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Victorinox Swiss Army Alpnach Black Ice Chronograph Watch
This is the newest watch from Victorinox Swiss Army, but I am not sure I recognize it as a Swiss Army watch. Over the last few years Swiss Army watches have been changing a lot. Not only in style, but also in terms of the types of watches they are offering. I mostly think of them as offering really nice quartz watches that are a great value for $300 -$500 bucks. But this Alpnach Black Ice Chronograph is a mechanical watch for close to 2,000 Euros. Does it make sense?The trend at the brand has been “mechanical mechanical!” for a good set of years now. I don’t mind more mechanical offerings from Swiss Army, but I sure hope that doesn’t mean they are fully abandoning their quartz watch base. Good news comes from pieces like the “new” Swiss Army Original watch that offer a strong look and Swiss quartz movement for an entry level price of around $300. Swiss Army is really popular in the US and I just don’t want them to price themselves out of their
Swatch Jeremy Scott Melted Minutes Wrist Watch & Hypnotic Heart Pocket Watch
Swatch’s new resident weirdo designer Jeremy Scott follows up his first collection for the watch brand with another less than a year later. I first discussed the Jeremy Scott collection of watches for Swatch here – focusing on the Lighting Flash Watch that I thought was pretty cool. There are five new ones now, arguably more strange than the first collection.For me the weirdest piece is one done in a sort of naked color tone with a burnt/melted dial. Mr. Scott – wearing strange hair? as always- calls it the Melted Minutes watch. I envision it as art for art’s sake and would see no reason or purpose to wear it. At best it looks a Swatch assembly line production accident. Even with Scott’s ostentatiously unorthodox fashion sense, I don’t see many outfits where this melted dial watch fits the bill at all. Passionate Swatch collector’s might see things differently though.