As watch lovers, we spend our afternoons poring over watches both new and vintage. When a new timepiece comes across our radar, one that particularly resonates with our tastes, we can’t help but obsess over it. So, here’s a taste of that process — four timepieces that our watch-loving staff are obsessing over right at this very moment.
Panerai Luminor Ref. 5218-201/A
PhillipsDaylight is no Rocky, First Blood or (gasp) The Expendables, but it did give us Sylvester Stallone rocking a Panerai watch. Watch lovers chalk up the current interest in Panerai among Americans to Stallone’s rocking of the Panerai Luminor Ref. 5218-201/A all throughout Daylight, both on and off the set. Now you can own the watch that’s been in Sly’s possession for all these decades, because it’s about to be put up for auction at Phillips. The watch is a thick boy clocking in at 44mm, but it looks dainty on Stallone’s wrist. If I were to get this, my left arm would probably blow up from having to lift my wrist to tell the time. Then again, I won’t have to worry about that, as the watch is expected to bring in upwards of $80,000. -Tyler Chin, Associate Staff Writer
Bovet Waterproof Mono-Rattrapante Chronograph
Shuck the OysterThis is some insider-y, Tier One watch-guy shit that I just love: this may look like a typical step-case chronograph from the 1940s (whose dial and case design is well ahead of its time), but housed in this baby is the Valjoux cal. 84 movement. This special split-seconds movement features a single seconds hand (rather than two), but allows the user to time two events via a special “catch up” mechanism. (Read this incredibly in-depth story on Hodinkee for more info.) Suffice it to say that these watches don’t surface very often in this condition — hence the price of close to $27K. -Oren Hartov, Associate Editor
