This Week in Watches: March 17, 2015

It’s Magic
The Hublot Big Bang Unico Full Magic Gold lays claim to being the world’s most scratch-resistant gold watch, solving the conundrum of this typically noble-yet-soft material. hublot.com

Putting the “Army” in “Swiss Army”
Victorinox Swiss Army is using recycled military leather to wrap their limited-edition Remade in Switzerland INOX watch. victorinox.com

Design Your Own Watch
Motorola is letting buyers design their own custom look for the Moto 360 so you can get as crazy (or ugly) as you want. motorola.com

Rough and Refined
Suunto’s new Essential Collection is a series of multifunction sports watches wrapped in steel, leather and sapphire, for the adventurer who likes to clean up sometimes. suunto.com

The Connected Pilot
Breitling jumps into the connected watch game with the B55 Connected, a multifunction pilot’s watch that communicates with a smartphone for aviation data like flight times and an electronic tachometer. breitling.com

The Gong Show
While everyone else seems to be jumping on the smartwatch bandwagon, Jaeger-LeCoultre sticks with the tried and true. The new Master Grande Tradition Minute Repeater makes use of a crystal gong with a section made from a special alloy and machined all of a piece, creating an extremely rich sound. jaeger-lecoultre.com

Night of OMEGA Firsts
Australian watch authority Time and Tide hosted an evening with OMEGA’s museum director, who brought a trove of vintage treasures from Switzerland. They filmed the evening and you can drool with the rest of them. timeandtidewatches.com

The Driver
In another installment of Timekeeping Selects, we partner with analog/shift to bring you a gorgeous vintage Heuer chronograph and some auto racing ephemera, just in time for top-down season. Buy It Now

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