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Take Me
to Your Dealer

WA N T R A R E ?
W E ’ V E G OT A G U Y
FO R T H AT.

hink of a great dealer as your
infallible guide to the un-
known reaches of the watch
wor
T ld: your Sacajawea, your
Virgil. Great dealers, like James
Lamdin of New York’s Analog
Shift, can direct the most aimless
novice to a watch he’ll love—they
can even bid for you at auctions to
ensure you get a good price. But
what dealers really excel at is work-
ing for the man who knows exactly
what he wants—and the more ex-
actly, the better. “On my first day
of business,” says Lamdin, a cli-
ent said, “‘I’m looking for this vin-
tage Omega. Here’s a picture of my
brother’s; the matching one was
lost. Can you help?’” He delivered Wa t c h e s o f t h e Ye a r
it a year later. A lifetime of work
goes into that knowledge base, T U D O R B L A C K B AY P 0 1
such that a dealer knows what’s The Tudor Black Bay P01 is a watch that never
out there and maybe even the pri- was. Till now, that is. Developed in 1967 in response
to exacting new specifications from the U. S.
vate collection in which a particular Navy, the P01 was intended as an update to the
make and model might be found. classic Prince Submariner that Tudor had
And for all that tireless scouring, made since the 1950s. The P01 had notable new
features, like the winding crown at four o’clock
Lamdin says his commissions are and a locking system for the rotating bezel. But when
flexible: “I don’t charge a standard the Navy opted instead for another Tudor dive watch,
the Commando, as the P01 was code-named,
fee, but you can also pay me in a
was consigned to a Tudor filing cabinet. Until this
good bottle of single malt.” —D.T. year. $3,950; tudorwatch.com

B u lova Citizen Fossil Neutra C asi o
C ompu tron , Br ycen, $2 95 Chro nograp h, V intage , $75
$ 395 $145 The classic
It’s all about the
Inspired by one burnt-orange face. The rose-gold-tone case digital watch done
of Bulova’s designs and the green straps are up in gold.
from the 1970s. a killer combo.

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