XPS 'Twist' QF Limited Edition, called so for the vortex-like twisting sunburst pattern in the dial. Visually, the dial is the major update that we get with the SLA037. It's a deep blue and subtly wears a faint sunburst pattern. It catches the light in such a way that a bowtie-shaped sheen appears when viewed at an angle. The thick surrounds hug the LumiNova indices to form a bold marker that's incredibly legible. And while the movement is itself a simplified version of the one seen in the Freak Vision, this new watch comes with one of the Freak Vision's most important technical advances, a lightweight, balance wheel in silicon with nickel flyweights and stabilizing micro-blades. The champlevé enamel dial features an enamel Mickey Mouse holding a birthday cake in one hand, a reference to Disney's birthday and the 10th edition of Only Watch. Catalogs and advertisements from the period confirm that Breitling launched its line of automatic chronographs with five distinctive cases, as follows: Calculator watches were a popular offshoot of the LED watch trend. This is the HP-01.

But when you see a river take everything you own out of your house and give it a slick of propane and leave it on the banks in a town five miles away, you get it real fast that no one really owns anything. The dial itself, like all Grand Seikos, is no slouch. The mirror finish on the dial and hands reflects the baby-blue dial that is meant to invoke a cloudy sky.  This watch is proof that quartz can be every bit about craftsmanship as a mechanical watch. If there's one type of brand ambassador I can get behind more than any other, it's Olympic athletes. Sure, some are mega stars, but some are just trying to get enough money to make it through training and to the biggest venue of their careers. I would have thought that violated some Swiss law or industry regulation, but apparently it doesn't since the watch is a tribute to a watch that already had that text on the dial. This really bugs me, especially because Tissot already makes great antimagnetic watches. pas cher Richard Mille rm 27 The new Monaco has a dark blue, skeletonized dial and a black DLC-coated grade-2 titanium case that measures 39mm wide and 47mm lug-to-lug. This time around, yellow accents provide a little color. The dial is a sandblasted blue but with lots of skeletonization to give a look at the Heuer caliber 02 chronograph underneath. It's paired with a sporty blue calfskin and leather strap.

I can't recommend the Collection strongly enough; not only is it one of the most wonderful horological collections on Earth, it's chock full of the weird, wonderful, and unexpected (including the above, which is a fuse for an early nuclear weapon, apparently on loan from the Ministry of Defence). In 2003, my dad took a pair of old sneakers, boxed them up, and gave them to my mom for Christmas. Upon opening her present, she asked (in his words), "What is wrong with you?" and he replied that she wasn't looking hard enough. Swaddled in a sock and stuffed into the very tip toe of one of the old shoes was a Rolex Yacht-Master ref.