4 IMPRESSIVE WATCHES

Club, the sportiest family of NOMOS Glashütte watches, just got bigger and even more impressive What makes this newcomer special, besides its sunburst finish dial and elegant, strong color, is a new stainless steel strap. The sporty linked strap with folding safety clasp sits snug against the case. Bracelet and watch appear inseparable, becoming one. The white hands glow blue in the dark. Like its sister model in black, the watch has a diameter of 42 millimeters and is water-resistant to a depth of 1000ft/300 meters. This makes it suited for all sports, including those in and under water. A signal-red ring around the stem of the crown alerts the wearer, before contact with the water, if the crown is not screwed tight. The movement is the well-known and patented DUW 6101 date caliber from the NOMOS Glashütte neomatik series. It features a bidirectional, rapidly adjustable date with a super-small timeframe during which the datecannot be set, and an extremely efficient bidirectional winding rotor. The movement’s slender design (3.6 millimeters high) made a particularly robust case possible: Whatever the wearer does, the movement is well-protected.

Price: EUR 2.680

“60´s feeling from Seiko

Last year, Seiko introduced a series of dress watches inspired by the aesthetics of the 1960s, as seen in the Seiko Crown Chronograph from 1964. This watch was a breakthrough for Seiko, both aesthetically and technologically. It was the first Japanese watch with a stopwatch and was chosen as the official timekeeper at the Olympic Games in Tokyo that same year. The new series is generally a bit more elegant and less sporty, but the source of inspiration is clear. This applies to this model as well - it’s a combination of the 60´s feeling and a modern appearance resulting from the opening into the clockwork, Seiko’s caliber 4R39.

Seiko Presage Style 60´s 40,8 mm (ref. SSA425J1).

Price: EUR 621

Fine craftsmanship from De Bethune

De Bethune is a small brand, founded in 2002 by watchmaker Denis Flageollet, who comes from a family of watchmakers. He proudly carries on the Swiss tradition in the most exquisite way. In their small atelier located in St. Croix in the Jura Mountains, De Bethune creates their watches and movements from scratch, with a finish and precision to perfection. This year’s new model DB25 is proof of that. It’s essentially a new version of a previous model, but they developed an entirely new movement for it, so it could fit in a smaller case. The model has gone from 44mm to 40mm which is an improvement, as the watch fits perfectly around the wrist. The case is made of titanium, and through the sapphire glass on the back, you can see the new movement, which not only keeps track of hours and minutes but also days, months, and years, as it has a built-in perpetual calendar. Only 15 watches of this model are produced each year, and the price ends up being well over 1 million Danish kroner if you have to pay Danish VAT.

DB25 Perpetual Calendar (ref. DB25sQPATIS13).

Price: CHF 125.000 (approx. EUR 127.700 + VAT and duties).

Enjoy one of the world’s most famous watches

Zenith is well-known for their exceptional clockworks, especially the El Primero, which has been one of the world’s best integrated chronograph movements for decades. It is even a high-beat movement, meaning that it oscillates at a higher frequency than usual (36,000 vibrations per hour, or 10 times per second), allowing the stopwatch to measure 1/10 of a second. Therefore, it is fitting that Zenith has launched a couple of Chronomaster Sport models this year, where you can see the movement through a hole in the dial. The watch is slim, measuring 39.5 mm, and could be a great alternative to, for example, the Rolex Daytona, which is known to have waiting lists for years.

Zenith Chronomaster Open (ref. 03.3300.3604/21.M3300).

Price: approx. EUR 10.075