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Hands-On: Bovet 19Thirty Fleurier Dress Watch
If you told me about it over the phone, with its blue-lacquered hand engraving and pocket watch-style bow at 12 o’clock, I would have told you the Bovet 19Thirty Fleurier probably isn’t for me, nor would I imagine it having a shot at wide appeal. Luckily, I learned about it in person and not over the phone - and after trying it on, I was quite smitten by it. Here’s a hands-on look at why it’s such a fantastic alternative to the run-of-the-mill luxury watches pumped out by the household names of the industry.Luxury is such a tired term it gives me the wrong kind of goosebumps, and so I avoid using it as much as possible. Ariel and I recorded a Superlative Podcast episode on this matter that should be launched soon, so a dissertation on the tiredness of the term we won’t be getting into now. Thank goodness for that. The point is that while many watches come at luxurious prices, they often meet very few of the rest of the requirements one could reasonably exp
Bremont H-4 Hercules Limited Edition Watch Celebrates Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose Flying Boat
Just announced is the new Bremont H-4 Hercules Limited Edition watch that both celebrates and actually incorporates the famously massive wooden “Spruce Goose” airplane designed by Howard Hughes in the 1940s. With a total run of 450 pieces of this new GMT from Bremont, there will be 300 in stainless steel, 75 in rose gold, and 75 in platinum.The story of the Spruce Goose is pretty engrained in American aviation lore, at this point. The eccentric Hollywood studio owner who also owned the Hughes Aircraft Company sought to build a transport cargo plane that could avoid U-Boat torpedos during World War 2. Given supply shortages, the ship had to be built from wood rather than metal. Ironically, though the nickname was “Spruce Goose,” the plane was actually built from birch. Long story short, Hughes succeeded in building what was then the world's largest plane, with a 320-foot wingspan. The only problem was that the Allies had already turned the tide of the war by the