another month has gone by and that means more watches have been Unleashed on an unsuspecting public and there's some pretty hot stuff hitting our eyeballs so Dawn your welding goggles because I've picked out 10 of the hottest most interesting and most controversial watches competing to lighten our wallets the last one includes information not present in the other nine remember the massive success that was the odmar PGA remaster 01 me neither and that's because it was as fun as Father's Day at the orphanage the concept was sound take a cool unusual vintage watch tweak it to Modern tastes and release it as a limited run but the execution somewhat missed the mark it was big a bit ungainly and the movement was a let down it's like the GMA t50 is to the F1 if Gordon Murray ate an asbesto sandwich first well forget that because odmar PGA is back for the $47,700 remaster O2 an angular analysis of a 1960s experiment the 5159 B that watch was actually a precursor to the Royal Oak away the case squared off into an eight-sided load poly belt buckle the remaster O2 brings that shape back complete with the lopsided asymmetric dial faceted like a gemstone and inspired by a regulatory adjustment to the building Act of 1894 that no longer required Windows to remain flush with the external wall the original watch was small surprisingly dainty at just 20 7.5 mm with elegant polished surfaces and minimal branding so naturally odmar P threw all that out the bay window the remaster O2 is much more mcmansion than Queen Cottage at 41 mm across with the sharply creased case brushed in rose gold rather than polished sorry not rose gold sand gold because who even are you if you don't have your own alloy sand gold takes the pink Hue of rose gold the rich warmth of yellow gold and throws both of those out the bay window 2 leaving a pale alternative a similar shade to a sweat stain that color bleeds into the PVD coated blue dial for the hands and markers with a 12 section straight grain towards the center the odmar PG logo looms larger than an insecure boyfriend and has been moved into the clear space over on the right hand side the watch is still reasonably thin at 9.7 mm thick thanks to the jumbo based caliber 7129 although a power reserve of 52 hours seems a bit stingy something new for the remaster O2 as well as a smaller run of 250 pieces over the remaster o1s 500 is the length of the minute hand which doesn't actually fit inside the case so it doesn't clash with the inner Edge slots have been cut for it to overlap as it goes round they just don't build them like they used to no you do not need to adjust whatever televisual device you're consuming this content on this watch does indeed look a lot like the last watch yes yes it seems that circles are out and lines are in and there are a lot of lines in the alto art01 more lines than a Kate Moss house party the titanium art01 is inspired by Greek sculpture and architecture in much the same way I'm inspired by Henry caval and Chris Hemsworth I'd say it looks to the Future more than it does the past a dystopian vision of the 24 blade Gillette Pro slice meag Glide it's actually something I could see decod wearing when he finds out he was a replicant the whole time like the remaster O2 the auto1 receives a 41 mm 8-sided case with faceted features that blend into the crystal however where it differs is not just in its symmetry but with a treatment that's like looking at the back of a Lamborghini mura through a kaleidoscope rather than branding the watch like a Ralph Lauren polo shirt Alto have chosen to keep things simple sidelining the mark up top between the hour markers more real estate is given up announcing the watch is indeed made in swissland a statement that probably undersells what's going on in the heart of this creation before we retire to the drawing room around the back of the watch however a last look at the hands they're unique for sure with a sort of Sword hand folded back over on itself kind of feel but otherwise seem to lack a little imagination in comparison to that Interstellar air vent of a dial inside the engine room is a caliber developed by lir hor which according to my encyclopedic level of French knowledge means the round hole which is where the movement goes like the front it isues circles in favor of lines although ultimately Square gears were a little too much of a challenge if your ebos sense is tingling you'll have inadvertently realized that the caliber in this $20,000 AO seems similar to the lft 023 in the Louis Vuitton Tambour that's because it too has been produced by the guys with the round holes the last little trick in the 25 piece limited edition 01s Arsenal is the view from the side a little like the code 1159 but just not crap the curved Crystal scatters the light from the layer dial into an apple advert really makes you think different if you ever wanted an original Gerald Genta design but with bits missing Seiko side brand crador has heard your call Reviving The