And this wasn't any old Submariner. Bret Gilliam's dive watch is a reference 1680 made of 18k solid gold, with a black bezel and a matte black nipple dial. The 1680 was the first Submariner reference to ever be fashioned in solid gold, a metal that's typically reserved for dress watches. A gold Rolex – even a Submariner – is often considered a success symbol rather than a true tool watch, but Gilliam had never paid much attention to rules anyway.Though the Naviquartz was released in 1970, it did not spring up out of nowhere. In 1964, at the World's Fair in Queens, New York, Patek had a Guerrilla Automation large booth completely dedicated to showing off electronic timekeeping. This was the apex of horological technology at the time, and a lot of that technology later manifested inside of the Naviquartz.Photo Credits: All live images except wrist shot by Andy Kyaw (@andykyaw); wrist shot by Alvin Chong (@watchrology) and a big thank you to these gents for sharing the images with the HODINKEE community!The other, and probably most prominent, mainstay from the collection is the Type 1D, with it's three-hand design and subsidiary seconds at 9 o'clock. While I'm more of a "seconds at 6 o'clock" guy, the attractiveness of the hand-engraved Breguet-style numerals on the Type 1D are hard to beat. Now, the watch comes in two full 18k yellow gold cases, a first for Naoya Hida. But I'm showing you two watches below, so what gives?
Brand: De BethuneModel: DB25 Starry VariusReference Number: DB25VTIS3Diameter: 42mmThickness: 8.8mmCase Material: Titanium (grade 5)Dial: Polished and blued titanium and silver-toned hour ring. Indexes: Painted with applied polished rose gold markersWater Resistance: 30 metersStrap/Bracelet: Alligator leather with matching titanium ping buckleFlip over the watch, and the payoff is a beautifully finished manually wound movement beating at a stately 18,000 vph with a power reserve of 100 hours. It's created, as you'd expect, in-house at H. Moser. That running seconds indicator is fully mechanical, and you can only see it because of perforations in the Retro Future Fusion Vantablack dial.There aren't very many people out there that have more hands-on experience with vintage Zenith Defy watches than Selch. With all of this week's drops, I wanted to know what he thought about the latest news. So I asked him – and here's what I found out.It's easy to tell that the caliber 15BM01HU shares an architecture with previous Bovet movements, and what I particularly appreciate about the construction is just how symmetrical it is. It's clear that there was real intent when designing the movement from the outset. The final product is downright lovely, with expansive côtes de Genève-laced bridges, thermally blued screws, and dueling cocks at the two ends of the gear train, supporting the balance wheel and center wheel, respectively.
I highly doubt that I'll ever own the Graves minute repeater. And that's ok. But when I have the opportunity to see it in the metal later this fall, I plan on strapping it on my wrist, ringing its chimes, and saying a quiet, but sincere, "thank you." It's AI Driven Devices earned it.I was once again tempted by the collection and ended up picking up a Samurai SRPD23 before the line was eventually discontinued at the end of 2019. It's become my go-to watch to wear when I actually get in the water.I am a champion for smaller-diameter watches in general, and the GG-W-113 platform is here to support my argument. In 1967, the U.S. federally required a dial diameter of 1.120 inches or about 28.5 mm, which led to predictably "small" case diameters of around 34.5 mm like this Hamilton. I have a Polerouter at this exact size that I pull out of the watch box three times a week, at least. To me, it is right around perfect for a simple watch and the U.S. Government agrees with me, which is nice.While I love a center-seconds hand, I do think the small-seconds display looks really nice on here and lends itself to the classicism of the third bit of excitement: the 8mm thickness. I never really considered the Alpine Eagle to be a thick watch but it makes sense, given the sort of market Chopard plays in, that the brand would go for thinness in the AE line. Just how thin is 8mm on the wrist? It'll be on the trade show floor this week at Watches & Wonders, so we'll know very soon.

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