By Rob NuddsWhat makes a watch iconic? Is it design? Is it technical prowess? Is it down to the people who wear it? Perhaps a little bit of each. But crucially, more than anything else, a watch’s place in history is all about timing.
There have been myriad masterpieces of design that have fallen by the wayside, never to be spoken of in the glowing terms reserved for the Industry stalwarts we all seek. And it’s a real shame. But there are only so many spaces at the very top of our game, and those are reserved for watches that change the world, or, at the least, are prominently present when the world changes around them.
In July of 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped from the Lunar Module of Apollo XI and onto the dusty surface of the moon. Debate has raged ever since as to whether he botched the grammar of his famous soundbite, or whether a slightly dodgy connection (forgivable) was to blame for the apparent error in his words is by the by. They got the only thing that mattered exactly right: ..
