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Kerbedanz Maximus 'Biggest Tourbillon Watch' Hands-On
A chance encounter at Baselworld 2017 allowed me to discover the “biggest tourbillon watch” to date in the flesh, as someone walked up to me in order to share it seemingly at random. These images are not on my wrist, but I did have a chance to inspect this noteworthy “superlative” watch. By that latter statement I mean a timepiece, that for at least a moment, has a superlative rank in a particular category. For now, if you want a large-sized tourbillon in a wrist watch, then the Kerbedanz Maximus reference KRBTM49-054WL is for you.All images by Marko KoncinaA large tourbillon is sort of like having a large yacht. It isn’t just that you want to make it clear you have a yacht, but you also want to make it clear that you think size most certainly counts. Though, unlike on a yacht, extra size in a tourbillon will not grant you more guest quarters. Nothing other than the sheer ability to show off is in store for the buyer of the biggest tourbillon. “Maxim
Blancpain Debuts Limited-Edition Tribute To Fifty Fathoms No Rad Watch
Perhaps no other combination of factors excites vintage watch enthusiasts quite like early dive watches with military provenance. The blend of classic design, field-proven durability, and the romantic warmth of patina is a difficult one to beat, and few brands capture this magic formula better than Blancpain. The brand's Fifty Fathoms line is one of the longest-running and most celebrated diver lines in all of watchmaking, and Blancpain certainly has no lack of historic points to reference with its collection. For its first major release of 2021, Blancpain singles out one of the most lauded military references in the Fifty Fathoms' lineage. First produced in the mid-'60s for the elite Kampfschwimmer combat divers of the West German navy, the Fifty Fathoms No Rad offered these battle-hardened, frogmen-tough functionality and underwater legibility without the use of radium lume, which was still the standard at the time but had been discovered to cause potential health issues. The new lim