The anniversary of a watch’s debut is usually marked with a formidable new launch, ably demonstrating the model’s technical development for the reason that authentic’s launch. Currently although, a slew of manufacturers have come full circle and returned to contemplate the founding watch itself. We’ve taken our decide of the 12 months’s greatest watch reinterpretations.
Casio commemorated its fiftieth anniversary with the re-release of a group that has certainly earned its standing as a cult traditional. Initially showing in 1974, the continuing re-release of digital watches brings again fashions from the Nineteen Seventies, Eighties and Nineties.
G-Shock, too, is making the traditional modern once more, marking its fortieth anniversary with the Remaster sequence, that includes sharp new design particulars together with clear circumstances and helpful tech. Elsewhere, Audemars Piguet translated an authentic Nineteen Sixties design right into a brutalist-inspired asymmetrical creation, [Re]master02; Hermès has rethought the Arceau watch 50 years after its launch; Piaget revisited the Polo Date to mark 150 years; and Patek Philippe has imbued the Golden Ellipse, initially launched in 1968, with a Nineteen Seventies-style gold mesh strap.
From the G-Shock fortieth anniversary Remaster sequence, accessible at g-shock.co.uk/vault
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Audemars Piguet [RE]Master02
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Hermès Arceau Refrain Stellarum, which was restricted to 6 items
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Piaget Polo Date watch; extra and the place to purchase at piaget.com
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Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse; extra and the place to purchase at patekphilippe.com
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