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Editors' Picks: Top Watches From 2020 If Money Were No Object
Money no object, huh? An interesting thing about this segment to note is how far we saw the luxury watch industry drift from halo products in favor of ultra-high-end versions of series-produced watches. Halo watches were those highly limited, often unique, products that featured concept-grade materials and engineering solutions with the primary function of elevating the status of their creator brand. Cartier used to be a leader in incredibly amazing and, in truth, sometimes rather pointless exercises in fine watchmaking, but the mid-2000s to mid-2010s saw them coming thick and threefold.Very expensively developed unique pieces that were fascinating to look at but nobody could buy have largely become a thing of the past as brands have re-focused their efforts to develop and manufacture more feasible marketable creations - which, mind you, still cost an arm and a leg. With that in mind, here’s the ABTW team’s selection of top watches from 2020 if money were no object.-DAVID B
Porsche Design 1919 Datetimer Eternity One Millionth 911 Limited Edition Watch
Porsche Design is the design arm of the German automobile manufacturer Porsche AG that produces a range of luxury merchandise but also has a solid history of making watches. The brand recently announced the Porsche Design 1919 Datetimer Eternity One Millionth 911 Limited Edition watch to commemorate the production of the one millionth Porsche 911, the iconic sports car.The 1919 Datetimer is the time-only variant in the 1919 collection, and we saw some earlier Porsche Design 1919 Datetimer Eternity watches hands-on here. It features a 42mm by 11.92mm titanium case with black carbide coating?¨C titanium and black-coated cases are kind of a signature for Porsche Design. The standout feature of the case design is the lugs, which are reminiscent of fixed lugs that take a NATO or ZULU strap, but there is a mechanism to use a two-piece strap. The brand claims to have eliminated?¨C and I quote?¨C “the disadvantage of classic lugs located above a spring bar.” I’ll be honest?¨C I&#