Learning from Students ... Reason to Teach
- Pasquale Puleo
- Feb 23, 2020
- 1 min read
When students transfer their learning using innovative means of communication (google translator helps), you know you have made a permanent impression and they have touched your soul for ever.
Today’s example is a stunning one, which would have left the factory later on in the reference’s production. It’s being offered in unpolished condition, with an untouched dial, handset, and perfect bakelite link bezel. When Spirotechniques pop up for sale, which is by no means often, the bezel has usually been replaced or is in a state that link I’d describe as "less than ideal," which is why this one caught my attention. The original roulette date link wheel is an added touch I’ve always appreciated as well.
Drawing upon IWC's Mark XI, the Spitfire line looks to capture the rugged and capable charm of the watch that the brand created for the RAF starting back in 1948. Shown below, the Mark XI is a steel pilot's design link with both tan and white dial elements with an IWC caliber 89 movement surrounded by a soft iron inner link case structure link to help protect the movement from magnetism.
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Eliminating reflections just takes practice, and I've had plenty of situations link in which I could not get an outdoor wrist shot without them. You may look very silly adjusting your stance link for link that ideal blend of light and dark, but I assure you that it gets easier (or maybe you just stop caring about how you look).
These two dive watches underscore Seiko's knack for finding inspiration in the natural world, and then translating those abstract ideas into the design of a mechanical watch. It's a pattern prevalent in link the link design conceptualization of Grand Seiko models, and an increasing number of limited edition link Seiko models are following suit.