Three for January

U-BOAT Flightdeck Chronograph
Back in 1942 the "Officine Fontana" was poised to produce a professional watch for the distinguished officers of its navy’s U-Boats. Though the project was ultimately scrapped, the distinctive original drawings, color samples and innovative materials were lovingly preserved for more than 60 years. In 2000, Italo Fontana, a cousin of the watchmaker’s late founder, made a long held company dream come true with the launch of the U-Boat watches, just like their original namesake, are bold, aggressive and over-sized.

TAG Heuer Carrera Automatic Chronograph Day / Date
The TAG Heuer Carrera Automatic Chronograph Day-Date gets its name from its TAG Heuer Calibre 1 automatic chronograph movement and it’s scratch resistant sapphire crystal Day-Date glace. This TAG Heuer watch comes with a polished steel case with a tachymeter scale on its black aluminum bezel and black dial design. Other options include a brown aluminum bezel and brown dial or a polished steel bezel and silver dial. However, no matter what material or color combination chosen, anti-reflective sapphire crystal graces both sides of this luxury watch. Measuring at 43 mm, the case of the TAG Heuer Carrera Automatic Chronograph Day-Date watch is also scratch resistant. The dial, black, silver or brown, has three unique timing features moving at once. At 6 o’clock an hour chronograph ticks away while the seconds chronograph moves at the 9 o’clock marker and the minute chronograph sits at the 12 o’clock marker. Each of the hour numerals are hand applied luminescent Arabic matching the hour and minute hands for improved legibility in the dark. A large date window also sits at 3 o’clock marker.

Breguet Marine Tourbillon Chronograph

The chronograph is made to celebrate the Breguet contribution in the navy watches elaboration. Such a watch immediately fascinates watch connoisseurs. And it's not surprising. The manually-wound Breguet watch mechanism caliber 554.2T has power reserve of 50 hours. It is individually numbered and signed Breguet. The numerals are Roman and there are also luminous dots there. As for the case, it measures 42 mm, is made of 18K rose gold and has a double sapphire crystal that makes it water resistant to 100 meters. The case back is hand-engraved. Its strap is made of caoutchouc and has a folding clasp also made of rose gold. And of course it is just impossible to imagine such a great watch without a tourbillion; all the more it is a watch from legendary Breguet who invented such a great mechanism.