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These one-of-a-kind Rolex Daytonas are set to break records at auction (opens the original)
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Most Australians are familiar with what have become known as first-world problems. Yet high above those is a more rarefied breed of troubles that bother only the 0.1 per cent. Like which of your gem-set Rolex Daytonas is the correct seasonal choice at any given time of the year? Mercifully, for anyone braving this frightful predicament, help is finally at hand. That’s because Rolex has created a set of Daytonas inspired by each of the seasons.
The luxury watchmaker turning understatement into a competitive edge (opens the original)
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At the A. Lange & Söhne booth at the Watches and Wonders fair in Geneva, visitors are invited to enjoy a cold schooner of beer. Admittedly, it’s a fine draft pilsener imported specially for the occasion but, at an opulent event where most brands prefer the fizz of champagne, it’s a telling detail nonetheless – reflecting the German watchmaker’s quiet restraint. “Our clients don’t need to show they’re successful,” insists Tino Bobe, the brand’s director of manufacturing, who’s worked at Lange for
The most lavish watch feature of all? Making time disappear (opens the original)
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We’ve all experienced this lamentable situation. You’re sitting there with a friend happily chatting away, when their attention is suddenly hijacked by their phone. The next moment, instead of enjoying your latest witticism or profound reflections on life, they’re scrolling away oblivious to your presence. During such moments, I often think wistfully about secret watches and why their inherent lessons are more relevant than ever today. Secret watches were conceived in the 1920s to provide an inc
The radical watch brand spawned by a near-death experience (opens the original)
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In 1990, during his Swiss military service, Maximilian Büsser found himself behind the wheel of a battered Unimog jeep in a convoy of vehicles heading back from a training exercise. As the unit threaded through the rolling hills of Aargau, one driver began struggling with his gearbox, forcing people to overtake him. Büsser accelerated to do the same, but the burst of speed caused the trailer he was towing to start violently snaking from side to side. The momentum was impossible to control. “I kn
Grand Seiko shows the power of thinking small (opens the original)
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n the opening scene in the James Bond film Goldfinger, Sean Connery’s 007 swims underwater to secretly infiltrate a Latin American oil refinery. Sneaking into the facility, he attaches plastic explosives to barrels of nitroglycerine. Making his escape, he unzips his wetsuit to reveal a pristine white tuxedo beneath, complete with pleated shirt and bow tie. Strolling into a nearby bodega, he pauses to add a flower to his buttonhole, then glances at his Rolex Submariner and lights a cigarette – ju
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