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Pequignet Royale
42 x 12.3mm stainless steel case.
Andreas Strehler inspiration?
9900EUR (18000 gumnuts)
Christopher Ward Twelve
40 x 8.95(in titanium, 9.95mm in steel), 44.5mm lug-to-lug stainless steel or titanium case, 100m WR
Voice note from Thomas attached. Mike France said in an interview that if the Twelve is as successful as we anticipate, it will be a platform and not just a model. Expect different sizes and complications in the future. Ariel Adams and others have compared it to the PRX while many say it’s visually comparable to the Czapek Antarctique.
SW200-1 in steel version, SW300-1 in titanium version)
Regular production, not limited. 1825USD (3000 gumnuts) in titanium, 1250USD in steel. (2000 gumnuts)
Bamford B80
39 x 10.5mm blasted titanium case, 100m WR
SW300-1 movement,
“Limited production” but no number given, 1250GBP (2500 gumnuts)
Czapek Antarctique Dark Sector
40.5 x 10.5mm titanium case, 120m WR
Thoughts from the absolutely smitten Thomas:
The key to this Antarctique’s appeal is in the careful use of space. A traditional minute track has been discreetly placed around the edge of a smooth anthracite dial. It surrounds a double row of lightly arched parallel segments that are interrupted at each numeral. The sword hour hand points to the gaps like a ship seeking entrance into a harbour, while the minute and second hands sweep the dial each at their own pace, closing the gaps for a moment.
Limited to 100 per year, 32000CHF (55500 gumnuts)
Simon Brette Chronomètre Artisans
39 x 10.5mm (45mm lug to lug!) zirconum case, 30m WR.
Simon’s previously worked for Chronode, Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps and MB&F.
Made from solid 5N red gold, the plate is hand-engraved with a chiselled dragon scales pattern. The real eye-catching detail is the dial engraving, done by Yasmina Anti who also does engraving for Romain Gauthier and Philippe Dufour. On the souscription series, Brette asked Anti for a suggestion of a style of engraving never done before on a watch. Her answer: what they now call “dragon scales.”
Limited to 12 pieces for the subscription edition, already sold out and they will take a bit over a year to produce. 50000CHF
Behrens Perigee
43 x 16.8 mm titanium case, 50m WR
13500CHF (25000 gumnuts)
Wempe marine chromometer
151.3 x 142.4 x 157.8 mm (clock without box), not water resistant
It’s the same clock, just different boxes. Imagine paying 30000 euro extra for the box to be:
inspired by the female form of the distinctive coco de mer nut, as a reference to ships, which are also referred to with feminine pronouns in English.
All the other shit
Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription DR0011YG-01
38.6 mm x 35.5 mm x 9.2 3N 18k yellow gold case, 30m WR
Yellow gold clous de paris dial by Comblemine
Limited to 20, purchased on a souscription basis140000CHF (245000 gumnuts)
Longines Majetek
43 x 13.25mm stainless steel case, 100m WR.
“Majetek” coming from “Majetek Vojenské Správy” – roughly ‘Property of the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Defense’
Original was issued 1939 – 1945, not 1935
Alex, who loves talking and thinking about modern Longines outside work hours, knows that Longines already reissued the Majetek in 2014.
3750 USD (6200 gumnuts)
IP Gold CasiOak
49.8 × 44.4 × 12.8mm, 200m WR
600USD (1000 gumnuts)
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