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Glashutte Original Spezialist SeaQ Panorama Date Finally Sees More Sport Watches Back In Brand
For 2019 German Glashutte Original debuts not only a new series of sports watches but the fifth pillar in the brand’s timepiece families known as “Spezialist.” The first Glashutte Original Spezialist is the diver-themed Spezialist SeaQ which comes in two overall flavors for 2019 with the larger Specialist SeaQ Panorama Date which I will cover in this article, and also the smaller 39.5mm wide Glashute Original Spezialist SeaQ 1969 that will be covered in a separate best watches article. In many ways this Spezialist SeaQ Panorama Date watch is the spiritual successor to the similarly sized and also diver’s style Glashutte Original Senator Sport Evolution from over a decade ago.The overall dial and bezel design of the Spezialist SeaQ Panorama Date is based on historic Glashutte-area sport watches produced by the then local watchmakers there under socialist control. Despite what you might think of state-owned and controlled watchmakers, the 1960s and 1970s were an e
Cartier Santos De Cartier Skeleton Watch In Steel For 2018 Hands-On
Here’s some food for thought: when was the last time a luxury watch offered by one of the big-big brands looked genuinely more expensive than it actually was? While running high into the 20-thousands is certainly not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, from afar the?Cartier Santos De Cartier Skeleton in steel is something that looks as though it ran for twice its sticker price. Too bad it just isn’t as good as it could be, somehow.All images by David BredanIs a bit under $27k far too much, or is it the bargain of the century for an extensively skeletonized, modern-sized Cartier men’s wristwatch in steel? When I look at the all-steel bracelet and case that is of identical refinement in the $6,900 “regular” Santos that was also introduced at SIHH 2018 along with this piece-and a host of other permutations to the Santos that we covered hands-on here-I think near-27 large ones is quite a stretch. However, when I look at the overall impact that the extensi