Our Favorite Releases from Watches & Wonders Week
With Watches & Wonders in the books and a few weeks of space from the deluge of new releases, it?s time to look back on the show and figure out what really spoke to us. It was, by most accounts, a somewhat slow year for new releases, but that doesn?t mean there aren?t a lot of great watches to choose from for a retrospective article like this. And for this exercise, we?re not limiting ourselves to watches exhibited at Watches & Wonders proper, either. There were literally hundreds of brands with new watches to show throughout the city of Geneva during Watches & Wonders week. We didn?t see them all, but we caught as many as we could, and these are the watches that stand out as favorites.Â
Stay tuned tomorrow for favorites from our roster of contributors! Zach WeissÂ
I usually have difficulty picking favorites after events like Watches & Wonders. One sees so much, so quickly, that making judgments is difficult, and what?s left in one?s mind after is sort of an image cloud of memories. No single thing overtakes any other. But this year was different. Since the show, I?ve found myself thinking about two watches, or rather, one watch and one case/movement combo.
The watch is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Chronograph Moon in platinum. Yes, I?ve gone full fancy pants and chosen a nearly six-figure watch, but hear me out? it was gorgeous. Admittedly, the Duometre line is one that I?ve had a bit of a fascination with over the last year or so, as the originals f...
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