Chad the Watch Guy points us to an amazing look at the ETA 2892, the workhorse of ETA’s line that appears again and again in numerous timepieces.
An indepth look at the ETA 2892 [Chronometrie]
Cool new blog by a very cool watch guy in Pittsburgh. I met this guy at the Glashuette watch trip during which time we hoisted quite a few beers. Best of all? He’s go exclusive pics of the new Kobold creation, the SMG-1.
Wow. RJ over at Fratellowatches paused Kill Bill Vol. 2 to find that Uma is wearing a fake Rolex Daytona. What madness! Couldn’t maybe they call someone cool and get a watch in there? I know Fossil would KILL to get their best stuff on Bill’s wrist. Anyway, I hope it was just an inside joke.
Kill Bill Vol.2 [Fratellowatches.com]
Is it just me or are blocky serif fonts on watchfaces a little off-putting? When the serif font is thin and spindly, I think it really works well.
That said, I’m sure the movement in this new JLC beast is amazing, but the face I could probably do without. What think ye?
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grand Réveil Fantasy [Velociphile]
A shifty store, Dualtime sold one of the watch folks a Glycine with box and papers. Apparently, the buyer received only the watch and then got a broken box and weird papers for his trouble. I suppose they’re someone to watch out for now.
I love me a good smartwatch, and Suunto makes some of the best. This beast has a pedometer, heart rate, and bike speedometer and can dump all of your data to your PC.
The power of the t6 is not just from the heart rate monitor, or the optional footor bike pod; the power of the t6 is in the outstanding, (free) included software that allows you to sync your t6 with your computer. With this device hooked up to either your PC or Mac (via virtual PC),you can look at analyses of 7 body parameters including EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption), training effect, oxygen consumption, energy consumption, respiration rate, heart rate, and ventilation. You can read more on monitoring respiratory activity in field, the accuracy of heart rate based V02 monitoring, and the technology behind EPOC and the other Suunto products by clicking on any of the hotlinked words.
Suunto t6 (Verdict: RIP Mickey Goldmill) [Spungle]
Looks like Citizen is going for the clownfish look with their new Eco-Drive diver. Live from Basel 2006, apparently.
Breathtaking new Citizen Diver! [Network54]
Man, love me some Blue Monster. But $420? Come on! Has anyone seen this in real life?
Product Page [SuperChrono]
Just got an email from the fine folks at Breitling announcing two intriguing new models.
The Flying B model is the latest offering in Breitling’s successful timepieces tied with Bentley fine automobiles. The name is an allusion to Bentley’s winged B logo and the watch features a jumping mechanism in which the hour hand is replaced with a disc at 12 o’clock. The watch is powered by a selfwinding Breitling Caliber 28B, officially chronometer certified by the COSC.
While the Flying B aspires to a certain stately mechanical elegance, the Airwolf goes in the opposite direction. In addition to Breitling’s fine mechanical pieces, they also produce serious pieces of electronic time keeping and the Airwolf provides all the features serious pilots need: alarm, 1/100th of a second chronograph with split and add times, countdown, dual timezone with independent alarm, UTC and perpetual calendar. As a child of the eighties, I do have to groan a bit at the name of this model since it brings back bad flashbacks of Stringfellow Hawke and Dominic Santini. But at least with this name, maybe you’ll get that cool howling sound (featured every time the television helicopter roared through the clouds) when you move your arm.
Both watches seem like worthy additions to the Breitling line. Obviously, they’re very different models for very different purposes. So pick up both of them today. The Flying B is perfect for a soothing cruise to your country manor and the Airwolf is the tool you need when screaming across the horizon in your F-16… activities that are an integral part of every WWR day.
What the Puriztz lack in web design skills, they make up for in HUGE FREAKING Basel posts which are just about the best things ever.
Last year’s “tourbillon” mania had given away to this year’s “alternative spiral material” mania, and mainly the silicon hairspring.
I did not know that!
The Basel 2006 Fair [www.ThePuristS.com]
It’s about time we addressed the general feeling in the watch hobbyist arena in mechanicals vs. quartz timepieces. This argument is as old as the quartz movement – which isn’t that old – and will be raging until the last old Oris is ground to dust under the boot of one of our future robot overlords.
Irving asks:
VERY cool styling…..but why would anyone spend that kind of money on a watch that uses an inaccurate mechnaincal movement? Quartz, Perpetual Calendar and Radio Atomic movements – battery and solar powered are becoming common and must be cheaper. Please explain to me why I would want +/- 15 sec/month with a need to re-synch 2x a year (DST) when I can have +/- 1 sec per month or better with auto DST and date synch.
What is the appeal of the “ticking”?
Irving, Irving, Irving…
We’ve been following these guys since they were pretty gimpy, and they’ve only improved this year. All of these are ETA auto movements with some incredible styling. Check out the Nightvision.
Ah, Aeromatic 1912. You enthrall us all with your magical timepieces. Many an eBay newbie has been drawn to your bold lines and unusual styling, as well they should. You’re taking chances, I suppose, and the only thing folks can say bad about you is that you’re not really a German watch.
That said, please welcome the Tauchmeister 1937 – Diver Craft 1000M Helium-Safe GMT Retrograde. Wow, that was a mouthful.
A diver, to be sure. A big diver—46mm with a 270 mm strap. It has a Citizen GP01 quartz movement and a unique, if unfortunately designed, retrograde GMT hand.
But what lies behind that handsome diver logo and bold orange? Nothing we haven’t seen before and won’t see again.
Woot!
BROWSING TO THE TICK OF A DIFFERENT WATCHMAKER That was eccentric hoopster Dennis Rodman making the scene in Basel, Switzerland, at the world’s biggest timepiece and jewelry exhibition the other day. The former Chicago Bull, in jeans and a sweat jacket, stood out, as usual in the elegantly dressed crowd. He was accompanied by two rapper types and, according to a Lowdown spy, “a skinny, foreign-looking chick with black hair. She said, ‘Oh my God, My hair is going to get curly! I can’t go out in the rain!’ “
Gossip [NYDailyNews]
A fellow over at the Big Watch Forum purchased the following watches, just for kicks, because he’s getting older and does things in fours now:
More power to him.
My latest acquisitions. I do it in 4 because Im older and my time to wait is shot. [BigWatchForum]
