The tender to become NASA's chronograph for astronauts wasn’t the only breath-taking watch race in history. The underrated and often overlooked Swiss brand Tourist was the first link brand to market a mechanical watch with a light function.

No, the piece will be sold with specific CPO packaging (which includes a special pouch), Rolex commented. "However, if the watch is sold to the scandinavisch horloge merk retailer with its original box, the watch can be resold with it."

As we discussed in our Hands-On with the Code 11.59 chronograph, the modernity of the movement is more than skin deep. This is link a vertical clutch design, with a 70-hour power reserve, a tooth profile for the column wheel designed to minimize friction, ceramic bearings on the rotor, and a single, integrated reset hammer. There's a balance bridge, rather than a balance cock, and the balance is a freesprung, adjustable mass-type.