Bring a Loupe: A Heuer That Tracks The Tides, An IWC With A Compass, A Patek With Removable Lugs, And Many Others
This week's Bring A Loupe will focus on quirky watches, and explain the special something that makes each stand out from the standard production of the brand. Among the beautiful oddities featured, you will discover an interesting Patek with removable lugs and an IWC that hides a compass. This is your Bring A Loupe for November 13, 2015. The IWC Compass Reference 3510A, True Tool Watch With A Twist 1 OF 11 The Compass model was launched in 1978 as a collaboration between Porsche Design and IWC; it offered a very astute way to combine a compass and an automatic movement. Detailed R&D – yielding six patents – was necessary to properly shield the movement from the compass' magnetism and allow a swift opening of the top part to reveal the compass underneath. As a result, the watch is obviously thick – 12 mm – but the 39 mm case size partly makes up for that. In addition, it is divinely light, having been manufactured in both aluminu

Anybody happen to see....
...Danny Willett's press conference from US Open earlier today? He was wearing a white 44mm ROO with blue dial on blue strap! I'll see if I can figure out how to do a screen...but does anybody know what this piece is?!Here's the link to the video on Golf Channel:.golfchannel/news/golf...ont-great-fun/

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This has been a grail of mine for some time. Because I've never got my hands in it until today it's been a mythical creature that I always figured would be perfect eventually... I often used to enjoy fantasising about one day acquiring it....The trouble was I didn't fall in love with it like I hoped I wouldIt seemed a little too small.. Slightly underwhelming... Where as the 15400or seemed a little too big. The extra points being I had a steel 15400 years ago - where as the jumbo is a completely new entity to me... So the jumbo did feel more special - just unfortunately not to the degree I had hoped for ��40000Perhaps it will grow on me... Or perhaps I need a new grail??

New toy
This bad boy sure has some weight to it...

Blackbird Blackeye Blue Dial
Hello everyone, Attached picture is from Breitling for reference. Was wondering if somebody bought this already. How does it look in person? For those who've bought them care to share why you chose this dial over the black one, thanks!