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Panerai Radiomir 1940 Limited Edition Chronographs
Panerai has a knack for SIHH novelties and this year is no exception. With a handful of special pieces being released, I’m going to focus on what caught my eye. Being rather firmly a Radiomir guy (unless we’re talking about last year’s drool-worthy 1950 Regatta 3 Days), I found myself taken by the new Radiomir 1940 Chronograph. With three limited edition versions rendered exclusively in precious metals, these aren’t your garden variety Radiomirs and their dial design eschews Panerai’s signature sparse appeal for something entirely more retro.
Romain Jerome Builds A Nostalgic Wrist Borne Machine For Alchemists With the Cabestan Titanic DNA Vertical Tourbillon Watch
The machine you see before you represents a new offering from Romain Jerome, which looks amazing with their special treatment, although its creation cannot be credited to them. In fact the Cabestan vertical tourbillon watch was a collaborative effort between master watch makers Vianney Halter and Jean-Fran?¡ìois Ruchonnet. The Cabestan was offered through the Vianney Halter brand as a $220,000 watch “novelty.”In my opinion, the watch at that time was not done justice. It was perhaps the cost combined with the limited function that turned people off to it, and it was marketed almost as a futuristic piece, rather than one of the past. The complexity of the watch allowed for limited production, though visually it was intriguing to watch operated (a fact not easily communicated by mere pictures). Part of this had to do with the fact that it was a vertically set movement rather than the more traditional horizontal approach. Use of a series of barrels allows for the movement to op