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Frederique Constant Healey Chrono Automatic Watch For 2010
For a few years now, Frederique Constant has been in cahoots with the UK based Healey Challenge. An annual race operated by the Healey Drivers Club. What does Frederique Constant get do in this scene? Well make special limited edition watches that might be of interesting ti the Healey divers. I actually wrote about their last offering here, the most basic Frederique Constant Austin Healey watch. That was a three-handed model where this is a chronograph. Really when I think of race or motorcar themed watches, they have chronograph mechanisms. Thankfully Frederique Constant didn’t insert the passe tachymetre scale on the bezel. Finally someone realizes that not all car oriented watches have to look like an Omega Speedmaster or Tag Heuer Carrera.While lots of classic car lovers are familiar with Austin Healey and cars, like the 3000 (below) and the Sprite, I would say that a club that races the cars and are dedicated only to them is the very definition of Niche. The brand has been &
Swatch Ugo Art Special 35th Anniversary Watch
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Swatch. To commemorate the occasion, Swatch is collaborating with Italian artist and filmmaker Ugo Nespolo to release a special limited edition, the Swatch Ugo Art Special 35th Anniversary watch.Although most people know Swatch as a purveyor of trendy and inexpensive Swiss-made analog quartz watches, most watch lovers know it as something more. We know it as one of the saviors of the Swiss watchmaking industry. Founded in 1983, Swatch was created as a response to the quartz crisis. It was analog, it was trendy, but most importantly, it was made in Switzerland. It proved to be a success and it would go on to form the foundations on which the Swatch Group and the Swiss watchmaking industry would build on.