Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked Two-Tone Watch
There are more new Code 11.59 watches for 2021, including this particularly attractive (and high) skeletonized tourbillon version. What is the most immediately distinctive about the novel reference 26600CR.OO.D009KB.01 Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked is the two-tone case, which makes use of both 18k white and pink gold. Audemars Piguet was always clear that the Code 11.59 case was meant to be modular, and thus rendered in different ways, with different materials. This is to be expected, but watches at this price point (for whatever reason) have rarely offered a two-tone gold approach. It’s actually quite refreshing.This particular Code 11.59 dial is one of my favorites given the symmetrical beauty and hand-finishing of the in-house-made caliber 2948 manually wound tourbillon movement. The intricate case with its skeletonized lugs is still an interesting modern take on the round case classic. The 41mm-wide main case (just 10.7mm-thick) is done in 18k white gold, w
Buying Watches In Boston, Massachusetts: Shreve, Crump & Low
Welcome back to an best watches original series, where we discuss important stores that sell watches all over the world. Each store we profile has an interesting story to tell about where they operate and who they sell to. Whether you buy watches from brick and mortar retailers or prefer to buy watches online, these are the stores that help shape our watch culture around the globe. There is a long list of stores to cover, but if there is a retail location in your favorite city that we simply can't miss, let us know in the comments below.Where to buy watches in Boston, Massachusetts?As watch lovers, we often revere the provenance of brands whose history go back hundreds of years or even back to the 1700s. What is unusual is to find a retailer like Shreve, Crump & Low, started in 1796, that is older than the brands they carry (with the exception of Blancpain which originated in 1735 and Vacheron Constantin which originated in 1755).