half-century Old watch from its back catalog for you to enjoy once more yes when Gerald Genta wasn't designing octagonal integrated watches he was designing hexagonal non-integrated watches what a Twist although the crador locomotive sound sounds very different on paper in reality it looks just like a Royal Oak with a bit too much work done a nip here a tuck there and then about 38 more times until bones poke out in weird ways and skin becomes tight as a drum I can't work out if this is cooler than a slice of ice or uglier than a frog on amphetamines and I don't think I'll ever decide in the meantime it's a 300piece limited edition of a watch created for crador by Gerald jenta in 1979 it's 38.8 mm of Titan titanium 8.9 mm thick and houses the new but hidden caliber cr1 which puts out 45 hours of power at $112,000 it's going to leave collectors even more uncertain perhaps this might throw some fuel on the fire despite Japan being the arch nemesis of Switzerland during the' 70s jenta spent a lot of time there becoming friendly with the people at Seiko rather than rejecting the future he embraced it giving designed talks to Seiko to inspire the team he even encouraged them to bring the organic shapes of nature into their watches so Grand Seiko fans can thank him for that too the locomotive was created as a favor for Seiko a watch to help them compete with the success of the Royal Oak and Nautilus it was also the last iteration of design before jenta put his name on the grand soner which also featured the centrally mounted bracelet it depends how much of a fan of Gerald jenta you are I suppose if you've just got to catch them all this is a critical piece of the puzzle if you're British and were a child of the '90s I'm about to blow your mind remember Neil Buchanan from the TV show Art Attack where he'd teach you how to draw stuff and do the big art attacks and whatnot well not only was he in a semi-successful 197s rock band called mares he was also smarty Arty in that other kids TV show Zap for those of you who don't remember zap or are just wondering what the hell I'm talking about zap was like a comic book come to life with different characters in different segments doing pretty much the same thing they did last week so like Little Britain but not complete dog smart Arty was one of those characters and every week he would take his black marker pen and encourage children to draw on the walls under the impression that what was drawn would come to life well this is all a roundabout way of saying that's what the manga theme series G-Shock from Casio looks like there's a white version and a baby blue version with the thick black outlines picking out the shape of of the watch to give it the impression of being a drawing come to life the effect works better on the white version but the blue might get mistaken for a Tiffany Nautilus if the light's just right and you exclusively hang out with geriatric at $249 this limited edition is a no-brainer for distracting yourself from the misery of a corporate existence to pretend that life is after all fun which is probably the most Japanese thing about it there are additional fun features like a weekday hand that depicts the appropriate response to what I said a second ago plus a character engraved on the rear that's used in manga to represent the sound of an explosion turns out that Japanese has a lot of different onomatope words including for emotions I wonder if they have one for the disappointment of realizing it's sold out already in a desperate attempt to distract from the reputation of its watches hublo has commissioned artist Daniel Aram to design the matagi instead in the form of the Aram droplet despite sounding like the ye old the English aristocratic way of expressing one's need to extract Brown ore the Arham droplet is in fact a pocket watch much like a Tamagotchi the Aram droplet must be attended to frequently to keep it alive and much like a Tamagotchi you really don't want to drop it in your cereal like I did when I was 10 unlike a Tamagotchi however this one's not 20 bucks closer to 100 grand for that you get the 10day power Reserve meca 10 caliber sealed inside a sapphire dribble can be worn as a pendant a pocket watch or housed within a table display as a clock this 99 piece limited edition uses 17 seals to give it a water resistance of 30 m which should be fine to wear whilst washing the dishes or watering the plants or what have you you know normal pocket watch stuff those who know me best know I'm a sucker for things I put in my mouth and the minty fresh gloss of the Aram droplet especially in its final clock form checks more boxes than an Amazon Packer between this and the MP 15 Akashi murakami huo has actually been making things I like I think what I like most about the Aram droplet is how it looks like a very expensive doctor's surgery waiting room toy it's pretty damn cool as it is but it would be even cooler if I could hoop those rings around some pins to score