Hands-On: Love At First Sight with the Lorca Model No.1 GMT
As a self-proclaimed watch guy, I?ve developed a natural habit for watch spotting in the wild. It doesn?t matter if I?m in the midst of a routine trip to my local cafe or seated in my designated row as I observe the rest of the passengers board the plane. It?s also not limited to being out and about, as I?ve been known in my household to occasionally pause a movie if I spot something interesting on a character?s wrist. Needless to say, my watch-radar is always on.
There are a few things that actually set this ?radar? off. But for the most part, it?s design recognition. You know what you?re looking at, even when you just catch a glimpse of the watch from across the room. All the classic models and references have this going for them. A couple months back however, I must admit, I was stumped. A gentleman strolled into our Worn & Wound office and was looking to chat with someone from our editorial team. He walked into our headquarters, so surely he should have a watch on, right" So mid-conversation, I glanced over when the opportunity presented itself, and just visible outside of a denim shirt cuff, layered with a stone gray tweed overcoat, was a watch that I thought I recognized.But the more I looked, the more I got confused ? and intrigued. ?Definitely vintage,? I thought. But was it an IWC" A Universal Geneve" It was none of the above ? it was actually something totally new.
Turns out the gentleman visiting that day was Jesse Marchant, a New York base...
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