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Blancpain Villeret Quantieme Annuel GMT Watch Hands-On
Blancpain continues to be a strong provider of unique and interesting movements in what often feels like a sea of mechanical genericism, even in the luxury watch industry. Look closely and you’ll see in Blancpain watches genuinely innovative attempts that are creating new assortments of existing ideas, as well as some novel ones. Today, I’d like to look at the Blancpain Villeret Quantieme Annuel GMT watch which we first covered here. It comes in 18k white gold, 18k rose gold, as well as in steel – all with various dial styles. It’s updated for 2016 based on a movement that launched in 2011.At its heart, this watch is about offering a unique layout for two complication sets that you don’t frequently find together. That is a subsidiary GMT hand to indicate a second time zone, as well as an annual calendar complication. The latter is rather elegantly laid out with the calendar information being indicated via three distinct windows on the dial. Underneath is a
Victorinox Alliance Sport Chronograph Watch Review
I'd already been ‘into’ watches throughout high school and college, but my search for that first "nice watch"after entering the professional world ended with one from Victorinox Swiss Army. Dutifully following the advice of a well-informed friend, I had a very specific checklist of what to look for: “Sapphire crystal. 316L stainless steel. Automatic movement if you can afford it, Swiss-made quartz if not.” I couldn't, so after many weeks in the rabbit hole consuming whatever information was actually available at the time on quality Swiss-made quartz watches, I sprung for a VSA Divemaster 500, wooed by its bold, “ice black” PVD case and deep-diving capability, as well as its myriad of dial textures topped with creamy green Super-LumiNova.After nearly a decade of hard wear, that watch now sits in a drawer, needing a new battery and crown tube, but it still brings a smile to my face, as it represents a personal flag in the sand marking my first real ent