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Richard Mille Watch Doesn't Slow Rafael Nadal Down
A bunch of you e-mailed me yesterday asking me to talk about the Richard Mille watch that tennis player Rafael Nadal is now wearing. That’s never happened before – but since the mainstream media is all over the “weird” story, I figured I should mention that I did cover the topic on Luxist.com (where I also write daily) – sorry, you need to cover two websites now. You can see my (and only my) daily Luxist.com articles right here. I initially discussed the Richard Mille RM027 Nadal watch here.The media is all over the Nadal story for two reasons. First, it is unusual for a tennis player to wear a watch during matches. It is well known that wearing a watch when peak agility and performance is required is usually a bad idea. Hell, I even take my watch off to type. Second, the watch costs $525,000. To most people, that concept blows their friggin’ minds. It would blow my mind as well if I wasn’t so detached from prices. I actually found myself yeste
Girard-Perregaux Constant Escapement L.M. Watch In Pink Gold Hands-On
When Girard-Perregaux announced its Constant Escapement at Baselworld 2013, it was immediately considered to be one of the most impressive technological developments, not only of that year’s fair, but in the brand’s more than 220 years long history as well. Incorporating a constant force mechanism?into a wristwatch movement is an immense challenge and one that resulted in numerous spectacular, albeit often compromised results. What allowed GP to leave the space-consuming fusee’s, chains and other devices out of the equation was the utilization of a space-age material called silicon.For 2014, the brand offers last year’s movement virtually unchanged, but now repackaged into a 48 millimeter wide pink gold case, an identically sized alternative to last year’s model in 18k white gold. It is arguably a modification that is as negligible and uninteresting, as important and exciting as the movement is beating within. Anyhow, it provided a superb opportunity to re