Saturday, February 28, 2009

Rolex 1665 DRSD

Rolex 1665 Double Red Sea-Dweller Circa mid-70s


Reference 1665 was launched in 1967, regular production started in the early 1970s and continued to the late 1970s, where the  red letting was replace by white. The 1665 was replaced by the 16660 in the early 1980s

Friday, February 27, 2009

Oris Big Crown Divers Regulator

Oris Big Crown Divers Regulator Circa 2000.

Regulator watch with separate registers for hours and seconds, minutes hand. 


I know the date today is not the 13th, but this is the best picture of the watch. Maybe should of planned this better.


Watch on included bracelet. 




Thursday, February 26, 2009

Panerai Radiomir Independent

Panerai 80 Radiomir Independent 42mm WG 2001

Reference 80 is an unique edition of 160 units for 2001.  Features a hand-wound mechanical, Chezard cal. 7400. hours, minutes, jumping seconds (dead seconds). The second hand advances once per second, as on a quartz watch. 




Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Panerai 204 Wempe Chrono

Panerai 204 Wempe Chronograph 2005

Limited Edition "Wempe" Radiomir Chrono 42 mm PAM 204 "H" Series Movement: manual winding; Lemania base caliber Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, chronograph. Limited Edition "Wempe" Radiomir Chrono 42 mm PAM 204 "H" Series Movement: manual winding; Lemania base caliber Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, chronograph. 


On 10 October 2005, Wempe Chronometerwerke celebrated its centenary. The outstanding feature of this anniversary wristwatch, which was created especially for Wempe’s 100th anniversary, is Caliber 1872, which was built by Nouvelle Lemania, the renowned manufacturer of blank movements.



Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Panerai 9A PVD

Panerai 9A PVD with tritium dial circa 1998

Monday, February 23, 2009

Rolex red sub 1680

Rolex 1680 red meter first submariner circa 1967

Reference 1680 was launched in 1967 and ceased production in the late 1970s. In the mid 70s the "submariner" on the dial was in white.


Sunday, February 22, 2009

Panerai 270 10 Day

Panerai 270  10 Day automatic GMT

Reference 270 was launched in 2007. and features an automatic, in house Panerai calibre P.2003 movement.  



Saturday, February 21, 2009

Delta x Stussy x Luminox

Stussy  Luminox watch


Teaming up together with artist Delta and armed forces watch specialists Luminox, Stussy is set to release a new rendition of the timeless Luminox 3000 series. The 100% carbon casing body features quartz movement with a scratch resistant glass face. Water and shock resistancy

Friday, February 20, 2009

Alessi ARC by Hani Rashid

Alessi ARC by Hani Rashid

The unique ARC Series by Hani Rashid. "Time moves in an infinite and continuous arc in space, our bodies are delineated by sublime arcs in time, as are our glances. Our wrists are the curvature on which this micro architecture is placed for stolen glances at time." 

This watch features a durable stainless steel case with a silver dial, organge accented seconds hand and a black polyurethane strap. The watch operates using a precision automatic mechanical movement made by seiko. Packaged in an Alessi signature gift box.  


Thursday, February 19, 2009

Rolex 1655 Explorer II

Rolex 1655 Explorer II Orange hand

Sometimes called Steve Mcqueen or Freccione by the Italian collectors  which means big arrow.

Reference 1655 was launched in 1971 and ceased production in the mid 1980s. There were slight changes during the production 1655.


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Radiomir 1936

Panerai Radiomir 1936 California dial.


In 1936, the Italian navy had a special request: a luminous underwater watch, both durable and reliable, for its divers. Panerai had already spearheaded the technology of luminous dials and sighting devices. Uniting that bit of chemistry and the company's watchmaking expertise, the Radiomir 1936 was created. 

Seventy years later, the Radiomir 1936 is faithful to the original. It features a 47-millimeter case that screams active man and a black face with luminous Arabic and Roman numerals and luminous hour and minute hands known as the California dial. The watch is manually wound, but it has a power reserve of 56 hours and is water resistant to 30 meters.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Vincent Calabrese 52

Vincent Calabrese 52  circa 1996

In the middle of the dial, assembled by 4, the 52 weeks of the year are shown by a beautiful hand with a red arrow, which indicates simultaneously the months written on the periphery of the dial.  Every Sunday at midnight, the arrow will automatically move on. In addition to these indications, the 52 gives you other information, useful for every day, such as: the power reserve indicator and the date calendar.  It also features a sub-dial providing an entire week’s home time.  Its rim is divided into seven segments, corresponding to the days of the week while the position of the hand, as it completes its rotation in exactly one week, indicates at will the time of the traveler’s home. All these mechanisms are put in 1mm of thickness.


