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But these are more affordable. And, of course, the bead-blasted titanium lacks the beauty of the polished-pebble brushing. Ebel owned their own case production in those days, and now it is contracted out. But unlike many other brands, they have a...

From the Dufour era, post Nataf. -Rick

…Ebel supplied the Chronograph with the 1911 link bracelet and fluted crowns. The wave bracelet appeared on Miami Vice for only one season. Mine has a Zenith 40.0, the transitional movement after they restarted production but before they completely...

…but this C-case re-edition of their 1970 El Primero Datron mines their own library and should have been a home run, but wasn’t. ETA 2894, of course. But there’s nothing wrong with that. I will need to seek out the Santos lookalike—very nice and I...

Blum was working the arrangement with Lemania starting in 1991, well before the Investcorp acquisition in ‘94. At the time, though, Ebel owned 25% of Heuer, bought from the Piaget family when they were acquired by Cartier, and had access to Lemania...

About 25 more to go -Rick

A relatively recent model, and a somewhat updated version of the classic design. -Rick

They have preserved their heritage reasonably well, despite everything. -Rick

Especially in such gorgeous condition.

The UN-118 was first introduced in an enamel dial special version at Baselworld in 2012. I have the same watch, on a bracelet, and it is the most accurate mechanical watch I own, consistently running within 15 seconds a MONTH. A super watch and a...