![]() ![]() ![]() In 2022 one of the best everyday watches I saw that captured me from the first moment was the Oris ProPilot X Calibre 400, especially the version with the salmon dial. Editions have been widely over-subscribed and are usually allocated by a lottery draw Movement: modified and inverted unidirectional automatic Miyota 821A (Citizen), 60-hour power reserve, 3 Hz/21,600 vph frequency, titanium and tungsten winding rotorįunctions: lateral hours and minutes on case band using two revolving aluminum rings with engraved numerals filled with Super-LumiNova In a 10-watch collection from only 2022, I think it deserves this first spot.įor more information, please visit Further reading: M.A.D.1 Friends Edition From (Not By) MB&F: Why I Bought It, Why You Can’t (Not Yet Anyway), And Why It’s A Marketing Masterclass – Plus Video of Max Büsser Explaining The Watch And Concept It is also the only watch on the list that I own (thank my lucky stars), so it holds a special place for me. On top of that, it is just plain awesomely unique, something we come to expect from Büsser and something that is not extremely easy to find under 3500 CHF. It represents an accessible entry point (be it the back door) into the hyper-exclusive world of MB&F design at a price most watch collectors can justify. In 2022 I don’t think any watch met those criteria more than the M.A.D. 1Įvery collection has its most affordable piece, one that doesn’t break the bank and gets a lot of bang for the buck. The (Relatively) Affordable Watch: M.A.D. But after some whittling down I have landed on 10 watches that I think would make the ultimate watch collection, all from 2022. It also resulted in some hard decisions for various slots like Grand Complication since so many grail-level watches would fall under that banner in my eyes. The flash and flourish that people add to collections after they have everything else is left off, and I didn’t cover ladies’ pieces (and it was an awesome year for those too) and women can certainly wear some of the watches below. I tried to cover all the bases, a bit like the GPHG categories, but this also leaves out a lot of pieces that may not be necessary to make the perfect collection. So instead of picking my top six or eight favorite watches from the year I want to curate a list of what watches I believe would make an ultimate collection if you could only choose watches from the year 2022. There were so many amazing watches that my “shortlist” for a Best of 2022 was over twenty pieces long and growing when I realized I might need to take a different path. While we are now looking forward to the 2024 releases, here I’m looking back at 2022, which was a pretty tremendous year for watchmaking. ![]()
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