Stainless steel Japanese Miyota 9015 Automatic Movement Decorated to JLC Cal.967 Movement
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Master Chronometer Watch
For Baselworld 2016, Omega is making sure their Seamaster Planet Ocean line gets a refreshed look along with a METAS-certified Master Chronometer movement.?With a splash of orange, we welcome the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Master Chronometer watch in 43.5mm. You may have seen the teaser for this in your Instagram feed, and the reveal does not disappoint.?Building upon the new brand standard set by the 2015 Globemaster, this Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Master Chronometer features?the familiar Co-Axial Master Chronometer 8900 movement and can also be seen as an example of Omega’s vision moving forward with its use of atypical materials like a partially rubberized bezel.The bezel looks stunning and actually features a grey silicon nitride rubber blended with ceramic over the first fifteen minutes, and the minute scales on the bezel after the first fifteen minutes?are in Omega’s Liquidmetal. Moving to the polished black ceramic dial, the numbered Arabic numeral?hour markers
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGD202 8 Day Power Reserve 18k Rose Gold Watch
In recent years, Grand Seiko has increasingly introduced artistic watches with techniques, materials, and storytelling to compete in the territory previously exclusive mostly to high-end Swiss watch brands. The new Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGD202 8 Day Power Reserve watch in 18k rose gold is a good example of that and a similarly priced but different aesthetic take on the platinum-cased Grand Seiko SBGD001 from 2016 that we saw hands-on here. Of course, Grand Seiko offers a few things that European brands can’t, not least of which is a Spring Drive movement with eight days of power reserve – and strong dose of Japanese “inspiration.”As the SBGD001 matched a white dial to its platinum case, the Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGD202 has a brown dial to go with its rose gold case, making for an overall monotone and cohesive look. Actually, the brand says the dial is black, but what appear to be gold speckles make it look brown to me. Seiko simply calls them “star