18K Rose Gold Plated Stainless Steel Case Asian Automatic Chronograph Movement£¬28800vph
Konstantin Chaykin Lunokhod Watch Hands-On
As dark as this watch looks, the people who make it are very bright. While new, the Konstantin Chaykin Lunokhod watch has an aged feel to it. I am going to liken it to the a nicely aged pair of jeans. It looks as though it has been happily on your wrist for a while due to the distressed leather strap and the Wootz steel case.When I first discussed the Konstantin Chaykin Lunokhod watch here I mentioned that Wootz steel is made using a very ancient process that has been around for over 2000 years. This helps the case of the watch look like the most modern thing in the bronze age – an excellent fit for when you want something unique. I was actually surprised by how slim the case is. Given the design, I would have imagined the case to be very thick. Not so at all. The case is rather long and the lugs curve to so that it wraps your wrist. I wouldn’t characterize this as a watch for small wrists but it could, perhaps, work with a shorter strap.
IWC Ingenieur 40mm Watch Review
At SIHH this past January, IWC released their new Ingenieur collection, featuring over a dozen new timepieces from the revamped line. While most press attention from the collection focused on the in-house calibers, casing materials and range of complications in the new 46mm models, I was personally won over by the smallest and simplest of the bunch-the new 40mm steel automatic "base model", reference 3239.Unlike the previous iterations it replaces, the 2013 Ingenieur Automatic is the most honest return to the styling of the original Gerald Genta masterpiece, the 1976 Ingenieur SL. Genta is of course known primarily for his work on a few other 70s timekeeping icons, namely the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (released in 1972) and the Patek Philippe Nautilus (also released in 1976). Of this trifecta, the Ingenieur was the most coolly received, and sales were slow for IWC, with rumors of under a thousand pieces sold in the first eight years of production.