This month most of the big brands in the watch industry will show their new creations at the annual fair in Basel, called Baselworld. Last month the Richemont brands (think of Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc, Lange und Söhne etc.) had their ‘fashion show’ in Geneva during the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie or SIHH.
Among this years novelties there where beauties and beasts of course but in my opinion the beasts outnumbered the beauties. Rolex gets the honor of releases the most ‘ugly beast’ this year. The new 44 mm large Yachtmaster II features a countdown mechanism on a very busy and ‘loud’ dial. So ugly….
Rolex Yachtmaster II
My absolute numer one beauty is a simple divewatch with classic looks. The Longines Legend Diver is a re-issue of a sixties compressor style Longines dive watch. The looks are almost spot on the same as it’s predecessor. This beauty comes in 42 mm steel case, on a vintage style synthetic black strap with white stitching. There are two crowns, on for winding and adjusting time and one for operating the inner rotating dive bezel.
Longines Legend Diver
Another absolute beauty in my opinion is this Officine Panerai PAM274. I’ve always loved the cusion shaped Radiomir models, but this new Radiomir GMT with 10 days movement looks even better, absolutely stunning! The PAM 274 comes in platinum and is limited to 50 pieces. It features the in-house movement P.2003, which is an automatic movement with 3 barrels giving you 10 days of power reserve. Besides time and date, it also has a 24 hour indicator, a second timezone and a 10 days (horizontal) power reserve indicator.
Officine Panerai PAM274 - Radiomir GMT with 10 days movement
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I think the Rolex is the best looking watch on this page, the one you recommend is cool too, but I’d buy the Rolex.
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