A Revelation in NYC Today - the Black UN Acqua Perpetual
March 6 2004 at 5:20 PM
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I had not taken a close look at this "quirky" watch until today. Quirky in the sense of it being a diver perpetual, which is from a purely functional perspective quasi-oxymoronic.
The dial is crisp, clean, and superbly legible. The hands are contemporarily skeletonized. Unlike many sets of hands, which look a bit sobering when pointing down, these hands were funky, in a good way, in almost any position. The date windows were beautifully executed, most notably the large date and the nifty day window subtlely integrated into the subseconds dial at 9, whose skeleton "mini-hand" is absolutely cute, if I may say so in an obviously un-macho way for a clearly macho watch. I'm a fan of windows for date functions, not wheels, so this layout executes brilliantly for me. The AR material makes the crystal completely disappear.
The movement is superbly creative. All functions controlled by the crown, and the ability to go backwards, are wonderful elements.
This watch is #1 on my short list of desired perpetuals, in fact, the only one at this point on my list. It will be years before I successfully save for it and pull the trigger, because the white gold gray dialed Lange 1 must come first:) It will be worth the wait.