The soaring price of Journe and Rexhepi should elevate the rest of the independents up for sale during Only Watch – and there are plenty of interesting watches to choose from. The independents generally bring their A-game to Only Watch; it is often their highest-profile moment of the year and can help them fill their order book. The bezel is this watch's most distinctive element, not only incorporating the hour markers, which the dial lacks, but also cut with an intricate Morellis finish — a form of engine turning that creates a geometric, faceted texture. It catches and throws light in a way few other Rolex bezels ever have and is absolutely unique to this rare reference; this is not a shared part. Who better to explain one of the signature complications of one of contemporary watchmaking's most compelling one-man marques than Journe himself? No Time To Die (starring Daniel Craig, Lashana Lynch, and Rami Malek) is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga with props by Ben Wilkinson. It's now playing in theaters. I'm normally someone firmly entrenched in the "make the movement fit the case" camp, but I'm willing to make an exception here. The sapphire caseback does fill the rear of the watch and you'll notice that the spacer between the movement and the case's edges is engraved with "Official Timkeeper" and the names of all the Olympic host cities where Omega had this role. The LVMH Watch Division is starting 2022 off with the latest edition of LVMH Watch Week, an online exhibition featuring new watches from Zenith, TAG Heuer, Hublot, and Bulgari, beginning Monday, January 24, 2022.

répliques de montres AP is calling this a new rainbow bezel. It's set with 12 different types of multi-colored gemstones: Ruby, tsavorite, emerald, topaz, tanzanite, amethyst, and a host of different-colored sapphires. This anti-Rolex, almost Patek Philippe wrist presence is especially so when an 8171 is found in yellow gold, like the one we have here. Of the estimated 1,200 examples produced, fewer than 350 are thought to be in yellow gold. Caliber: 8806Functions: Hours, minutes secondsDiameter: 29mmPower Reserve: 55 hoursWinding: AutomaticFrequency: 3.5HzJewels: 35Chronometer Certified: Yes, and METAS certifiedAdditional Details: Special finishing with Geneva waves in arabesque and rhodium-plated rotor and bridges The aged lume look has passionate proponents and detractors, but for those who dig it, these watches offer quite a bit for their respective $6,300 and $6,900 price tags. The motor coil was redesigned for the Eco-Drive One, to reduce its thickness to less than 1mm, and it is set directly into the mainplate. The dial is synthetic sapphire (as is the crystal) and just 0.15mm thick. The rechargeable backup cell was specially developed in partnership with Hitachi Maxell, specifically for the Eco-Drive one; the 3.7 volt cell is only 0.87mm thick.

This helps add context to early watches found without additional provenance or papers. All in all, I strongly believe this to be one of the most compelling watches to have surfaced in a long time, and I'll be watching closely to see what it achieves. We, speaking for the entire watch community, as I love to do, never quite know what to do in moments like the release of the Land-Dweller. If the watch world operated by "the customer is always right," we'd barely remember the Nautilus, Royal Oak, Aquanaut, or Daytona today—all either panned or notoriously slow sellers at release. I'm reminded of a former Hodinkee editor who quoted John Updike: "God does not answer letters.