You may be wondering how I manage to find something new to talk about every week; how it's possible to keep watches fresh and relevant for old and young alike. Well, I'm going to let you in on a little secret; I recycle themes. Yeah, I know, I've probably crushed your dreams or, at least, gone down even lower in your estimation (and the wags out there will say I'm fond of recycling the jokes, too).
One theme I haven't touched on too much is the power reserve, as, to be honest, it's not the most vital feature of a mechanical watch. You would have to be quite lazy to not be willing to spend a few seconds a day winding your watch. Alas, there are still people who care about how big the power reserve is so, this week, for those few sticklers, we'll look at three watches with heavy-duty power reserves.
First up is the H Moser & Cie Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Black Golden Edition (top), with its muscular seven-day power reserve. As the name suggests, this is a perpetual calendar watch, so it's chock-full of indications and functions, meaning that it having a seven-day power reserve is doubly impressive and a rare technical feat for the in-house HMC 341 calibre movement.
The 40.8mm case is DLC-treated titanium, making this a light watch overall but, as with all Moser watches, it's the dial that will grab all the attention. You would have to be soulless not to love the sunburst smoke-effect dial.
Second, we have a watch that pumps out a stellar 10 days of power reserve (that's 240 hours!), the Oris 110 Years Anniversary Limited Edition (above). Now, as this watch celebrates a significant milestone, Oris has juiced up the power reserve, but 10 days still falls way short of the record 50 days that the Hublot LaFerrari cranks out, meaning 110 days was never going to happen, even if it made more sense for the anniversary.