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Blancpain Villeret Quantieme Annuel GMT Watch Hands-On
Blancpain continues to be a strong provider of unique and interesting movements in what often feels like a sea of mechanical genericism, even in the luxury watch industry. Look closely and you’ll see in Blancpain watches genuinely innovative attempts that are creating new assortments of existing ideas, as well as some novel ones. Today, I’d like to look at the Blancpain Villeret Quantieme Annuel GMT watch which we first covered here. It comes in 18k white gold, 18k rose gold, as well as in steel – all with various dial styles. It’s updated for 2016 based on a movement that launched in 2011.At its heart, this watch is about offering a unique layout for two complication sets that you don’t frequently find together. That is a subsidiary GMT hand to indicate a second time zone, as well as an annual calendar complication. The latter is rather elegantly laid out with the calendar information being indicated via three distinct windows on the dial. Underneath is a
Hands-On With The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean For The 36th America's Cup
The modern diver-like the modern sailer, might not still formally rely on a traditional analog instrument strapped to their wrist, but as any habitual tool watch wearer will tell you, that's hardly the point. And for such an enthusiast, even a truncated regatta race calendar this year hasn't stopped Omega from launching a new limited edition Seamaster Planet Ocean built to commemorate the 36th America's Cup. Now, we've seen Omega give this gorgeous white lacquer dial and blued marker treatment to other watches, most notably on the Aqua Terra Goodplanet editions from years' past, but in this particular instance, that color scheme (with the addition of plenty of red) suits not only the America's Cup, but the Emirates Team New Zealand livery-an outfit Omega has supported with numerous special edition Seamaster and Speedmaster watches since 1995. Before before we get too deep into this particular reference's detail-rich design though, get yourself caught up on the Planet Ocean with Bilal's