FRIDAY WIND DOWN: A Seiko you can buy for a good cause, a Longines Tuxedo, and our GPHG winners wish list
It’s a dark, rainy afternoon in Melbourne with temperatures plunged back below 10 degrees. But it’s always sunny when you can write the Wind Down from the office with colleagues around — 1.5m away, of course, but at least around! Today is my first day back in the office for what I would guess to be four months, and it feels good. And as far as the recap for the week goes, it’s been another bustling one. Early in the week, we had the news that Seiko would donate all proceeds from the cute, but properly value-packed Porco Rosso chronograph to the Black Dog Institute of Australia. If you are interested in doing something great for the world, and acquiring an enamel-dialled chronograph par excellence in the process, please contact sales@timeandtidewatches.com with your name and location. For further inspiration, just look at the way the light bends and pools over the inky enamel dial. Swoon … In other news, we have been deluged with enquiries about the Longines Tuxedo chronograph from our top five. Was it your favourite in the mix? Mine is still the khaki HydroConquest Green (khaki life is real for me), while James, Thor, Luke and Nick…
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There are few things as desperately desired in this world as the 1930’s La Voiture Noire. The long-lost Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupe was one of just four high-specced models to be made between 1936-38, and the only one to be completely draped in black. Whether it now lies in ruins at the bottom of the ocean, or still hides away in some abandoned shed, is a constant source of fever dreams for wealthy collectors and daydreaming teenagers alike. Last year, Bugatti announced a new one-off hypercar named after ‘The Black Car’, honouring the legend of the first. Not to be outdone, Jacob & Co. have now announced their own piece unique — the murdered-out Jacob & Co. Twin Turbo Furious Bugatti La Montre Noire. The original Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupe is not just famous for its legend, it has to be one of the most breathtakingly gorgeous cars ever designed. The sensuous, sweeping curvature almost seems like it’s taken from a comic book, or been given the Salvador Dalí melting treatment. The rear end of Bugatti’s La Voiture Noire from 2019 echoes that fluidity, while the aggressive front end reminds you that it very much belongs…