Monday, February 16, 2009

ALIFE x Casio G-Shock DW-5600

ALIFE STATE OF MIND CASIO G-SHOCK DW-5600E

Design features include:
  • Custom detailing on the face
  • The phrase "ALIFE STATE OF MIND" etched on the wristband
  • The ALIFE SESSIONS logo on the back casing
  • Custom packaging
This is the second  ALIFE Casio G-Shock collaboration and is limited to 100 pieces worldwide. Exclusively at ALIFE NYC, ALIFE BC and ALIFE LA Flagships.  





Sunday, February 15, 2009

Crestwood 8 days

Crestwood  8 day circa 1950s

Manual wind 8 day movement



Saturday, February 14, 2009

Alain Silberstein Cyclope

Alain Silberstein Cyclope wandering jump hour 1995.

limited edition of 1000 examples, 500 with white dial and 500 with black dial.



Did not take the above picture but it is the exact same watch :)  so I think I can use it.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Patek Philippe 2526

Patek Philippe 2526 on bracelet circa 1950s


Reference 2526 was introduced into the market in 1952 and was Patek Philippe's first self-winding watch ever made, starting with movement number 760'000 (delivered in July 1953 to Mr. J.B. Champion, one of Patek Philippe's faithful clients. This watch, fitted with a gold bracelet, is today the pride of a discerning collector). The model features the legendary calibre 12-600 AT which was granted Swiss patent No. 289758 in 1953 for "a self-winding mechanism for a wristwatch movement using the energy supplied by a rotary mass causing an eccentric part to transmit a swinging movement to an organ of the mechanism". The first 500 examples of reference 2526 were fitted with the earliest version of calibre 12'''600 without ball bearing, rendering these watches particularly rare and collectable.The majority of reference 2526 was cased in yellow gold, a small series in pink gold and an exceedingly limited number in white gold and platinum.Mainly fitted with enamel dials with applied gold baton numerals, the white gold and platinum examples were also available with silvered metal dials with diamond indexes.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Panerai Firenze Special Edition

Panerai Firenze Special Edition 228  GMT
44mm Automatic GMT, with blue dial and engraved caseback.


Reference 228 GMT was launched in 2005 with the 224 Luminor Chrono and PAM 229 Luminor Marina.  Only 100 were made of each model available only in the Florence Boutique. The engraving on the caseback  is of the Florence Boutique and a blue dial made this a unique watch. Came in a small blue wood box with no special edition scroll. In 2008  some extras were released to dealers in the USA, and other locations around the world. 


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Panerai 000 Destro DLC

Panerai 000 Destro DLC with blue hands.

what more can I write...



Before


Reference 000 (Base Logo) was launched in 2005 and  is still in production. So far  only 4600 were made.  Solid caseback, with no second hand (base) with the Panerai logo on the dial(logo).



Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Marathon (GSAR)

Marathon (GSAR)   46mm with crown. Jan 2007

Automatic Movement: ETA 2824-A2

Made by the Marathon Watch Company by contract to the Canadian and now the U.S. Government.




Monday, February 9, 2009

Nixie

Nixie Watch (55mm) by  (20mm) thick aluminum case.

Displays the time on nixie tube as you can see in the video below when you tilt the watch.  Nixie tubes  have been  obsolete for more than a quarter century replaced by LED displays.  Nixie tubes, which are quaint neon display tubes once used in calculators (1969).  Woz Apple computer's co-founder wears one so it has to be cool.


Sunday, February 8, 2009

Patek Philippe Calatrava 3796P

Patek Philippe Calatrava 3796P  30mm
Circa 1980s for Japanese market 
platinum with a porcelain & diamond dial. Manual Winding

Reference 3796 was launched in 1982 and ceased production late 
in the 1990s. Its classic case is directly inspired by the original 
reference 96 Calatrava and is one of Patek Philippe's most enduring 
and iconic designs.


Saturday, February 7, 2009

Rolex Daytona 16520

Rolex Daytona 16520 invert 6  white dial 1994

Reference 16520 was launched in 1988 and ceased production in 2000.It was replaced by the 116520 which has a Rolex in house movement.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Panerai 190 8 Day

Panerai 190 45 mm  Radiomir  2005 (discontinued)

Reference 190 was launched in 2004 and ceased production in 2006. 
Only 2050 were made. 190 was replaced by the 268 which has an 
in-house 8 day movement and  has a power reserve meter on the dial.


8 day hand wound Jaeger-LeCoultre movement.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Rolex 1675 GMT - Master

Rolex 1675 GMT - Master  sold in October 1972 for $210.

Reference 1675 was launched in 1959 and ceased production in the 1980s.





Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Alain Silberstein Arkitek

Alain Silberstein Arkitek circa 1993














Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Ventura Sparc V-Tronic

Ventura Sparc V-Tronic  circa early 2000s 



Quartz with rotor-activated microgenerator 



Monday, February 2, 2009

Panerai 125 Power Reserve

Panerai 125 40mm Power Reserve cira 2002

Reference 125 was launched in 2002 and ceased production in 2005. Only 5600 were produced. The 125 was replaced by the  241 which has a hobnail dial.