some sweet points whilst waiting for a checkup like a wasp in a jam Factory it seems the moon Swatch just won't go away because it's back for a fresh round of corporate fun with the mission to worth series we all have that one friend that's never stopped saying we like the Budweiser commercial well had that one friend because we severed contact since they wouldn't stop saying we SWAT is still saying we and is showing no signs of stopping instead of wandering further a field from our solar system this series returns back to Earth to draw inspiration from the desert lava and the polar lights for an array of brown orangey red and Tiffany blue color that hinki referred to as the most creative moonwatch releases yet that can be true and still be an insult I suppose as well as the three new colors each has a special extra something to make it stand out the polar lights has a glossy Blue Bezel insert and a sparkly dial inspired by adventurine the lava has black subdial rings to mimic the also orange Ultraman the beige one has the power to sap one's will to live all three have a radial subd marking like the Alaska project 3 and all three are rather annoyingly actually pretty cool I feel like a sheep miraculously gifted with intelligence that used it to take the bus to the aperire thankfully this time around the watch is readily available right there next to the blon pan Edition yours for the taking without suffering the misery of getting caught being desperate out in public as a walk-in walk out impulse purchase it's great shame the straps are still made from Salvage deck chairs there's been some serious synergizing going on at IW chq ever since star Ambassador Lewis Hamilton quit Mercedes just so he didn't have to wear one anymore and so as he rounds out his last year with the team IWC have been taking the opportunity to experiment the latest effort comes as a result of the harmony between luminous paint and a ceramic case for the serum Pilot's chronograph concept watch that glows almost in its entirety to save time I shall Now list the parts that don't glow the markers the h excluding the Luminous elements within the crown and the pushes the Buckle the strap Edge and whole reinforcement that didn't actually save me any time at all never mind the parts that do glow make up the bulk of the watch's surface area and the result is a watch I would have absolutely loved when I was seven since then I've taken down my glowing ceiling Stars lost my glowing Silly Putty and worn through my glowing trainers do I no longer have those things because I don't want them or because I don't want people looking for my carer not sure the outcome for both is that I won't have a glowing beacon on my wrist anytime soon not least because the watch is merely a concept at this stage but also because I think thieves are already finding it easy enough to identify expensive watches without them twinkling like video game loot whether IWC will turn this into an actual piece or are just testing Lewis to see how far he'll go before he refuses to wear it I don't know based on some of the Goodwill shops Lewis has been rolling around in lately if it's the latter IWC have got some way to go before they find the bottom I once met a person who said they didn't like fruit that person is dead now I didn't kill them they died of scurvy true story that makes the S Billard summer edition the perfect reminder to eat fruit and not get scurvy and die so it's a medical expense covered by health insurance there are five fruity flavors that challenge your citrus knowledge to the extreme orange is obvious lemon and lime R2 grapefruit might take a moment but the purple one will leave you guessing there's actually two answers it could be a blood orange or a purple lime where other Citrus inspired watches might leave a little more to the imagination the summer edition makes its Point Clear by dissecting the dial into 12 segments representing the hours at first you might think the py bits are the minute markers but I'm afraid it's not so a stark reminder that even the sweetest moments in life are often shrouded with bitterness points for including a white cut to size rubber strap from Channel partner Delux which makes the fruity fresh colors pop more than a fire at a Bubble Wrap Factory if you're the shy retiring type perhaps steer clear of this particular release even if it does start at just €2 2,900 for that you get a 40 mm stainless steel case from the sbo4 series skeletonized hands and a lju per g100 movement another reason to perhaps avoid the summer edition is if you have overactive salivary glands because every time you look at this watch your jaw is going to tingle like the day after the night before this is how it feels to chew five gum does nobody want round watches anymore it certainly seems that way because here's yet another angular case for the enoma A1 a triangular time piece based on the skimming Stone of my dreams I bet this puppy would bounce for days technically this