![]() ![]() It is a very nice and unpolished example, which Daytona lovers could notice upon first glance. He shared it was one he had eager to score for quite some time, and while admiring it in person I can see why. On his wrist was his cherished Rolex “P Serial” Daytona reference 16520. Perhaps the king of stylish shirts at the show was Wes Wynne of Collector’s Corner NY. The alarm function is pretty neat too I guess.” To me, the watch embodies an era of unmistakable gentlemanly class and style that you would be hard pressed to find today in modern timepieces. After experiencing the watch on the wrist, I knew I had to have it. lighting his cigarette with his own Dunhill lighter. In my mind, I was instantly as cool in my t-shirt, shorts and beat up Nikes as a black tie clad Sean Connery in Dr. The Gay Freres bracelet was supple, just as elegant as the watch itself but what really completed the aesthetic were the stylised center links that resemble the vertical grooves on the rollers of 50's and 60's Dunhill lighters. It was months later when I had the opportunity to handle the watch in person that I was able to feel the watch and bracelet together on my wrist as one single unit. It was the first time I had genuinely fallen in love with a watch without marketing or public opinion whispering into my ear. My eyes were drawn to the matte indigo blue color of the dial, then to the infinitely elegant and swanky styling of the white breguet numerals. He pulled up the sleeve of his tux and with a quick wristroll, revealed to me the most charismatic watch I have ever seen. ![]() It was at a black tie event that I introduced myself to Wind and asked what was on his wrist. ![]() It was my first foray into collecting a non-modern watch and happens to be the watch that Eric Wind was wearing the first time we met. “The Dunhill Momovox by Jaeger-Lecoultre is a piece that is truly special to me and will be my first watch that I will hold onto forever. The watch is essentially the same model as the JLC Memovox reference E 855, but infinitely cooler because of Max’s personal connection with this example. Working the Wind Vintage booth was friend and collector Max Shillman ( Just last year, I was present when he purchased a wonderful and rare Dunhill Memovox by Jaeger-LeCoultre. ![]()
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