You may have seen recent press releases and coverage of the new Longines Hydroconquest.
The new model features a facelift, new colours, and ceramic bezel.
It initially appeared that only mechanical would be available.
Disappointed, I contacted Longi…
Continue readingSinn have this year released a new model, the Sinn U50 Hydro.
Now, this to me looks like it is designed to replace the Sinn UX Hydro. Similar pricing. Similar functionality.
The UX uses a thermocompensated quartz movement which is chronometer certifi…
Continue readingI own a Hamilton Flight Timer ana-digi watch.
Mainly for the looks and fantastic time functions, alongside ease of use.
It has a “flight log” function and displays ISA temperature at various altitudes. I never use either.
It got me thinking – do pilots actually use functions such as these on a wrist-watch, in the real-world? My guess is that they don’t but I’m unqualified to say for sure.
Other examples with such functions are the Omega Z-33 and Omega X-33.
I also came…
The movement was originally the B68 (ETA E20.331) which was then replaced by B78 (ETA E20.341).
B78 / ETA E20.341 is a known TC movement, and so eligible for and meets the COSC spec, and is a potential HAQ candidate.
However, what I can’t square off is B68 and the fact that it was bestowed COSC status post-2001, despite not (apparently) being TC.
I’ve checked the…
Japanese firm Shimadzu Corp. has put the “Aether clock OC 020” on sale for $3.3m. Apparently accurate to one second every 10 billions years. It’s 100 times more accurate than caesium atomic clocks.
They’re aiming for 10 sales over the next 3 years.
But any experiences that you’d care to share about costs or quotations related to your watch collection, that were a lot higher than you’d expect or hope, and how you proceeded.
Reason I ask: I’m looking to purchase the metal bracelet (I know, I know – should have bought it with metal in the first place) for one of my watches which is fairly high-end.
OEM – they’re asking >£1,200.
Now, it’s for a watch…
The Chronolink Worldtimer UTC. I believe released in the mid-2000’s.
I’ve seen this referred to as the “mullet of the watch world – party at the back, business in the front“, which mildly amused me.
It has two movements. One for the analogue watch, and one for the digital watch that’s hidden in normal use.
That’s interesting enough, like a retro-futuristic JLC Reverso. But the pertinent part is, alongside the manual wind ETA 7001…
