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Introducing: The New Omega Railmaster Collection, And A Favorite Of Baselworld 2017 (Live Pics, Thoughts, Pricing)

Heading into this morning’s Omega meeting which, like, basically the entire HODINKEE team attended, we were all excited to see the new limited edition “Trilogy” of the Speedmaster, Seamaster, and Railmaster. And they were awesome, you’ll hear more about them shortly (in video!) but we knew they’d be awesome. What we did not know is that we’d see another Omega sports watch, one that comes slightly out of left field, was not included in its press release, and at this moment, does not even exist on its website. But it’s awesome, and it’s priced to move. In fact, this might be one of the most commercially compelling watches of the show, and by virtue of that, maybe of the year 2017.

Introducing: The Slim d’Hermès L’Heure Impatiente (Live Pics & Pricing)

Hermès has been doing steadily great work in the watch space over the last few years, especially with the Slim d’Hermès line. Another speciality of the maison though is what it calls “poetic complications,” which take a less function-driven approach to watchmaking, instead opting to delight or surprise (such as with Le Temps Suspendu). Well, today the two families are coming together in the Slim d’Hermès L’Heure Impatiente, which features a brand new complication.

Baselworld 2017 – Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition (Back to the Roots of Aviation)

Oris’ reputation in terms of pilot watches is not to be debated anymore. Their Big Crown Pro Pilot collection is composed of reliable, well conceived and efficient watches for pilots. Still, most of them are modern iterations. But for Baselworld 2017, the brand will look back at its past, by reviving its first pilot’s wristwatch with a special limited edition piece made in homage to the original. Introducing the Oris Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition.

Introducing: The Rolex Cellini Moonphase, The First Moonphase From The Crown In Over Half A Century (Live Pics & Pricing)

The Cellini collection was first brought back in 2014, but only minor changes have been made since them. Well, 2017 is the year where we finally see a moonphase complication come back at Rolex, something fans have been waiting for since the 1950s. Seriously. And, as you’d expect from Rolex, this modern take is not “just” a moonphase complication, it’s astronomically accurate for 122 years. In many ways, this Cellini Moonphase is the rightful heir of the mega references 6062 and 8171, and we couldn’t wait to see it in the metal.

HANDS-ON: The large, and very, very limited Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch 90th Anniversary

This post is served with an almighty fist pump, because just like our crystal ball ‘predicted’, Longines has announced a 90th Anniversary version of the Lindbergh Hour Angle, a few months ahead of the anniversary celebration. Longines has still managed to pull out a major surprise though. The steel and titanium watch will be limited to just 90 pieces. The hour referenced in the name of the model will be about as long as it takes for the model to sell out. The original ‘hour angle’ watch was designed in a partnership between Charles Lindbergh and Longines following his 33-hour flight from Roosevelt Airport to Le Bourghet, outside Paris. The historic feat was timed by Longines, who were official timekeeper for the World Air Sports Federation. Lindbergh had some ideas about how to determine longitude during long-distance flights using a rotating bezel to allow for the correction of the equation of time and a rotating centre dial that allows for synchronization to the second. The resulting watch, which has had several reissues over the years, indicates the hour angle in degrees and in minutes of arc in addition to indicating hours, minutes and seconds. Pilots and navigators have used the hour…

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch 90th Anniversary

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage 1945

One of the highlights on our Baselworld calendar is seeing what heritage re-release Longines has cooked up, and whoo boy, have they pulled out all the stops in 2017 or what. You’re looking at the Heritage 1945, an absolutely on point interpretation of a mid-century dress watch. Based on a 1945 design called the Calatrava by collectors, this watch does everything right. Funnily enough it’s the exact watch that Sunflowerman illustrated as part of the Watercolour Watch project back in 2015. The 40mm steel case is simple, and not overly fussy, with a flat bezel just the right width and a slender-yet-functional crown. The mid-tan nubuck strap with single line of reinforcing stitching in contrasting thread walks a perfectly straight line between dress and casual. The real star is the dial. For such a minimal layout, Longines has packed it full of sexy detail. First of all there’s the vintage velvet effect of the brushed copper-tone convex dial, then there’s the alternating steel-tone applied hours markers and printed mid-century Arabic numerals, all of which contrasts with the long, elegant leaf hands in blued steel. The small seconds subdial has a concentric circular finish, just to keep things interesting. Oh, and…

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Baselworld 2017 – Introducing the Greubel-Forsey Balancier (Hands-On with Price)

Art in its purest form… While exposing at the SIHH 2017, Greubel Forsey is also introducing a new watch during Baselworld 2017 – Here is the Greubel Forsey Balancier, elevating the essentials to radical watchmaking and insane finishing. No double or Quadruple Tourbillon, no fancy complications, just the pure expression of a classical movement, decorated in the best possible way you can imagine (literally).

Introducing: The Patek Philippe 5320G, A New Perpetual Calendar Inspired By Many Historic References (Live Pics & Pricing)

Now this one looks promising. This is the new perpetual calendar from Patek Philippe, the reference 5320G. The look is pure vintage Patek, and I mean proper vintage Patek from the 1940s and 50s. You have two apertures for the day and month, a moonphase display with date window at six o’clock, a killer, complex case, and luminous syringe hands.

Baselworld 2017 – The Rolex Daytona In Three Gold & Ceramic Options and now With Oysterflex Bracelet

Last year, Rolex was the talk of Baselworld thanks to its insanely popular stainless steel Daytona with Cerachrom bezel 116500LN (see our hands on review here). Not surprisingly then, the ‘Crown’ is making some further additions to the Daytona line-up this year, all in precious metals (Yellow, White and Rose Gold) and all featuring black Cerachrom bezels. What is surprising however, and pleasantly so, is the fact that all three models are fitted with the brand’s patented Oysterflex bracelet and safety clasp.