2014's Best Watch Tribute To A Jazz Legend: Oris John Coltrane Limited Edition Review
And the award for the best watch commemorating a jazz legend in 2014 is¡ Well, okay, it’s not a particularly crowded field. Still, after wearing the new Oris John Coltrane Limited Edition model (Reference 01 733 7681 4084-Set LS) almost non-stop for a couple of weeks, I'd have to nominate it-not just for that award, but perhaps the most successfully wearable, wonderfully minimal, truly modern dress watch I've had on my wrist all year. As well, it may also be one of the true value-proposition timepieces of 2014 thanks to the subtle details it packs into its seemingly restrained design.Now, when one thinks of Oris, dressier watches – let alone music-themed ones – rarely come to mind at first. Oris is best known, of course, as the independent Swiss brand beloved for guys’ mechanical tool watches-pilot watches, and especially its industry-standard-setting dive watches like the Aquis and ProDiver. These models, like much of Oris' offerings, are famed for punching wel
Rolex Explorer II 42mm 226570 Watch Debuts For 2021
For 2021 the major new Rolex watch release of interest to watch hobbyists will be this updated Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II know as the reference 226570. It directly replaces the outgoing Rolex Explorer II 216570 – keeping the same 42mm wide form factor but offering many minor exterior upgrades as well as a modern-generation in-house made Rolex automatic GMT movement.The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II began life as a combination between the Rolex Explorer and the GMT-Master II. According to the story, Rolex developed the watch for cave explorers who used the GMT hand not necessarily to indicate the time in a second time zone, but rather as an AM/PM indicator. Why? Well as there is no natural light underground (and explorers could spend days down there) – knowing if it was day or night via your watch was certainly useful. To accomplish this, users simply need to synchronize the 24 hour GMT hand with the 12 hour time.