WatchTime - August 2012

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Pros + Sturdy case + Good legibility, day and night + Small rate deviation Cons – The clasp is hard to open. – It’s easy to confuse the date and time-zone displays when resetting one or the other. Photo: OK-PHOTOGRAPHY Background photo: FOTOLIA.COM/FOTOGRAFICHE.EU
Tough Time This two-time-zone watch from Mühle- Glashütte is rugged enough for any off-road journey. How did it stand up to WT’s rough-and-tumble test? T he Mühle-Glashütte Marinus GMT is a rugged travel companion that will tell you the local time as well as the time back home. Marinus means “belonging to the sea,” and Mühle-Glashütte is known for its ships’ clocks, yacht chronometers and marine time systems as well as its nautical wristwatches. But for the GMT version of the Marinus, Mühle has replaced the dive-time ring found on its basic Marinus model with a 24-hour bezel. In order to clearly separate the second-time-zone display and the hometime display, Mühle added a red scale around the dial and a slender black GMT hand with a red tip. You can move the 24-hour hand forward in onehour increments by turning the crown, setting it to the time in a second time zone. Or you can show the time in the second zone simply by turning the bidirectional rotating bezel to the desired BY ALEXANDER KRUPP position relative to the red-tipped hand. Although the Marinus GMT isn’t primarily a divers’ watch, it is water resistant to 300 meters, making it ideal for use in and around the water. Its 44mm, solid stainless-steel case with screw back and 2.5-mm-thick domed sapphire crystal protects it from shocks, temperature changes and water. Crown protectors guard the threaded winding crown against sideways blows. The only criticism of the case we have is that the rotating bezel does not click into place as neatly as we would wish. Adventurers will like both the rubber strap and the optional stainlesssteel bracelet. Both end in a folding clasp with hefty sides from which you can fold out a 2-cm-long extension piece. If you’re exploring a canyon and decide to put on your wetsuit, you can quickly adjust your watch strap or bracelet to fit around your wetsuit sleeve. SCORES MÜHLE-GLASHÜTTE MARINUS GMT Strap and clasp (max. 10 points): 7 Operation (5): 4 Case (10): 8 Design (15): 12 Legibility (5): 4 Wearing comfort (10): 8 Movement (20): 12 Rate results (10): 9 Overall value (15): 12 TOTAL: 76 POINTS August 2012 WatchTime 99
Page 1:
PATEK’S NEW RATTRAPANTE PERPETUAL
Page 6:
WW1 HEURE SAUTANTE PINK GOLD · Wit
Page 9 and 10:
Breguet, the innovator. Type XXII 1
Page 11 and 12:
IWC. Engineered for men. “First o
Page 14 and 15:
ON WATCHTIME.COM Visit our website
Page 16 and 17:
THE MAGAZINE OF FINE WATCHES Editor
Page 18 and 19:
THE WORLD OF United States India Ge
Page 20:
WATCHtalk Hoop Dreams How a child
Page 23 and 24:
s e o e SIGNATURE GRAND CLASSIC AUT
Page 25 and 26:
©2012 CAS O AMER CA, NC. SOLAR POW
Page 28 and 29:
WATCHtalk spring, the winding stem,
Page 30 and 31:
WATCHtalk Richemont Romps The Swiss
Page 32 and 33:
WATCHtalk Namgel Sherpa, left, and
Page 34:
WATCHtalk and Thundu Sherpa were th
Page 37 and 38:
Deep Blue ® DepthMaster 3000 f 300
Page 39 and 40:
H24 COLLECTION JACOB & CO. jacoband
Page 41 and 42:
INTRODUCING WatchTime ALL ACCESS PR
Page 44:
TEST Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days 47
Page 47 and 48: train and the other above the two b
Page 49 and 50: Get ready for the New WatchTime.com
Page 52 and 53: CLOSE-UP Patek Philippe Reference 5
Page 60 and 61: Photo: ZUCKERFABRIK FOTODESIGN
Page 62 and 63: CLOSE-UP TAG Heuer Carrera Mikrogra
Page 64 and 65: The large rose-gold case is water r
Page 66: n January 2004, TAG Heuer was despe
Page 69 and 70: SÉMON SOLVED THE V4’S FRICTION P
Page 71 and 72: 1 ms Just a Millisecond The TAG Heu
Page 73 and 74: Get the new weekly Sign up for our
Page 76 and 77: PROFILE TAG Heuer’s Jean-Christop
Page 78 and 79: Consulting Group. “For me, consul
Page 80 and 81: PROFILE TAG Heuer’s Jean-Christop
Page 82 and 83: Pros + Nicely decorated in-house mo
Page 84 and 85: TEST Zenith Pilot Big Date Special
Page 90: JOURNE'S JOURNEY BY IRIS WIMMER-OLB
Page 93 and 94: Journe’s company, based in Geneva
Page 95 and 96: Journe says the hardest thing he’
Page 97: Official Partner Seating will be li
Page 101 and 102: BUYER’S GUIDE w Over 1,000 Watche
Page 103 and 104: share. Hermès refers to the moveme
Page 105 and 106: “THE BIG STEP CAME IN 2006, WHEN
Page 107 and 108: There’s no need to purchase servi
Page 110 and 111: CLOSE-UP Harry Winston Opus XI barr
Page 112 and 113: A DAY AT THE WATCH
Page 114 and 115: ON THE SCENE Watch Servicing reasse
Page 116 and 117: An uncased movement is timed. This
Page 119 and 120: eart throbs HThe hairspring and the
Page 121 and 122: The production of hairsprings begin
Page 123 and 124: ity whenever it so desires. However
Page 125 and 126: SPEAK E A S You say you can’t fig
Page 127 and 128: pee ah ZHAY you LEESE nahr DAN Mose
Page 129 and 130: Attending a conference in Washingto
Page 131 and 132: E.D. Marshall Jewelers Scottsdale,
show all

WatchTime - August 2012

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?