Angelus U50 Diver Tourbillon Watch
Angelus, producers of ultra high-end, technologically forward-thinking timepieces such as the U10, U21, and U22, have just announced their first diver's watch. The Angelus U50 Diver Tourbillon is a 45mm wide, 300m water-resistant diver's watch running on an in-house manufactured one-minute flying tourbillon with a skeletonized construction.Beginning with the striking dial of the U50, if you can even say there is a dial, we are treated to a highly skeletonized handmade latticework with luminous hour markers on an outer flange, luminous rhodium plated hands accented with blue and yellow, and a small seconds indicator between the nine and ten o'clock positions, all of which are floating above and intertwined with the highly visible flying tourbillon movement.
A Guide To Titanium For Watch Buyers
Few metals induce the sheer amount of nerdery that the simple utterance of titanium invokes. Mention steel or aluminum and the response is "meh."Gold or platinum? Sure, you'll get some interest and maybe a touch of lust or disdain, depending on your audience. But titanium? Time to nerd out. Some were initiated into the geekery of titanium through a fascination with space travel and the aerospace industry, others through its ubiquitous application in high-end knives and other pieces of every day carry (EDC). Yet still others, like me, were inducted into the cult of titanium through sports equipment and, especially, cycling.Back in the 90s, the mountain bike scene was dominated by day-glo spandex, terrible suspension designs, anodized purple everything, and, if you were the raddest of the rad, you had a titanium mountain bike. Sadly, I was not so rad, but my big brother was and, man-oh-man, I envied his Litespeed titanium bike. Lightweight, strong, and with a deep gunmetal luster that on