surprised and tempted us with a brand new release just before Christmas – the Tudor Pelagos LHD. On the whole it’s the same Pelagos we know and love, with just a few tweaks – but these small changes combine to show the watch in a completely new light. First of all, the case. It’s the same 42mm titanium case we’re used to, with one not-so-minor difference – the crown is on the left, a feature that gives the watch its left-hand drive sobriquet. The inspiration for this unusual configuration comes from the brand’s past. In the 1970s, the Tudor Submariner was the watch of choice for French Naval divers. Some of these were delivered in a left-handed format – perhaps for divers who wore the watch on their right hand, or perhaps simply so the prominent crown wouldn’t catch or dig into the wrist. Bear in mind, of course, that just because this is intended to be worn on the right doesn’t mean you can’t wear it on your left hand – I did, and quite enjoyed the lack of interfering crown. An interesting side note is that because the crown is on the left, COSC tested the MT5612-LHD movement in different…
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VIDEO: Paradise found with Vacheron Constantin, shot on location at Lord Howe Island
We gave a glimpse of our 48 hours in paradise with the Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection a month ago, but now, with the watches officially revealed and reviewed, it’s time to turn up the envy to unforeseen levels. In addition to mouthwatering shots of the collection, hands-down one of the best in the steel sports category this year, we’re also showing here just how spectacular Lord Howe Island is. From the volcanic peaks, to the friendly schools of fish that mill around your ankles in the shallows, to the outlook from the luxury Capella Lodge where my room had, just months before, been home to Blake Lively during the shooting of shark-as-villain thriller The Shallows. It’s all here, as well as our rationale for why we chose this place to explore the Overseas collection.
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Hamilton ODC X-03 Watch Pays Tribute To ‘Interstellar’ & ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Movies
With three independent time zones orbiting a 3D printed Jupiter, the Hamilton ODC X-03 pays tribute to their work on Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey
New Release: Tudor Pelagos LHD
When Tudor first launched teasers for the November 17th launch, little did we know they were about to unveil the Tudor Pelagos LHD or Left Hand Drive “Destro” Titanium Diver. In fact, mea culpa, I was lulled into expectations of a Tudor Diver’s watch following in the same footsteps as the Tudor Bronze –…
Hands-On: The Ochs Und Junior Perpetual Calendar, An Exercise In Creating Complexity From Simplicity
This watch is a lot more complicated than it looks. But also a lot simpler. We’ve described Ochs und Junior’s watches as “rigorously simple” in the past, and this latest addition is no exception. The Ochs und Junior Perpetual Calendar uses just nine additional parts and a completely number and letter-free display, to add a perpetual calendar to a simple time-and-date movement. Back in June we gave you an early look at this new watch, but last week I got some real wrist time with a production model and have to say, I didn’t want to send it back home to Lucerne.