Top 10 Luxury Timepieces for Men in 2011
The end of the year is coming quickly and it’s time for Pinstripe Magazine‘s list of the Top 10 Luxury Timepieces for Men in 2011. Like most guys, we are hooked on watches and can’t get enough of em. Not only are they great for getting to a date on time but are an essential accessory for any successful male and his wardrobe of luxury menswear and accessories. Not everyone likes to wear jewelry like necklaces and bracelets but a classy watch will add a little bling to any guy’s look. From diving to racing, aviation or innovation and luxury to accuracy, these fine watches are sure to give you that special feeling when wearing a beautiful timepiece of quality regardless if you are a world class diver or not. Over the course of the last year we have come across some timepieces that caught our eye and some, our wallets. In no particular order, here is a list of luxury watches we just couldn’t pass up telling you about.
1. Tag Heuer Link Calibre 6 (Black dial)
With a sleek and refined look, the Link watch line takes it’s original styling queues from the Tag Heuer bracelet. This upscale yet sporty design and swiss-made watch is sure to add a touch of class to anyone wearing it.
Retails for about $2,700.00
2. Omega’s New Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph Watch
Omega‘s claim to fame is that it was the first watch worn to the moon. This swiss-made chronograph style watch is functional, sporty and beautiful. It features a two sub-dials, a tachymeter and a calendar.
Retails for about $8,250.00
3. Breitling, Superocean II Abyss
Breitling is a name that is not foreign to watches, originally founded in Saint-Imier, Bernese Jura by Léon Breitling in 1884. In 2000, Breitling began offering chronograph style watches, Diving, Aviation and Luxury almost exclusively. Whether your a diver or not, you can add a touch of style and character with this sporty luxury watch called the Superocean II Abyss.
Retails for about $3,000.00
4. MAURICE LACROIX – Roue Carrée Seconde
The Swiss-made Roue Carrée Seconde, is part of the Masterpiece line of watches from Maurice Lacroix. Elegant and contemporary in style, it’s a museum piece to add anyone’s outfit. Making a play on form and function, Maurice Lacroix focuses on engineering and movement. The most notable feature of this M.C. Escher-esq watch, is probably the design aesthetics and visual movement of the watches mechanics.
Retails for about $9,900.00
5. JeanRichard Bressel 1665 Small Hour and Minute
The JeanRichard Bressel watch is an elegant and sophisticated timepiece. Taking it’s traditional styling queues from the birth place of the watchmaker, Bressel. The sexy curves and minimalist elegance will add that classy touch and makes a statement for the man you want to project.
Retails for $8,300 for steel and strap
6. Gc Swiss-made Smart Luxury Line G92003G3
A timepiece that takes sophistication one step further with its unique design and technical features. The Gc 1 Open Dial is a Limited Edition Automatic timepiece with a 42 hour power reserve and open heart movement at 6 o’clock. This timepiece features a 316L stainless steel case and bezel and a copper tone sunray dial with a gray croco embossed leather strap.
Retails for about $2,700.00
7. Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Chronograph Steel
The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, introduced in 1963, was designed to meet the demands of professional race car drivers, you may not be one but that doesn’t mean you can’t look good wearing one. With its patented chronograph mechanism and bzel with tachymetric scale, it allows drivers to perfectly measure elapsed circuit time and calculate average speed.
Retails for $12,995.00
8. Citizen Limited Edition Satellite Wave Watch
The Satellite Wave Watch by Citizen is part of their Eco-Drive line of watches so they are solar powered and able to charge from any light source. It is water proof up to 50 meters, tells time in 26 cities . Atomic clocks are great so long as your wired in or near a signal, but the Satellite wave watch uses the GPS satellites over the globe to synch itself without using excessive power. This is not a GPS device so the battery will not drain from GPS tracking which is usually a battery killer. There will only be 990 watches made world-wide.
Retails for about $3,800.00
9. Cartier, Calibre de Cartier
Striking a subtle balance between power and finesse, the CALIBRE DE CARTIER watch is exceptionally comfortable to wear. It feels like a second skin and owes its ergonomics to the four horns that curve inwards to embrace the shape of the wrist. Its refined silhouette is punctuated by a polished, satin-brushed double shoulder, which protects the sides of the crown from any impacts that could affect its operation. A truly beautiful watch you must see and feel on your wrist to fully appreciate. It’s much like test driving a Porsche Carrera, once you try it, it will be hard to leave behind and not take home,
Retails for $6,500.00
10. Audemars Piguet, Millenary 4101 Watch
This model features the sleek form of the oval case inherent to the Millenary collection, as well as the signature off-centred dial and imposing Roman numerals. The elaborate design of the watch is distinguished as much by this unusual three-dimensional appearance as by its atypical architecture. Stainless steel case, black and anthracite dial with pink gold applied Roman numerals and hands. Hand-sewn black crocodile leather strap with large square scales, secured by an AP folding clasp in stainless steel.
Retails for $21,900 for steel
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