is a pretty simple wash the stainless steel case at 39 M M across and 9.45 mm thick has space only for a Cel SW 100 with just 42 hours of power Reserve there are no lugs that strap mounts directly into the case water resistance is an uninspiring 50 m but that's not what we're here for the overinflated triangle that makes up the case is offset by several degrees to the dial like a scene transition in a 1960s TV show The Crown is recessed in the rightmost tip to hide it from view completely the hands are deep curved to match the polished roundness of the case edges the Buckle gets the asymmetric treatment too even if it is giving me toenail Vibes if you ever tried to Define what makes a design bad good or even excellent I think it would be very difficult you can speak about balance proportion weight space until you get a degree in architecture but I still think sometimes interesting unusual and effective design is just fundamentally based on where the brain do good squish for me personally this is a watch that makes my brain do real good Squish and at the time of writing I'm very seriously considering getting one it's not heinously priced at £1,300 looks very nicely made and scratches a ctia crash type itch that's not going anywhere fast any other way but really the strongest case for this watch right now for me at least is Charlotte no not Charlotte perryan designer of the Triangular table this watch is based on but Charlotte Morgan my dear wife and business partner she also likes this watch and since watch purchases in this household need the same level of authorization as a nuclear launch that means I've already got the green light if you're a fan of automobiles as I am and haven't already watched Henry catch Po's excellent piece on the new Bugatti ton over on the haggy channel then I urge you to do so right after we wrap up here as well as unveiling the Ton's incredible analog Dash inspired by expensive Swiss watchmaking he also talks about what the toron represents and why it's called that a all see on the face of it it's called toron because it means Whirlwind in French and because the dial looks a bit torion but Henry actually unveils some deeper thinking which is that as the march of electric technology seeks to take supercars in a faster more whiny Direction buyers of said vehicle are taking a bit of a stand no they want emotions not stats they'll sacrifice numbers on paper for a more tactile experience as such the Bugatti tbon gets a high reving naturally aspirated engine orbe it with some electrification but nevertheless moves into a new breed of engineering developed to be enjoyed rather than to break records and that's interesting for Bugatti especially since this entire generation of cars has been built around performance records once you finished Henry's Bugatti video check out the one where he drives a McLaren F1 backto back with the GMA t50 that's what driving should be and watch is they're the same the tobon is Superfluous excessive unnecessary it serves no god-given purpose in this world today yet it's pure optimized emotion it makes eyes dance Hearts sing and wallets tremble anachronistic it may be but that's entirely the appeal it's cosplaying as the heroes you grew up with or even the heroes your parents admired makes sense then that the watch that pairs with this incredible machine is an incredible machine of its own it is the $340,000 Jacob and coob buatti toron and yes it has a toron it's a flying toron so no overhead Bridge with a 30second rotation which makes it a feisty little bugger hours and minutes are retrograde with the hours jumping as well and of course there's the sapphire V16 engine complete with 16 titanium Pistons wound and activated by the crown at 6:00 to set at the time is a crown on the case back which leaves 12:00 free for the famous horseshoe Grill you get 20 engine activations per wind plus 48 hours for the main timekeeping element and keeping tabs and all that power is a twin retrograde power Reserve meter with the smaller blue hand watching over the V16 and the bigger red hand everything else this whole dial Ensemble mimics the Bugatti's Dash which in itself mimics Swiss watchmaking so we've got ourselves into a bit of a logic Loop here regardless of what you think of either Bugatti or Jacob and Co I think it's absolutely awesome that both these machines exist engines aren't just to get you to work and movements aren't just to tell you the time and when pushed to the extremes they become a totem to the incredible capabilities achievable with the right amount of Blood Sweat and Tears with watch making even those are scaled down that's my selection of the hottest watches right now what's your favorite and have you seen any others that light your t watch let me know in the comments and thank you to my wonderful patreons who you can join via the link in the description thanks for watching and remember when life gives you lemons slice them up and sell them in watches see you next time