Corum 396-250-20-0F05-FZ30R Men's watch Editor's Note: Continuing on with our staff picks

Hodinkee in Foreign Market, Modern Classics, Patek Philippe, Patek Philippe World Time Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:04AM Corum 396-250-20-0F05-FZ30R Men's watch Editor's Note: Continuing on with our staff picks from the Haslinger Sale, here we have Blake's grail Monaco.Learn what makes this model so special and why the racers back in the day preferred it to many others.Love it or hate it, the Heuer Monaco has become an icon of retro American culture.To most fans, the watch is an an infinitely cool symbol of what a sports watch should be, helping to define an era right alongside muscle cars, mustaches and flannel.

Today marks the release of a very special edition HM2 that has been redesigned by famed "watch architect", and friend of Max Busser, Alain Silberstein.For those who aren't familiar with Alain, it's best to cover just who he is before we go into his work with MB&F.He is a replica Breitling E7336009-C5-56 Men's watch Parisian interior decorator and architect by trade, his use of color is extraordinary and his yellow circle, red , and blue square are his calling card.On the MB&F Horological Machine 2 that he designed (labeled the HM 2.2), you notice the Silberstein shapes immediately as they stand out against this "black box" concept.

As you probably know, the Monaco was a revolutionary watch, boasting the world's first automatic chronograph movement, and a funky square Corum 396-250-20-0F04-FO30R Men's watch case that even helped actors achieve stardom (or was it the other way around?). Today I'm happy to be bringing you a beautiful example of just such a Monaco, courtesy the Bonhams auction taking place December 15th of this year.Two years after the Monaco's introduction in 1969, the Ref 73633 hit the scene.Differentiating itself from earlier models, this reference was powered by a 17-jewel, manual wind Valjoux 7736.