Zenith Hot New Release : El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition

Beating at 36,000 vibrations per hour and ensuring 1/10 of a second precision, the special edition Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition, marks the brands first year as official time keeper for the Tour Auto Optic 2000 beginning April 21, 2015. Consisting of 225 participating legendary cars in a famous race with teams from all nationalities, the Tour Auto Optic 2000 spans a total of 2000 km beginning in Paris and ending in Biarritz.

Encased in a 42MM diameter sized case, the El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition is powered by the El Primero 4061 automatic movement, holds a minimum power reserve of 50 hours, and is water resistant to 10 ATM.

Limited to 500 pieces, the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition features double sided anti reflective treated domed sapphire crystal glass, transparent sapphire crystal case back, silicon escape wheel and lever, tachymetric scale, hour and minutes hands, central chronograph hand, small seconds, 12 hour and 30 minute counters, and watch band made of leather. 

The El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition, will be available in brushed stainless steel, on a blue calfskin leather watch strap with protective rubber watch band lining. 

IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th Anniversary”

Encompassing IWC Schaffhausen’s watchmaking craftsmanship mastery in one stunning timepiece to honor the 75th anniversary of the Portugieser collection, the  Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th Anniversary” is perpetual calendar perfection.

Housed in a 45MM diameter sized case is an in house self winding mechanical chronograph movement that features a perpetual calendar, 3 bar water resistance, 68 hour power reserve when fully wound, efficient double pawl winding, quick action switch, and flyback function.

Additionally, the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th Anniversary” is equipped with double sided anti reflective sapphire crystal glass, hours, minutes and seconds hands, hours and minutes combined in a totalizer, small hacking seconds, large double digit display for date and month, leap year indicator, and watchband made out of leather. 

The IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th Anniversary” is limited to 25 pieces in platinum or to 75 in each red gold version, and comes on either a black alligator watch strap or dark down alligator watch band. 

The color combinations on this stunning timepiece would look so good on a variety of alternative watch straps... Rubber B

Baselworld 2015 Favorite: Longines Heritage Diver 1967

Diving into history, and fishing out inspiration from their 1967 divers watch model, Longines's vintage influenced addition to the Heritage collection is a favorite among many for its history, movement, and affordable price.

Combining a divers watch with a chronometer, the Longines Heritage Diver 1967 has a 42MM diameter sized case, screw in case back and crown, sapphire crystal anti reflective treated glass, bordeaux aluminum bezel, tachymetric scale on the dial, center hour, minutes and seconds hands, small seconds, 12 hour, and 30 minute counters, and three watch strap variations. 

Additionally, the Heritage Diver 1967 is powered by a self winding mechanical movement, has a 54 hour power reserve, and is water resistant to 30 bar.

The Longines Heritage Diver 1967 will be available in steel, and will be equipped with either a black alligator watchband with diving buckle, or watch strap made of rubber or classic steel watch band with a double security folding clasp and integrated diving extension.

This awesome piece was built to be customized... What are you waiting for?

Rubber B

Variation watch strap photo credit: A Blog to Watch