Roman-numeral version of the Genta-designed White Shadow “Ellipse”
Maker: SeikoModel: ExcelineMaterial: full gold platedDimensions: 24mm lug to lug Crystal: convex glassDescription & Condition report:With so many seiko exceline variations
pointed baton hands in gold
0 secs/day averaged from 6 timegrapher positions (but conservatively we’d tout it as ±5 secs/day)
Comes with a distressed-style strap that tapers dramatically to the impossibly elegant 10mm Longines buckle
Cartier Vendôme Vermeil “Lemon Roman” Dial Box & Papers Ref. 590003 (circa 1999) others Roman-numeral version of the Genta-designedWHY WE CURATED IT: Most notable Cartiers, especially older ones, are four sided. Tanks, Santos, Pantheres, Tonneaus, even Tortues (plus each of their myriad variations) are all either overtly or subtly four sided. There were obscure early pieces that were circular, but these were all but forgotten until the 70s when Cartier revived them as Vendmes, named after the new Parisian boutique at Place Vendme (second store to complement its historical