Larry Seiden
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My old friend the Acqua Marine Perpetual
I've decided this summer will be spent revisting old friends. First visit is to the Acqua Perpetual from 2000. I first saw this watch at Cellini in NYC and it was love at first sight. I'd never seen a blue dial like this one. Lacquer over guilloche. Plus a perpetual calendar. And a WR of 200 meters. Then came lunch with a friend in 2002 and he was wearing his. At the end of lunch, he said, you stared at my watch the entire meal. I admiited that I was in deep lust over his U-N. Later that year, I finally acquired mine. Even though it is "small" at 42mm, it is still one of my top 2 blue dials in my collection. (The other being the Jaquet Droz Paillonnee).
Best,
Larry
My old friend the Acqua Marine Perpetual
I've decided this summer will be spent revisting old friends. First visit is to the Acqua Perpetual from 2000. I first saw this watch at Cellini in NYC and it was love at first sight. I'd never seen a blue dial like this one. Lacquer over guilloche. Plus ...
Larry, glad to see you still have this beauty...
It is one of my all time fav. UN pieces. Sorry to have missed you in LV. I noticed your name on a place seating at one of the dinners, and thought "Oh good, I'll get to catch up with Larry", but alas it was not to be. I trust all's good with you, Cheers, ...
I don't blame you for liking that watch...
With all of those features you described, as well as the blue dial, the watch becomes desirable... Enjoy it in good health, Luis A.
such a saturated blue!
timeless--and a great size at 42mm.... thx for sharing the pics J
Great watch, great pic, great story!
funny, that 42mm are considered small by today's standards. however, having done the 46-48-50mm path already, I gladly returned to the much more comfortable 40-42mm class again. I think the blue-dial Marine Perpetual is among the most charismatic watches ...