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Vacheron Constantin have a new version of the Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar in pink gold which is a lovely addition to the line https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-overseas-ultra-thin-perpetual-calendar-pink-gold-introducing

The biggest news from them is the new Fifty Six line, a new entry level (by VC standards), it includes a date, a day-date, and a complete calendar

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fiftysix-self-winding-introducing
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fiftysix-day-date-introducing
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fifty-six-complete-calendar-introducing

Vacheron Constantin are out in force this year

Starting with the most unusual, the Métiers d’ArtLes Aérostiers, a collection of 5 watches celebrating hot air balloons of all things, extremely nice bas-relief engraving and enamelling on these ones https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-metiers-dartles-aerostiers-introducing

They have now also released their first automatic tourbillon in the Traditionelle Toubillon, very nicely executed https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-traditionelle-tourbillon-introducing

Not to be outdone in the sci-fi as hell category, MB&F have the Moon Machine 2, projects the time and moonphase display to the side of the case, MB&F know how to make funky watches https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/mbandf-moonmachine-2-stepan-sarpaneva-introducing

Flagship for the Montblanc 1858 collection is a rather neat looking pocket watch, stone blue dial, 24 hour time display with a monopusher chronograph

It also has a pulsation bezel and a compass integrated into the hunter caseback https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-pocket-watch-limited-edition-100-introducing

Ulysse Nardin have a new version of the Freak, the Vision. Sci-fi as hell in looks, the minute hand acts as a tourbillon https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ulysse-nardin-freak-vision-introducing

First day of SIHH proper, lots of new releases

First up, Montblanc's stuff

New 1858 collection, vintage inspired:

Base model automatic https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-automatic-introducing

Automatic chrono https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-automatic-chronograph-introducing

Limited edition monopusher chrono https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-monopusher-chronograph-limited-edition-100-introducing

Now for the more interesting stuff

1858 Geosphere, dual timezones and world time displays for both north and south hemispheres, also has a rather neat compass bezel https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-geosphere-introducing

Also Audemars Piguet released a bunch of stuff yesterday but I get bored to hell by yet another fucking Royal Oak

Greubel Forsey have a new version of their GMT

It looks exactly as you'd expect from them, like some mad scientist decided to make a watch. It's got a tiny Earth in there! https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/greubel-forsey-gmt-earth-introducing

And finally for today, IWC have released a collection celebrating their 150th anniversary https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/iwc-jubilee-150th-anniversary-collection-introducing

Metric shit-tonne of watches in the collection, most interesting are the Tribute to Pallweber which has digital hours and minutes

New watch releases!

H. Moser & Cie.:

The Swiss Alp Watch (their piss-take of the Apple Watch) with a lovely green fumé dial https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-mosser-swiss-alp-watch-concept-cosmic-green-introducing

39mm Venturer with a blue fumé dial https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-moser-venturer-concept-blue-lagoon-introducing

Modular tourbillon with grey fumé dial https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-moser-endeavour-tourbillon-concept-stainless-steel-introducing

Endeavour Flying Hours, a new watch with a wandering hours complication executed in a fresh way https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-moser-endeavour-flying-hours-introducing

Piaget have done it again, new record for the world's thinnest mechanical watch

2mm thick

Yep, 2mm

I have watch straps thicker than that entire watch

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-introducing

...I've just automatically said thanks to a bot when it did something for me

I think I might need to calibrate my "is sentient and therefore saying "thanks" actually means anything to it" levels

Although maybe in the inevitable AI takeover they'll remember I was nice to their grandparents

I'm in a voice chat with a robot squirrel bunny on the internet

This is a strange future we've found ourselves in

Good, but strange

The ampersand (&) was originally a ligature of et (as in "and" in latin) but is now commonly considered a logogram

But it's still used as a ligature in "&c" pronounced "et cetera"

I can't help but þink þat þis will get to a level þat's just taking þe piß

Are we mucking around with English orþography again?

I þink we are

I really need to pick up a set of proper sharpening stones

My knives are dull as heck at the moment and while the Lansky Blade Medic I have works to a degree the results aren't as good as I like