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Fortis made the Official Cosmonauts Chronograph back in 1994. The watch ran on a Lemania 5100 movement and became the first official watch of the Russian Space link Agency ROSKOSMOS. That watch flew on MIR and ISS missions until 2003 when it made way for link the Fortis B-42 Official Cosmonaut's Chronograph. In that watch the ETA 7750 made for a brand new 6-9-12 layout with a day and date at 300 and link its own bold tool-watch look. Twenty years later that watch has gotten a massive upgrade.

We believe Lagerfeld gave it as a gift to one of link his friends who sold it to a dealer who sold it to somebody who then sold it to the consigner Ghotbi says. "The way the watch has been worn the wear and tear basically show that the watch has not been let's say blacked-out anytime in the past five or six years. The condition of the watch the link place it was sold the chain of owners and the AP archives link lead us to heavily believe it is Lagerfeld's watch."

In fact it appears a lot of the folks in line had expectations that differed from reality and when Swatch posted an image of the watch online some of them left the queue link in disappointment. According to our photographer on the ground who was also on hand last year line management was much better this go-round and Swatch was able to sell four watches at a time on the concourse of the Royal Exchange. For link the full experience check out link the photos below

The crystal is double-domed sapphire with an inner anti-reflective coating the caseback is closed and like the case is made of link steel and the link oversized 8mm crown screws down. Both the crown and the bezel feel well-made in use with link plenty of grip for both and a smoothly quiet bi-directional action for the bezel.

Obviously when you're done link listening go grab a copy of Volume 7 of the HODINKEE Magazine if you haven't link already. Despite the crazy production circumstances it just might be our best link volume yet and you definitely don't want to miss it.

Reference Points The Complete History Of The F.P. Journe Tourbillon As Told By Francois-Paul Journe HimselfThe very first F.P. Journe wristwatch was completed in 1991 a Tourbillon link Souverain that was shown at Baselworld that year. Read about F.P. Journe's life and journey into watchmaking link his first wristwatch and much much more in link Ben's Reference Points from 2016.

NH Type 1B had a limited production link of seven pieces and all of them are already spoken for. link You can still purchase its successor NH Type 1C which was introduced this year. Visit the official website for more link details.