This Week in Watches: August 8, 2020 - Retro Edition

Welcome back to This Week In Watches for August 8, 2020 the Retro Edition. Ive been on vacation for a couple weeks, but Im back and ready to share the news.Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Sedna Gold BlueThe new Blancpain Fifty Fathomas Bathyscaphe Sedna Gold Blue is a watch that blends a retro case design with modern touches. Its hard to dislike this clean looking model, but I just cant pull of the 43mm case. If you can, though, this Sedna Gold piece adds a new blue dial and comes on either a nylon or sail-canvas 23mm strap. The brands caliber 1315 automatic works away inside the 300 meter diver. The price of entry for feeling blue is 22,660. More information can be found on the Blancpain site.Glashutte Original SeaQ in BlueWell, perhaps retro shouldnt have been the theme today because were seeing a lot of blue so far. It was only a couple of months back that we saw new gold and two-tone Glashutte SeaQ models. Now, we have blue-dialed variants in steel to complement the collection. In my eyes, the SeaQ looks like it has a skin diver case like so many 60s watches (and the new Seiko SPB14x seriesthemselves retro pieces as well). That case was used on inexpensive watches that makes the 8,580 starting price a bit tough to swallow. However, I think that this blue color actually turns the corner for me on this 39.5mm diameter 200m diver. Youll find the in-house 39-11 caliber automatic inside and can choose a bracelet, rubber or nylon strap. If you want to up the bling factor, you can choose to pony up at least 15,400 for a model with a diamond and sapphire set bezel. Giddy upHit the Glashutte site for additional details.Bamford London GMTBamford is a pretty damn polarizing brand and Im admittedly not always on board with all their work. In the case of the retro inspired London Heritage GMT, though, I think its a good looking watch. With a steel 40mm cushion case, 11.2mm thickness, and an Oyster style bracelet, these pieces use the Sellita SW330-1 automatic. Whats new here on these rotating internal 24-hour bezel watches is the color scheme. A red and blue Pepsi motif comes into play and you can choose either red (Night Owl) or blue (Heritage)? for the top half of the bezel. With a sapphire crystal and 100 meters of water resistance, these watches are consistent with a lot of micro brand pieces. Ate1,100 theres a bit of a Bamford name premium, but its still approachable. Visit Bamford London for more.Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Kingsman KnifeDoes 1907 count as retro enough? I hope so because the Jaeger_leCoultre Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife watch takes its inspiration from a pocket watch from that year. This newest piece, however, has been made in an edition of 100 in support of the upcoming Kingsmen film called?The Kings Man. This 29,000 stunner is a 40mm pink gold watch with the hand-wound 849 caliber. The thickness is a wafer thin 4.25mm. A brown alligator strap compliments this beautiful watch. Mr. Porter has this watch on pre-order exclusively through September 6th and remaining pieces will find their way to JLC boutiques. I dont normally head for film tie-in watches, but this one is a stunner.Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935And for our final retro entry, we have the new Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935. This watch was inspired by a piece ordered by the US Air Force back in 1935 and features a shifted dial allowed for easy reading on the arm of a pilot. The 41mm stainless watch contains an ETA-based automatic chronograph with monopusher. Unfortunately, a date on a white background interrupts the matte black dial with aged lume numerals. If this watch looks familiar, a 49mm version was on sale back in 2012. This one is far more wearable. Pricing is 3,280 and more information is available on the Longines site.Thats all for now?enjoy your weekend!