A watch can serve many purposes beyond just telling time, it depends on design objectives and functions that the watch has been installed, including the important things to indicate the status, fondness and tastes of the wearer, which wouldn’t be wrong to say ‘You are what you wear’.
Sports watches are a wide range of selective and certainly popular with quite a lot from watch lovers, especially in the luxury watch segment. In addition to being graceful, some sports watches are equipped with functions and interesting stories. While some watches can perfectly combine sportiness, luxury and functionality, others are crafted from precious materials that break the norm and style of traditional watches.
If you are looking for a sports watch that has all the features. This is an interesting choice that can’t be overlooked.
OMEGA Speedmaster ‘57
The OMEGA’s Speedmaster collection is not remembered for their epic journey from Earth to the Moon only, but in the motor sport world their watches are also recognized for their quality, performance and precision. From its beginnings in 1957, the brand has launched a new collection that reinterprets the past with a contemporary design while retaining a classic style and presented all through the new Speedmaster ’57 collection.
The Speedmaster ’57 collection is a symbol of the original Speedmaster design that introduced in 1957 for racing car drivers and engineers on the track. As a tribute, the Speedmaster ’57 collection consists of eight new watches has been delivered with a slim style, colorful dial choices, a vintage metal bracelet, and an outstanding Co-Axial Master Chronometer 9906 movement – reaching the pinnacle of precision, magnetic resistance, and high performance.
In this new collection, the case dimension has been reduced to be slimmer from the original 41.5 to 40.5 mm, with design references from the original Speedmaster, including the distinctive Board Arrow hand and the unique Dot Over Ninety, a classic pattern of the Tachymeter scale located on the bezel.
The OMEGA Speedmaster ’57 collection is available in eight new models and four dial colors that are sandwich black style, green, burgundy and blue with a variety of straps including leather and stainless steel materials. Another thing that has changed from the original is that it has received feeling of being a mechanical watch like the Moonwatch.
OMEGA has switched from the automatic movement 9300 to new manual-winding movement OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Caliber 9906 that are Certified Master Chronometer approved by METAS, and 60-hour power reserve.
More importantly, this watch collection was recognized by famous Hollywood and Asian actors who became OMEGA brand ambassadors, George Clooney and Hyun Bin.
Franck Muller Casablanca
Another important aspect that makes a watch interesting is the story behind and it would be even more interesting if the story pleasant to that person’s heart. Therefore, we see many watchmakers constantly catching up on stories with the development of their new watches collection, whether they launched as special or limited editions. The Franck Muller watch that appears here, it can be said that if anyone are fan of classic movies like Casablanca or having impressive memories of this beautiful city, you should not be missed at all.
Casablanca, the Hollywood classic romantic drama film that set during World War II starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman fascinates audiences with impressive screenplays and dialogue, as well as the theme songs. The film has inspired the world in countless romantic stories that take place across the city of love. Franck Muller, the founder of Swiss luxury watches, is one of the audiences who fascinated the film and brought it into his special timepieces, the Franck Muller Casablanca based on the stainless steel Vanguard sports watch.
Of course, this watch collection retains its design identity on the Tonneau case, available in two sizes 41 and 43 mm. Decorated and created according to the Cintrée Curvex concept meaning “a curved curve” with a case that curves along various curvature axes of the watch’s case on four levels instead of two like the classic Tonneau watch.
The dial’s printed hour markers combined with diamond-shaped hands that blends seamlessly with the second hand in the middle of the dial and showcase the Art Deco design with both straight and arched at the same time, the inner bezel conveys Vanguard’s signature style details such as compass points and angular skeleton hands with an arrow-shaped second hand.
Enhanced technical features and other functionalities include a small date window and luminescent hands. The oversized hour markers of the Vanguard Casablanca were added to increase legibility along with a bold design that perfectly reflects the military watch of the era.
The Franck Muller Vanguard Casablanca comes in four color way inspired by the movie and the city itself including black, brown, salmon and special color the Boutique Edition. The collection also features a choice of three-hand or chronograph models powered by the Caliber 2880 automatic movement and also features a central seconds hand and a 30-minute timer sub-dial, as well as a small seconds display at the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock positions.
No matter what color or style, Franck Muller Casablanca is a sports watch that brings the classics of the era back to the modern world in a distinctive and perfect way.
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