WatchTime New York, America’s luxury watch extravaganza, is only two days away! This year?s event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces at midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 25-26. And if you’re into gold watches, you’ll want to check out these five precious-metal beauties from top brands that will be on display.
The new, rose-gold cased model of Blancpain’s luxury dive watch, the Fifty Fathoms, sports an all-new blue ceramic dial. The 45-mm, 18k gold case, which renders the watch water-resistant to 300 meters, represents the first use of precious metal for the Fifty Fathoms collection, which dates all the way back to 1953. The ceramic dial has a shimmering, cobalt hue for the sunburst-finish center of the dial and a more matte blue appearance for the surrounding chapter ring. The use of such ceramic for the dial is also a first for a Fifty Fathoms watch, which has previously used the material only for its bezel. The watch is powered by Blancpain’s in-house, self-winding Caliber 1315, which boasts a 120-hour power reserve. More details can be found here. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms in rose gold
F.P. Journe introduced the original Octa Automatique Lune in 2007, and in 2019 the independent watchmaker refreshed its emblematic moon-phase watch with an updated dial and crown, and new case sizes. Now available in 40-mm and 42-mm sizes , in either platinum or t...