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Skeleton designs present watchmakers with a practical conundrum. How does a designer balance the desire to showcase the intricacies of a movement with the very real concerns of legibility? Rather than navigating the narrow path that balances skeleton aesthetics and utility, independent Swiss boutique brand Zeitwinkel has instead opted for a cleaner and materially simpler solution – a transparent blue sapphire dial. Transparent dials are nothing new in watchmaking replica uhren , with examples across the industry going back decades, but many modern examples are confined to the more affordable end of the market. The new Zeitwinkel 273° Saphir Bleu sets itself apart with a truly luxe take on the transparent dial concept, offering wearers the best of both a visible movement and a solid dial design. Compared to the intricacy of the dial and the movement, the 42.5mm stainless steel case of the Zeitwinkel 273° Saphir Bleu keeps things visually simple. The rounded smooth bezel, angular lugs, a...

 Inspired by 1970’s integrated-band watches and completed with a gradient sandwich dial, the Roebuck SCUBA is a refreshing and novel take on a neo-vintage diver. Why bring back this retro style? Why not? The SCUBA’s integrated band offers a seamless, coherent design that makes for a clean aesthetic and incredible comfort. There are plenty of reissues of watches from the 1970s available today, but rather than recreate a particular model or specific design, replika órák the SCUBA channels the style and design ethos of the golden era of watchmaking to create a thoroughly rugged, yet polished diver with a flavor all its own. In creating a modern diver, Roebuck wanted the dial to stand out from the crowd of 70s-inspired divers. Asked why he created the SCUBA, the brand’s founder, Guy Roebuck, said, “It was pretty simple. At the time of designing the SCUBA (2019), I wasn’t comfortable with using any of my watches for more demanding outdoor activities, so I decided to create my own adven...

 At a glance, the new limited-edition Raketa “Russian Code” watch seems like an expected product from the legacy St. Petersburg-based Russian watchmaker. It has a vintage Soviet-era theme with a nod to the brand’s military and scientific equipment history. The Raketa Russian Code was debuted on aBlogtoWatch here. The glossy black case has a dial featuring a globe of our planet, as well as a series of constellations scattered between the applied hour markers. It’s a pretty nice looking, if not baroque, dressier watch. And then you notice that the hour markers and hands go in the “wrong” direction. While not the first watch to do this, it is not common for timepieces to have dials that run counterclockwise. Clocks so consistently have hands that turn in one direction versus the other, the term we use to describe this motion is “clockwise (or rather, “as the clock does”). Counterclockwise by contrast is by nature the opposite of what a clock does replicas de relojes . To produce a tim...

 This year, Junghans is celebrating 160 years of watchmaking in Germany’s Black Forest region. What better way to commemorate this milestone than by releasing a thoroughly modern watch that pays homage to the brand’s esteemed history. The Junghans Meister fein Automatic epitomizes the brand’s keen eye for form and design in an elegant and versatile package. A three-hand automatic watch that appears, at first blush, replicas relojes to be a classically styled dress watch hides a surprise in the form of a convex mid-case that creates a striking silhouette with a sculptural beauty. The result is a timeless watch that evokes the past while being every bit a contemporary timepiece that will continue to impress for decades to come. For those unfamiliar with Junghans, the German brand has been prolific over the decades, both in terms of quantity (it was exporting over three million watches and clocks at the start of the 20th century), innovation, and design. Throughout the 1900s, the bra...