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The Weirdest, Wildest, and Most Wondrous Timepieces From Watches and Wonders
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Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire s column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020. This week, we re working with the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie as Media Partner of Watches and Wonders Geneva. Visit Watches and Wonders website for news and video panels daily, and keep checking back here for all the updates you need to know about.
By way of a closing word on the week of novelties, innovation, and unabashed luxury from Watches and Wonders, we stop to gawp and point at some of the most ingenious, playful and, occasionally downright mind-bending creations that human ingenuity and skill can conjure. You might not see some of these on the wrist of someone you know ever. But it’s good to know that they’re out there, because the forward momentum of the watch industry depends sometimes on this