Hot List: August 4, 2023
We’re crash-landing in your inbox with a disclosure: the watches in this week’s Hot List are out of this world! 👽 From a purple-dialed Parmigiani to an extra-tasty “Blue Side of the Moon”, these pieces are all UFOs: unbelievably fly objects! 🚀
PARMIGIANI FLEURIER TONDA PF – ROSE GOLD DEEP RUBY
They say there are asteroids made entirely of gold. While we finish building our spaceship to retrieve one of those bad boys, we’ll settle for an all-gold Tonda PF from Parmigiani Fleurier! With a deep ruby dial and a wearable 38mm size, this one gets the gold medal! 🏅
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER MOONWATCH “BLUE SIDE OF THE MOON”
Bringing together blue ceramic and bright gold, this is one of the most compelling pieces from Omega’s sprawling Speedmaster collection 🌝 Drawing inspiration from the dark blue hue of the night sky, this piece is a salute to the Apollo lunar missions of the 1960’s!
ORIS BIG CROWN POINTER DATE – HANK AARON
While this Big Crown Pointer Date from Oris might seem down-to-earth, there’s nothing average about Hank Aaron who for 33 years, held MLB’s single-season homerun record ⚾ Not only did Mr. Aaron launch baseballs into orbit with ease, he stands as a symbol of activism during America’s civil rights movement. Three cheers for an American hero! 🗽
NOMOS CLUB CAMPUS DEEP PINK
Featuring a “California dial”, one that has both Roman and Arabic numerals, this NOMOS mixes things up! And with one of the brand’s famous in-house movements, this little piece packs a punch! Rock this at the next campus meeting of your school’s Flying Saucer Club to really make a statement 🛸
ULYSSE NARDIN MARINE TORPILLEUR
Scientists maintain we know more about outer space than the depths of our own ocean ⚓ UN combines the two frontiers in the Marine Torpilleur with its all-new aventurine dial! Sparkling like the night sky and featuring a brilliant moonphase, this watch captures the mystery of our universe’s unexplored places! 🌌
SEIKO PROSPEX SPB385 – 110th ANNIVERSARY SAVE THE OCEAN
Speaking of the seas, Seiko’s “Save the Ocean” watches continue to astound… for a good cause! Supporting ocean conservation efforts, these limited editions feature lume that’s brighter than a burning ball of “swamp gas” 🔆 Hey, I know what I saw!
ACCUTRON SPACEVIEW EVOLUTION
What do you call an alien with no eyes? Alan. What do you call the newest watches from Accutron? The Spaceview Evolution! No joking, these electrostatic icons take timekeeping to a whole new level 🌟 With a crown at 2 o’clock, these pioneering pieces take on an even more alien appearance that we can’t get enough of! Shop the blue strap or black strap.
TISSOT PRX POWERMATIC 80
Despite being a sports watch, there’s something space-age about the PRX’s integrated case/bracelet combo. Not only that, the 80-hour reserve of the famous Powermatic movement is downright other-worldly! 🌌
LONGINES FLAGSHIP HERITAGE
The Longines Spaceship Flagship Heritage represents the mothership motherlode of Longines’ watchmaking ability! 👾 With an exclusive movement that brings a robust 72-hour duration to the watch’s elegant styling, it even has a star-voyager’s favorite complication: a moonphase!
ZENITH DEFY REVIVAL A3691
Zenith released the original Defy in 1969, the same year as the Jimmy Carter UFO Incident 🛸 Coincidence!? Almost definitely. Regardless, the unmistakable profile of the A3691 remains true to the original. I want to believe! 👽
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About The Author: Tom Roth
Born in Washington state, Tom developed an interest in photography during college at University of San Diego. There, he got started in music journalism, interviewing artists and taking photos at concerts. A life-long tinkerer and collector, it wasn’t long before Tom became fascinated with fountain pens and watches.
Those interests collided in November 2020 when Tom started at Feldmar Watch Company where he lives out every watch geek’s dream: photographing and writing about timepieces. When he’s not tinkering with his watch collection, Tom can be found traveling, biting his nails while watching PNW sports teams, and taking flying lessons.
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