Older Watches that still look contemporary today, Timeless Classics!
Aug 28, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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1953: The Blancpain 50 Fathoms Diver's Watch
"Often overlooked, the 50 Fathoms diver's watch represents a pacemaker in the history of diver's watches. In 1953 it was the first serious (and serially produced) mechanical time measuring tool that could meet the strict requierements of professional divers, explorers and ingeneers.
It all started in 1952 when the French Naval Officer Robert Maloubier searched the market for a suitable diver's watch for the 'Nageurs de Combat', a French elite combat swimmers unit - and found nothing. Finally, he set up a list of all specifications a robust diver's watch has to feature:
- watertight up to 50 fathoms (91.45m)
- self-winding movement
- stainless steel case with screwed back and crown
- large luminous numerals and hands
- unidirectional rotating bezel displaying minutes markers to help divers calculating the diving time
Mr Maloubier confronted Blancpain with this list. Blancpain's watchmakers and engineers put their talents and know-how to work and came up with a compact marvel of precision mechanics: The Blancpain 50 Fathoms diver's watch:"
http://www.ornatus-mundi.ch/blancpai...-50Fathoms.htm
"Often overlooked, the 50 Fathoms diver's watch represents a pacemaker in the history of diver's watches. In 1953 it was the first serious (and serially produced) mechanical time measuring tool that could meet the strict requierements of professional divers, explorers and ingeneers.
It all started in 1952 when the French Naval Officer Robert Maloubier searched the market for a suitable diver's watch for the 'Nageurs de Combat', a French elite combat swimmers unit - and found nothing. Finally, he set up a list of all specifications a robust diver's watch has to feature:
- watertight up to 50 fathoms (91.45m)
- self-winding movement
- stainless steel case with screwed back and crown
- large luminous numerals and hands
- unidirectional rotating bezel displaying minutes markers to help divers calculating the diving time
Mr Maloubier confronted Blancpain with this list. Blancpain's watchmakers and engineers put their talents and know-how to work and came up with a compact marvel of precision mechanics: The Blancpain 50 Fathoms diver's watch:"
http://www.ornatus-mundi.ch/blancpai...-50Fathoms.htm
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Aug 28, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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1938: The Rolex made Panerai Radiomir developed for the Italian Navy.
"The brand Panerai, known now as the archetypal New Yorker watch, was once a lowly producer of boring technical equipment (compasses, depth gauges, and the like) until 1935 when they somehow landed a contract with the Italian navy to develop watches that could be read underwater. Being that Officine Panerai had never produced a time-telling device at all, you can imagine who they turned to....Rolex. Released in 1938 only to the Italian Navy, Officine Panerai produced diving watches called the "Radiomir" with movements, cases, and crowns all made by Rolex."
"The brand Panerai, known now as the archetypal New Yorker watch, was once a lowly producer of boring technical equipment (compasses, depth gauges, and the like) until 1935 when they somehow landed a contract with the Italian navy to develop watches that could be read underwater. Being that Officine Panerai had never produced a time-telling device at all, you can imagine who they turned to....Rolex. Released in 1938 only to the Italian Navy, Officine Panerai produced diving watches called the "Radiomir" with movements, cases, and crowns all made by Rolex."
Aug 28, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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1961-1987: Rolex Dytona "Paul Newman"
"The rarest Daytonas are those with the so-called "Paul Newman" dial. Its distinguishing features are subtle and often unnoticeable to the untrained eye. First, a Paul Newman dial must be in a Reference 6239, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264 or 6265 watch, installed by Rolex Geneva as original. All of these References had acrylic domed crystals. That aside, the sub-dials (the dials that are the opposite or contrasting color of the main dial) of a Paul Newman dial have block markers instead of lines, will have crosshairs across each sub-dial meeting at centre (unlike the normal Daytona), and the minutes sub-dial placed at 9:00 is marked at 15, 30, 45 and 60, whereas a normal Daytona dial is marked at 20, 40 and 60. The dial may or may not have the word "Daytona" written on the dial above the hour sub-dial located at 6:00. The dial came in four color and layout combinations, and was installed as an option by Rolex on the Daytona line of watches in the Reference 6239, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264 or 6265 watches. The watch has been out of production since the early 1970s, and Rolex is not able to supply any replacement version of it.
It is said that Paul Newman wore this watch until his death in 2008,[3] and had done so since 1972, the watch having been given to him by his wife, Joanne Woodward, when Newman took up automobile racing."
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The Paul Newman Daytona, An Unauthorized History... http://www.qualitytyme.net/pages/rol...n_daytona.html
"The rarest Daytonas are those with the so-called "Paul Newman" dial. Its distinguishing features are subtle and often unnoticeable to the untrained eye. First, a Paul Newman dial must be in a Reference 6239, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264 or 6265 watch, installed by Rolex Geneva as original. All of these References had acrylic domed crystals. That aside, the sub-dials (the dials that are the opposite or contrasting color of the main dial) of a Paul Newman dial have block markers instead of lines, will have crosshairs across each sub-dial meeting at centre (unlike the normal Daytona), and the minutes sub-dial placed at 9:00 is marked at 15, 30, 45 and 60, whereas a normal Daytona dial is marked at 20, 40 and 60. The dial may or may not have the word "Daytona" written on the dial above the hour sub-dial located at 6:00. The dial came in four color and layout combinations, and was installed as an option by Rolex on the Daytona line of watches in the Reference 6239, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264 or 6265 watches. The watch has been out of production since the early 1970s, and Rolex is not able to supply any replacement version of it.
It is said that Paul Newman wore this watch until his death in 2008,[3] and had done so since 1972, the watch having been given to him by his wife, Joanne Woodward, when Newman took up automobile racing."
- Wikipedia
The Paul Newman Daytona, An Unauthorized History... http://www.qualitytyme.net/pages/rol...n_daytona.html
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Aug 28, 2011 | 08:05 PM
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1941: Patek Philippe Chronograph Pertetual
The ref: 1518 was Patek Philippe first serial produced Chronograph Perpetual. Regarded as a true classic, made from 1941- 1954, with a mere 281 examples produced. Most were cased in yellow gold, rose being rare and only 4 known examples in stainless steel.
The ref: 1518 was Patek Philippe first serial produced Chronograph Perpetual. Regarded as a true classic, made from 1941- 1954, with a mere 281 examples produced. Most were cased in yellow gold, rose being rare and only 4 known examples in stainless steel.
Aug 28, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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ROLEX DAYTONA, 'PAUL NEWMAN' MODEL 6263 CIRCA 1970 RED. | eBay
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Aug 29, 2011 | 12:52 AM
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1938: The Rolex made Panerai Radiomir developed for the Italian Navy.
"The brand Panerai, known now as the archetypal New Yorker watch, was once a lowly producer of boring technical equipment (compasses, depth gauges, and the like) until 1935 when they somehow landed a contract with the Italian navy to develop watches that could be read underwater. Being that Officine Panerai had never produced a time-telling device at all, you can imagine who they turned to....Rolex. Released in 1938 only to the Italian Navy, Officine Panerai produced diving watches called the "Radiomir" with movements, cases, and crowns all made by Rolex."
"The brand Panerai, known now as the archetypal New Yorker watch, was once a lowly producer of boring technical equipment (compasses, depth gauges, and the like) until 1935 when they somehow landed a contract with the Italian navy to develop watches that could be read underwater. Being that Officine Panerai had never produced a time-telling device at all, you can imagine who they turned to....Rolex. Released in 1938 only to the Italian Navy, Officine Panerai produced diving watches called the "Radiomir" with movements, cases, and crowns all made by Rolex."