Unimatic Modello Quattro Carbon Limited Edition for HODINKEE Pre-owned a matching ‘Lance’ handset

a matching ‘Lance’ handset

there were scores of elegant dress watches whose simple exteriors belie the intricate workings within

but none of them stirred the collector community the way the Tribute to 1931--released to commemorate the Reverso's anniversary--has

This particular Y-Serial example dates to circa 2002 and features an excellent untouched 'holey' lug case showing factory finishing

Lange & Söhne L931 hand-wound movement with 42 hours of power reserve

Unimatic Modello Quattro Carbon Limited Edition for HODINKEE Pre-owned a matching ‘Lance’ handsetThere is a time and place for a modern wristwatch in the field. If you're out digging up Unicorn bones in the Scottish highlands, battling space aliens with adaptive camouflage in some equatorial rainforest, defending your urban keep against a raging zombie horde whatever chances are a modern timepiece would be a better tool for the job. It has something to do with their inherently superior water resistance, durability, accuracy, as well as their ease