Hot List: October 18, 2024
What’s more impressive than launching a 20-story tall rocket? Catching it on the way back down? 🥢 No! The Feldmar Hot List, of course! This week, we’ve rounded up some seriously special pieces from Ressence, Ulysse Nardin, and more. Ready to check them out? 3… 2… 1… liftoff! 🚀
RESSENCE TYPE 5 L
The best just got better. Acclaimed by many as the most innovative watch designed in the last few decades, the Ressence Type 5 is filled with oil, giving it a low-refractive quality that’s stunning to look at ⛽ And don’t forget the brand’s famous spinning subdial arrangement that has to be seen to be believed!
ULYSSE NARDIN FREAK ONE NAVY
Announced this week, UN’s newest member of the Freak One family is kin to last year’s green Ops variant! 🫡 Now in navy, the Carbonium® bezel pairs with a black DLC titanium case and the Freak’s incredible construction that’s absent dial, hands, and crown!
ORIS DIVERS DATE
🚨New watch alert! 🚨 Launched earlier this morning, the new 39mm Divers Date from Oris might look similar to the existing Divers Sixty-Five watches but don’t get ’em confused! Now featuring 200m of water resistance, ceramic bezels, new dial colors, and tweaked geometry to the case, bracelet, and hands, this is a whole new watch!
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER MOONWATCH PROFESSIONAL
What’s so special about Moonshine™? Well, it’ll make you go blind! Wait, that’s something else… Anyway, Omega’s proprietary alloy gives the Moonwatch Professional a whole new vibe! Lighter than typical yellow gold, it’s got a warmth and brightness evocative of the moon’s reflected light. Formulated to be more durable, it’s also less prone to scratching – perfect for your next spacewalk! 🌚
SEIKO PROSPEX LX SNR055 SPRING DRIVE GMT
It’s been a while since we’ve seen one of these! The Prospex LX represents the top of the line when it comes to Seiko’s collection. Featuring elegant looks and powerful functionality, the SNR055’s Spring Drive movement is the pinnacle of caliber design as far as many collectors are concerned 🌱
ARNOLD & SON TIME PYRAMID
Another day, another Arnold & Son mind-bender. Twin barrels provide 90 hours of power reserve, each with its own power reserve indicator while an elaborate gear train system is on full display, rising up from the crown at the 6 o’clock position. Oh, and did we mention the aventurine? Or the red gold? 🤴 Or the… well, you get the idea.
RAYMOND WEIL MILLESIME CHRONOGRAPH
The Millesime has been a winning formula for Raymond Weil for a while now. More power to ’em! The newest breed of the award-winning sector dial watch is… a chronograph! Recently announced, the green subdial variant is a limited edition celebrating Largo Winch, which is apparently a somewhat popular comic book character in France and Belgium 🤷 Good for him.
BVLGARI ALUMINIUM
Got a 10-year anniversary coming up? We’ve got the perfect watch for you. As everyone knows, the traditional gift to celebrate a decade of marriage is tin or aluminum. So as we search for a watch made out of tin, why not try the BVLGARI Aluminum on for size? This one gets “tin”/🔟 from us!
BREMONT TERRA NOVA 40.5 TURNING BEZEL
Here’s a watch for the adventurer! True to its name, the 40.5mm Terra Nova features a (you guessed it!) turning bezel! 🧭 Marked with compass indications to make navigation easy and a seamlessly integrated power reserve indicator, it’s got a lot going on!
KING SEIKO SPB461 36MM
If you come for the king, you best not miss! King Seiko watches have been turning heads ever since Seiko reintroduced the flagship sub-brand in 2022 👑 Since then, new models with novel case sizes, shapes, and dial shades have proliferated. The new SPB461’s purple dial reflects light just right!
TISSOT PRX 40MM BLACK CARBON
It takes a lot of tech to get a rocket into space. It also takes some special know-how to make a watch with both a carbon case and dial! 🖤 The PRX does this, that, and the other, featuring the famous Powermatic 80 movement, which offers an impressive 80 hours of power reserve when fully wound.
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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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