Panerai Radiomir steel automatic Kal. P4001 Ref. PAM00627 Reviews

NEWS WATCHES

Hautlence HL Sphere Watch
As ?I wrote in an earlier piece, there is no shortage of unique methods to display the time on watches. With Baselworld upon us, we may be seeing new innovations in that arena. While I like the originality, if something verges more into indulging artistic urges at the expense of actual usability, the brand has lost me. Then you come to something like the Hautlence HL Sphere that initially looks overly complex, but instead employs a familiar method.The star of the TV-shaped case of the Hautlence HL Sphere is, no doubt, that cobalt blue sphere. I mean, it's right in the name of the watch, so if you weren't sure, there's exhibit A. Orbs spinning on watches are not new but spinning orbs to indicate the time (or, in this case, the hour) is new. And at first, I thought the time would be hard to read. But the way it works is similar, in execution at least, to how a jump-hour complication works. Similar, but not exactly the same. While the hour moves, well, on the hour, how it’s moved is
Bathys Benthic Ti Watch Collection
I chose the Bathys Benthic Ti (titanium) as the first watch to write about for this brand. There is no particular reason that I haven’t written about Bathys watches yet – I simply needed to get around to it. Now you might hear about this Hawaiian watch brand often. I like well-made, uniquely styled watch that are still not too controversial looking. The fact that Bathys watches as priced well helps it make a watch you should know about – a lot about. While Bathys has both automatic and quartz watches, this is one of the quartz versions. A similar watch (without the same calendar complications) is available with a Swiss ETA 2892-2 movement. However this version has a Swiss Ronda 7003 Mastertech watch that includes the retrograde day of the week display and date – in addition to the time of course. I think this is one of the most diminutive day of the week indicators out there. So allow me to go off on a tangent for a minute on what a day of the week indicator is