BEST FROM: & Friends December 30, 2020
I hope you all have had a good holiday. We’ve finally made it to the end of the year! In this roundup, we will be taking a look at the watches that the team here at best watches wore most of the year. Without giving too much away, there are some interesting pieces inside. We also take a look at how the year changed our watch-wearing habits.From around the Web, we take an in-depth look at Grand Seiko's new high-beat 9SA5 movement and learn about why it's important and technically impressive. Still on the subject of movements, we also have the history of the venerable Lemania 2310, which some consider to be the most important chronograph movement in history. Finally, we investigate the history of Sylvester Stallone and Panerai. Did he really discover Panerai, as he claims he did? Or is there more to the story?
Swatch Holiday Twist Watch
We brought you the Fiona Kruger Skull Watch for Halloween, but with Halloween behind us, the Christmas season is upon us. Poor Thanksgiving gets gobbled up by the ever-earlier end of the year holidays. Just when you are sure the Swiss watch industry is uber serious, along comes the Swatch Holiday Twist watch. This holiday special watch for 2014 is a limited edition of 14,999 (no, not 15,000) watches. Limited Edition numbers for Swatch mean something different than they do for Mrs. Kruger. But that means that this watch for $120 is within reach of more than the “One Percenters” who might be picking up a Patek Philippe or A. Lange &?Sohne as a stocking stuffer.Swatch Holiday TwistKnowing that Swatch is the most lighthearted brand of the Swatch Group, you would expect some playfulness, and between the watch and their press release, you have to decide for yourself whether to look confused or just smile and go with the holiday flow. For example, those naughty Swatch folks ar