Entries from April 2008 ↓

The Patek Philippe 5722G Men’s Nautilus is housed in a 40mm white gold case set with 32 baguette diamonds (~5.7 ct.). It comes on a shiny navy blue alligator strap.

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The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Safari Chronograph (ref. 26170ST.OO.D091CR.01) is a striking watch. It is housed in a 44mm stainless steel case and comes on a gorgeous brown horned back crocodile strap.

AP used an in-house, automatic chronograph movement in the Safari. It features a 60 hour power reserve and in addition to the chronograph function, also tracks hours, minutes, small seconds, and date.

The Audemars Piguet Safari is water resistant to 100 meters and offers protection against becoming magnetized.

The Patek Philippe 5713/1G Men’s Nautilus is a white gold model housed in a 40mm case set with 48 diamonds (approximately 1.43 ct.). The watch is water resistant to 120 meters and features a screw-down crown and sapphire crystal display back.

Patek Philippe used their Caliber 324 S C movement in the 5713 / 1G. The movement measures 27mm by 3.30mm and consists of 213 parts. It also features a Gyromax balance wheel, Geneva Seal hallmark, 29 jewels, 45 hour power reserve, and it produces 28,800 vph.

The Patek Philippe 5167/1A Men’s Aquanaut is housed in a 40mm stainless steel case. The watch is water resistant to 120 meters and comes on a steel bracelet.

The 5167 / 1A features an embossed black dial with gold applied Arabic numerals, a screw-down crown, and a see-through sapphire crystal display back.

Patek Philippe opted to use their caliber 324 S C movement in the 5167/1A Aquanaut. This movement is made up of 213 parts and measures 27mm x 3.30mm. It features a Gyromax balance wheel, 45 hour power reserve, 29 jewels, Geneva Seal Hallmark, and produces 28,800 vibrations per hour.

The Sinn U1 may possibly be the ultimate divers watch. Housed in a 44mm steel case, the U1 is water resistant to 1,000 meters and comes on a rubber diving strap.

The steel used for the Sinn U1 is special. It was procured from a steel supplier of one of Germany’s North Sea shipbuilding yards who construct submarines from the very same steel (Emden GmbH). This submarine steel possesses an extremely high anti-magnetic quality and is very resistant to the harmful effects of sea water exposure. In short, the U1 is about as indestructible as watches come.

Sinn used an automatic mechanical movement in the U1 which operates at at 28,800 beats per hour and is shockproof and anti-magnetic.

Sinn did a wonderful job with the clean layout of the U1’s matte black dial. The date is displayed at 3 o’clock and Super Luminova is used on the hands and markers. The crystal is made of sapphire glass and it is treated with an anti-reflective coating.