It's a wholly, completely unreasonable pleasure to put it on in the morning and see it glowing on my wrist all day, and the pleasure is all the keener for being irrational. As you might've guessed after reading that intro, we're talking about a military watch. Unlike early military Submariners, this Rolex wasn't issued, but instead privately purchased in 2008 by a member of the U.S. Army's elite 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D), also known as Delta Force. In reality, the slanted dial was helpful even if you weren't behind the wheel. You can imagine someone like Jay Gatsby (he's only fictional if you tell yourself that) in his Rolls-Royce, driving gloves, and a slanted Vacheron. It's built to the US government spec MIL-PRF-46374G, and it was designed and produced at the request of personnel from Kelly Air Force Base in 1986. The Navigator saw service in the Persian Gulf war on the wrist of American and coalition forces, and it's been used in just about every military action since. In the past we've also spotted champions like Julian Edelman (also playing in tonight's game) and Peyton Manning wearing pretty cool tickers during interviews with Jimmy Fallon in the wake of their respective championships. Whether we'll get more of this in the days to come is yet to be seen, but you can bet we'll be on the lookout. Supporting a 45-hour power reserve and that wild 14mm floating balance (which features a Straumann double hairspring that is provided by MB&F’s pals at H. Moser & Cie), the LM101’s movement ticks at 2.

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