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Delma Shell Star Bronze Watch
A new addition to the Delma Shell Star range debuts today, becoming the brand’s first foray into bronze. The Delma Shell Star Bronze watch stands out in a surprisingly extensive catalog of mostly uncoated steel watches. That it would instantly become a very noticeable character in the collection due to the uncommonness of the material in Delma’s other wares was a forgone conclusion. What was less forgone, however, was how good the watch would be in its own right. Having had the chance to look over the press shots, I am pleased to report the brand has excelled itself this time around. It will be important to get this watch on the wrist to see how it wears, but aesthetically it is very pleasing to my eye.The dial texture is unusually rough but will no doubt act as an excellent base in bright light conditions (textured matte surfaces like this tend to soak up glare like a sponge to water). Legibility figures to be good thanks to lumed, applied indices (with bright orange edges
Konstanin Chaykin Carpe Diem Watch: Finally, An Hourglass For The Wrist
Second only to the common jest of placing a sundial on the face of a wristwatch, is the suggestion that there be an hourglass. Yes, the timing device of antiquity has a very low occurrence of actually being referenced on modern timepieces in any significant way. That perhaps is due to the fact that incorporating sand in a watch dial isn’t always the best idea. Nevertheless, the enterprising mind behind the Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin decided that he wanted to be the first person to do it. Behold the Konstantin Chaykin Carpe Diem, the first wristwatch with a mechanical hourglass on the dial.The last time we ventured to discuss hourglasses on best watches was when Ikepod released the Marc Newson designed luxury hourglass. The hand-blown, high-end glass case contained held metal micro-beads rather than sand and made for a rather amazing pieces of functional luxury art. Filled with metals such as copper to gold, the Ikepod Hourglass came in two sizes and was priced from abo