Ralph Lauren Adds Blue-Stripe Limited Edition to Ceramic Sporting Collection
Ralph Lauren has added a new color option for the racing stripe on the bracelet of its collection of black matte ceramic chronograph watches. The ceramic-case chronographs are part of Ralph Lauren's Sporting Collection.Earlier this year, the firm unveiled watches with black ceramic bracelets featuring rubber center links in bold colors running the length of the bracelet. One model had a yellow stripe, the other a red stripe (pictured below).Now comes a third color �C blue �C in a limited production of just 25 watches. The new blue racing stripe model, like the yellow and red stripe versions, is powered by an automatic column-wheel chronograph movement, RL750, made for Ralph Lauren by Jaeger-LeCoultre. The movement has 261 components, a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, and a 48-hour power reserve. The watch has six hands: a central hour and minute hand, both sword-shaped, and a baton-shaped central chronograph hand measuring elapsed seconds. The seconds are shown in a subdial at 6

Historical Perspectives: The Surprisingly Not Totally Boring Search For Who Invented The Spring Bar
(The original impetus for this story was a question asked by commenter MrGrentch, in the comments section of our story on the Speidel Twist-O-Flex bracelet.  Little did I know where it would go.)It’s probably a good thing that nobody has ever asked me who invented the spring bar, because up until about a week ago, if they had, I’d have had to admit that I had absolutely no idea, and had never given it a moment’s thought. In fact, aside from occasionally cursing at one when it flew across the room during an ill-advised late-night impulsive strap change, I had hardly given spring bars any thought on any level at all for pretty much the entire time I’ve been interested in watches (which is longer than I feel like admitting). 1 OF 14 They seem far too flimsy to have any of us trust a $200 Seiko diver to them, let alone, say, a $50,000 vintage Rolex (or whatever) and yet, they seem to be almost boringly reliable – mos

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Sub 16610 or 116610
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