Are Limited-Edition Watches Really More Desirable?
Limited-edition watches have gained in popularity so much in the past few years that a lot of enthusiasts are wondering if these are so, well, limited anymore. Usually numbered X out of however big the batch is, LEs range from a handful to many thousand pieces, and there are neat and interesting limited-edition watches associated with teams, events, athletes, musicians - just about any collaboration under the sun that you can imagine.That said, for many others, a lot of watch nerds think we are bordering on gimmicky, to the point of an LE designation being a turnoff. And then, there's the fact that some of the most hard-to-find and desirable watches are from brands like Patek Philippe and Rolex, who don't even really play the limited-edition game. They don't really need to tell you they're limited because everybody already knows you can't find them.
IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Watch Hands-On
The old-new?Da Vinci collection from IWC made its return at SIHH 2017, ditching the not very successful angular case from some ten years ago in favor of a classical, round design. As safe-play as that may sound, the?IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph has, sort of unexpectedly, stepped up to be one of my favorites from this year’s new releases and here’s why that is.I’ll go out on a limb and say this: IWC perpetual calendars-especially the Portugieser variants, of course-have for a long time been among those genuinely complicated and expensive watches that I could see people… well, actually wear. Not just in fancy airport lounges or events, but also in perfectly everyday settings, out and about-though likely?more so in big cities of world’s rich countries than elsewhere. While that is a statistically unsubstantiated claim, I’ll stick to it because to see a watch of such complexity on actual people’s wrists out in the actual world is not