Mens Vogue fashion director Stephen Watson and photographer Raymond Meier have sunk to new heights with their stunning new spread of today's best Diver watches. Shot inside actual tanks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the watches including the Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible, Movado Series 800, Glashütte Original Sport Evolution Panoramadatum, Bell & Ross BR 02, and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographica are all featured with real sea creatures molesting them. See the whole series here-->Link
Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic ($22,000; jaeger-lecoultre.com) sports a push-button depth gauge. The sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) travels up to 3,600 vertical feet daily.
Bell & Ross's BR O2 Steel ($4,000; bellross.com) is also water-resistant up to 1,000 meters, while the Sand Rose Anemone (Urticina Columbiana), spends its life stuck to a rock.
I recently met with Stephen who conceptualized this shoot and was impressed to learn that this was the real deal, not some photoshopped trickery. He described the custom tanks Monterey Aquarium staff set up for each watch and the buckets of tiny animals they poured into them.
Quite honestly these are the best thematic watch photographs I've ever seen. The bar has been raised to the bottom of the sea.
See the full spread at the Mens Vogue website here-->Link|
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Two of my favorite magazines recently featured the newly launched LIP watch collection designed by Roger Tallon (1970's) and Prisca Briquet (2000's). Surface Magazine (www.surfacemag.com) and Mens Vogue (www.mensvogue.com) Funny and well written spots by Leila Brillson of Surface and Liz McDaniel for Mens Vogue.
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The Mens Vogue feature (with cool Bugatti on cover)
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