and probably the defining model for JLC for a reason. I mean, there is just not a single flaw or afterthought in the design of this watch, it is just perfect even in the smallest (but closest to the original dimensions) and most simple variation: OK, mayb
Laureato-Olimpico 8017 from the 1996 GP catalog. See the price list. Before tax 9,800 Deutschmarks. These were not cheap. This is 1996 … imagine that. And they sold out as this model was highly sought after. Good to know these things.
Back on the bracelet. I’m really a bracelet guy. As much as I love looking at watches on straps, and boy, are they really nice to look at, my wrist is drawn to bracelets. It explains why my watch choices are easily narrowed down to the usual suspects. And
This is the newly announced Morgan ’s a design collaboration with Pininfarina. The handmade woodwork accounts for a large proportion of the build hours. The schedule is for one a week to be built over the next 12 months. The individual panels take 250 hou
This one has gotten a bit of wrist time this week. I find it I wear it like I used to wear my Datograph. Which is, somewhat consistently for periods of time and then not at all for several weeks. Like the Datograph I tend to wear it mostly in casual ways.