Watch Dandy

Pharrell Williams is probably one of the coolest dudes in show biz (in my oh-so-humble opinion), so it should come as no surprise that he rocks an equally cool watch. While on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this week promoting Hidden Figures, a movie that he both produced and wrote the soundtrack for, Pharrell could be seen sporting the Richard Mille RM 031 High Performance. Impressive.

For its first skeleton wristwatch, Moritz Grossmann asked a man by the name of Christophe Schaffo, an independent German horologist and specialist in the art of engraving and skeletonizing, to put one of its hand-wound movements, the caliber 100.5, through a drastic weight reduction program. The result is the highly ornate and slightly eccentric Atum Skelett.

The first edition of Bring A Loupe for 2017 is solely focused on chronographs and features one of the most elegant of them all: a Patek Philippe Reference 1463 with a fine waterproof case, here in a dressy 18k rose gold. Other more tool watch propositions are also included, such as a military issued Breitling 817, which comes with its original box and expandable bracelet. We will also spend some time on a very dishonest Girard-Perregaux Olimpico currently offered on Ebay. This is your Bring A Loupe for January 6, 2017.