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Rolex Day-Date 40 White Gold Meteorite Dial 228239 Watch Hands-On
At Baselworld 2018,?Rolex introduced a new meteorite dial option for the 18ct white gold version of the Day-Date 40 (reference 228239). Rolex currently sells a version of the Cosmograph Daytona chronograph with a meteorite dial, but the natural material is otherwise uncommon in today’s collection of Rolex watches. Given its organic and metallic crystalline aesthetic, meteorite has been appreciated as a dial material for decades¡ªthat it comes from outer space adds another dimension of value as well.All images by Ariel Adams.Rolex pairs this meteorite dial with baguette-cut diamond hour markers, making this a ritzy yet classy timepiece. Adding decorative elements, like diamonds, makes it challenging to retain the masculine identity of a watch, but the subtlety of the diamond hour markers makes it work. Of course, the dial has windows for the day of the week at 12 o’clock and for the date at 3 o’clock. In fact, when the Rolex Day-Date watch was originally introduced in 1
Hands-On With Omega's Ultimate Sports Watch: The Gamma Titanium Seamaster Aqua Terra Ultra Light
When it comes to the realm of ridiculous, ultralight sports watches, there are usually some pretty clear-cut concessions being made around actual real-world utility, as well as the ever-important, but subjective, concept of individual taste, particularly in a category where more flamboyant design tends to reign supreme. What makes the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra “Ultra Light” so compelling, though, is that in addition to housing some pretty impressive case and movement innovations that yield a strikingly light presence on the wrist, it looks almost like any ordinary Seamaster Aqua Terra. It's a bit strange to behold on the wrist because, unlike many similar halo watches that occupied this rarified space, this all-matte Aqua Terra flies completely under the radar with an impressively wearable and highly practical execution. Because of this, it is, for all intents and purposes, the ultimate Omega sports watch. There's only one problem: it costs $50,000.Launched way back in 200