New Raidillon Automatic 3 Hands Watch Celebrates The Maya Rally in Mexico
In case the name of this latest Raidillon release left you in any doubt, this watch has three hands. It also has a date. In addition to those basic, but much appreciated, functions (H. Moser I’m looking at you), the Raidillon Automatic 3 Hands watch has an unorthodox patterned dial, the brand’s signature “55” secondary logo at 11 o’clock, the recognizable Mayan numbering system around the rehaut ring, and that oh-so-sweet “designed in Belgium” stamp at 12 o’clock, all in lower-case. Beyond the watch head itself, my favorite element of this watch is the python skin strap. As simple as the overall package is, the colors and the patterns on the dial and strap make for an interesting, incredibly wearable beater.Before I dig into the specifications of this watch, I’ve got to mention the date window. I understand when certain brands, in trying to keep a project on budget, reject springing for a color-matched date wheel when it would requi
De Bethune DB29 Maxichrono Tourbillon Watch With Central Chronograph
Since its establishment in 2002, the Swiss independent?De Bethune?has aspired to set itself?apart from the rest by masterfully balancing on the verge of traditional watchmaking and innovative design and engineering. That is something beautifully proven by their DB25LT Tourbillon or the DB28 Digitale?and so it is of little surprise that their latest model which they just announced at Baselworld 2014 is another bridge between the two controversial sides of watchmaking: traditional design elements and high-tech features. The DB29 Maxichrono Tourbillon combines both, but how it achieves that becomes obvious only after a closer look under its hood¨C or dial, rather.Its name gives no room for misunderstandings: the DB29 Maxichrono Tourbillon packs an in-house chronograph movement and couples it with one of the most high-tech tourbillons that we have seen in a while. The caliber inside¨Ctitled DB2039¨Cis the result of seven years of research and development, which is, make no mistake, an extreme