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Breguet Type XXII Flyback Chronograph GMT Watch Hands-On
On the list of watches that I would brutally and without remorse murder for is the Breguet Transatlantique Type XX and possibly the Type XXI (in the right color scheme). Representing a less brutally expensive Breguet, the Type XX and XXI are wonderful sport watches with a beauty that is deserving of the Breguet name. For 2010 Breguet has released the Type XXII watch into the mix. Known more directly as the Type XXII Flyback Chronograph GMT 3880 ST, the watch is also meant as a 50th anniversary piece for the first of these model which were originally made for the French naval air force (see the limited edition collection that stemmed from that anniversary here). A beautiful watch by most angles, is gets so complex and hard to understand, the passion for me is lost. It isn’t that I am a moron and need only “simple” watches, it is rather that I don’t like to look at a dial and immediately get confused. Even while having Breguet show me the watch, we were unclear as
Alsta Nautoscaph Superautomatic Watch Review
Watches being featured prominently in films has become a tale as old as time. Some have become tied together to the point that the mention of one infers the other - like Sly Stone's Panerais, Arnold’s Seiko H558, and of course, Bond's Rolex (and/or Seamaster). Often, the appearance of a watch in movies can create a buzz around that timepiece that didn't exist before. A good contemporary example of this would be the Citizen 8110 Bullhead featuring prominently on Brad Pitt's wrist in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. These watches were all but unknown before Brad's donning one. However, I am starting to see them pop up on forums and on Instagram. We'll see if this is a new future classic.That phenomenon brings us to the exciting and somewhat peculiar Alsta Nautoscaph Superautomatic. Alsta was just one of many Swiss watch brands that were snuffed out of existence in the 1970s due to the Quartz Crisis. That would, in most cases, be the end of the story, but Alsta had