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I would like to round off my list of the best watches of 2024 with one that typifies link the stylistic transition we are in better than any other. The Audemars Piguet [RE]Master02 exemplifies the shift toward shaped and dressier watches we see all across the market.What bothers me is that it is at the cost of the true collectors and enthusiasts who are unable to purchase the… Continue

Swept by the two large blackened hour and minute hands and the second hand, the rectangular hour markers seem to float on the open structure over part of the movement, the self-winding skeletonized UN-372 link caliber, clocked at 3hz and providing three days of power reserve (72 hours).Accuracy in general is guaranteed to be at least in the plus, in… Continue

No mosh pit here, but a rhodium-plated brass ring, grooved like the surface of a record vinyl, that moves on demand by pressing link the push-button nestled in the crown at 3 o'clock.We love the clean lines of the case with the recessed crown and the dials with the signature day/date display.To model and then to reassemble the historic calibre, the 115 components were first disassembled and analyzed.Acrylic's… Continue

600 pieces only, a weight of 12 Kgs and 600 pages telling the story of 130 Rolex Daytona watches in prestine condition, dated from 1960 and on.Once again, the hour numerals moved back to the satellite cubes, resulting in a clean and practical look.The Electric Blue dial is closest to the dial you're familiar with, with the same Clous de Paris pattern, only in an extremely vibrant looking shade of blue. Things get even more interesting from there though. The Tiger's Eye dial puts solid brown… Continue