American Brand
NEW WATCHES FROM DETROIT WATCH COMPANY
1701 PONTCHARTRAIN GMT
s it rolls out a series of watches with a 42mm case size , the Detroit Watch Company leads off with this handsome 1701 Pontchartrain GMT dual timezone automatic . Here you ’ ll
A find a nicely proportioned dial with easy-to-read date window and a red-tipped second time zone indicator hand .
Now utilizing ETA and Sellita movements throughout its collections , this Detroit-based watch company makes the new watch available with a choice of a clear sapphire or solid caseback . As on all its watches , Detroit iconography is front and center with the stylized letter D clearly visible at the top of the dial and on the blued seconds hand . The Detroit Fleur-de-Lys is also a focus here , visible on the crown , on the GMT hand and on the back of the solid-case model .
Detroit Watch Company founders and chief watch designers Patrick and Amy Ayoub are rightfully proud of the region ’ s heritage .
In short , Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit was built along the Detroit River to protect the French fur trade from the British and was named in honor of Louis XIV ’ s minister of marine and colonies , Louis Phélypeaux de Ponchartrain . Le Detroit , French for ‘ the strait ,’ eventually came to identify Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit and the surrounding area and after 1751 , was known simply as Fort Detroit .
The Detroit Watch Company 1701 Pontchartrain GMT is limited to 100 numbered timepieces in closed caseback and 100 numbered timepieces with exhibition caseback , brushed case finish and decorated movement . Price : $ 1,475 ( sapphire caseback ) and $ 1,350 . www . detroitwatchco . com .
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