BEST MEN'S WATCHES 2021
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW MEN'S WATCH, THE SHEER VOLUME OF BRANDS OUT THERE CAN NBE OVERWHELMING
SO WHICH ONES ACTUALLY MATTER? BEYOND THE MAGAZINE'S 2021 WATCHES EDITORIAL HAS IDENTIFIED SOME OF THEM!
Jaeger-lecoultre has created a limited edition – the JLC Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife to coincide with upcoming prequel The King’s Man. The new Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication proves the house is firing on all cylinders.
The 16-piece edition boasts a meticulously decorated dial, a flying tourbillon regulator that turns on its axis every minute and orbits the dial each “sidereal” day and a minute repeater that uses the sapphire crystal as its resonator.
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Chanel has enjoyed continued success with its J12 model since the first versions went on sale 20 years ago, having been designed by the late creative director Jacques Helleu and named after the J12 racing yachts of the Edwardian era.
Above the X-ray: the world’s first watch to feature a bracelet made entirely from sapphire crystal, which is also used for the dial, the movement base plate and the main bridges. Only 12 will be made and, although it isn’t the most butchlooking, we reckon most will go to men.
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Girard-perregaux Quasar Azure is a see-through tourbillon watch with an azure-blue sapphire crystal 46mm case
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Jacob & Co the jet setters’ favourite recently stepped into the shoes occupied by Parmigiani Fleurier for 15 years as Bugatti’s watch partner. The results have been spectacular, with four models already released, including the Chiron Tourbillon. Activate a pusher and the “crankshaft” turns, the “pistons” pump and the “turbos” spin.
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Louis Vuitton with Virgil Abloh his artistic director menswear, teamed up with Japanese Human Made designer Nigo to create a one-off LV capsule collection this summer. Part of this was a new take on LV’S original smartwatch, the Tambour Horizon Monogram. The dial above the amoled display is decorated with Nigo’s signature mallard graphic.
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