The onyx dial is subtle and maybe could have been achieved with lacquer. Still, there's an extra depth and dimensionality in person with the 15 separate slices of Brazilian onyx used. The brand says it drew inspiration from its "Vuittonite" trunk from 1911, which has that yellow/orange colorway. The HODINKEE Shop is an authorized retailer of Longines which, as watch fans know, is an official sponsor of the Kentucky Derby. To view our collection, click here. One received a gold watch after years of service to a company. It was the retirement timepiece, or the watch that proved your worth. Some gold watches became status symbols of the highest order – like the Rolex Day-Date, now known as "The President," which is at once a reference to its unique gold bracelet and the fact that it was the top choice for a number of sitting U.S. commanders-in-chief. The major focus at Cartier last year centered around the return of Pasha de Cartier, one of the watchmaker's most instantly recognizable and unique designs, and one that is well remembered as a cult classic of the 1980s. Cartier made a big push with the Pasha redux, signing a who's who of cool young ambassadors from the entertainment world that included Rami Malek and Willow Smith. Today, its disappearance remains a mystery, if not a romantic one. Eugenio Gazzola, the gallery’s vice president, called the work “a treasure lost twice:” first with the original portrait hidden beneath and now lost forever, and second with the painting stolen and out of circulation for decades. It's a tool I would expect someone in the intelligence community out in the field to have in his or her arsenal. What's more Bond than stylish timepieces and large explosions?

You see, as comfortable as it is (and it's mighty comfortable), it bows out slightly and doesn't hug the wrist as tightly as a traditional bracelet does. Unfortunately, this makes a 42mm watch wear exactly as advertised, which in my case makes the watch a tad too big (though fingers crossed for a future 37mm version). 97mm, which although definitely on the wide side, is actually smaller than the current-issue whiz-wheel equipped Navitimer 1 B01, which sits at 46mm in diameter. Krayon says that these functions are secure and robust enough to be safely set without causing damage. They have even made on-the-fly improvements to the movement as they've gotten feedback from customers about their handling of the watch. Ben-Yehuda went on to explain that the watch could almost be described as a counterpoint to a Patek 5130. "The World Time Pateks are the most demure and conservative watches. A world traveler's dress watch as seen through the lens of the '30s, '40, and '50s. If the Patek World Time is Beethoven then the Five Time Zone is Jay-Z. Even more confusingly, this and many other El Primero-loaded watches can be found under both the Movado and Zenith brands as this was during the period when the two had merged and the watches bound for the U.S. typically had Movado on the dial to avoid confusion with the radio maker.

I have lusted after the Ellipse dress watch for years, and this latest iteration is peak Patek elegance, with that archive-echoing chain link bracelet sending the Wow-o-meter through the roof. It meets the moment: chic as hell, with a touch of flash to stand up to the occasion. replica orologi A few years after we donated these clocks, we installed a new state-of-the-art movement (atomic via satellite) inside the 90-year-old clock tower at the top of the station.