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1969 Quartz Astron 50th Anniversary Limited-Edition Watch Is An 18-Karat Tribute To Original Groundbreaker
As 2019 wears on, the importance of the year 1969 to watchmaking seems to grow. With anniversary release after anniversary release, celebrations of celebrated models and an endless stream of homages capturing the best of then and now, brands are enjoying themselves. One significant release that occurred half a century ago came on Christmas Day, 1969. This was no ordinary release. December 25th marked the debut of the world’s first quartz wristwatch. The brand responsible? None other than Seiko. The model? The instantly classic Astron. And now, 50 years later, the Japanese brand that changed the face of watchmaking forever honors that seminal moment with the release of the 1969 Quartz Astron 50th Anniversary Limited-Edition watch in 18-karat gold.The original Astron was something quite special. It kicked off the quartz crisis that nearly buried mechanical watchmaking. Even though mechanical watchmaking survived (by the skin of its teeth), it left an indelible mark on the industry.
Hands-On: Tudor Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue M79250BB-0001
It was back in 2016 that Swiss Tudor first released the Black Bay Bronze watch (best watches hands-on here). This was not only the first bronze-cased watch from Tudor but also a larger-sized Black Bay model (which now comes in a series of sizes) at 43mm-wide. Tudor has since released a small assortment of Black Bay Bronze watches, mainly for special retailers. That includes the pictured Tudor Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Blue reference M79250BB-0001 that you see here.The watch is part of the larger “Bucherer Blue” family of watches, produced by various important luxury brands to be sold exclusively through the Bucherer authorized watch dealers. There are a number of “Bucherer Blue” models that adopt a royal blue color palette to a number of popular high-end timepiece collections. Bucherer stores are mainly in Europe, but the Lucerne-based company (which also owns the watch brand Carl F. Bucherer) has since branched out. A few years ago, Bucherer acquired the former