Watch Party: Best TAG in Years, 60’s Sensation and Omega Goes All White

The case of the 44mm Big Bang Tourbillon GOAT Edition is a special, Hublot-developed composite made from Lacoste Polo and Head tennis rackets (yes, really), reinforced by a middle case of Titaplast (the world’s strongest polymer). Then there’s a three-dimensional base plate that looks like racket strings, as well as a tennis ball-shaped cylinder. We’re not done yet! The white leather strap is meant to mimic a racket grip and finally the watch comes in three colors – blue, orange and green – to evoke grass, clay and hard surfaces. Ace. $121,000 at Hublot.

Tiffany & Co Tiffany Timer

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The original Tiffany Timer, actually called the ‘Timing Watch’, was a chronograph pocket watch that came out 160 years ago, in 1866. This piece now informs the design of Tiffany’s new offering, which is limited to just 60 pieces. The Timer now comes in a 40mm platinum case, but the winning aesthetic is provided by the Tiffany Blue lacquer on the dial, consisting of 15 layers, which incidentally takes more than two days to complete. The indexes are baguette diamonds (naturally), while three sub-dials and a date window at 6 o’clock complete the understated but undeniably stylish look. Inside is Zenith’s El Primero 400 chronograph movement, visible through a sapphire caseback, which is good for a 50-hour power reserve. $55,000 at Tiffany & Co.

Zenith Defy Revival A3643

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Now onto a genuine Zenith that is full of retro charm. The original Defy A3643 came out in 1969 (the same year Zenith released its El Primero caliber, no less), but now it’s back in 37-mm, 14-sided ‘Revival’ form. Unlike the original model, which had a solid caseback, the Revival is fitted with a sapphire display back, revealing the Elite 670 automatic movement with a 50-hour power reserve. But to make sure the rest of the watch matches the late 1960s version as closely as possible, Zenith performed a high-precision scan of the vintage to design the dial. The bold orange rectangle on the seconds hand is a win, while water resistance to 300 meters makes this watch more than capable of taking on the ocean. $7,800 at Zenith.

Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime

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It was more than 10 years ago that Escale first showed off a world time feature — where a watch shows the time in multiple time zones on a dial using reference cities — but recently the watch has been simpler, with time-only iterations. At LVMH Watch Week, however, the brand apparently decided it was high time the Escale got complicated again. (« Escale, » quite appropriately for this piece, means « stop. »)