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Summoned by Varyer
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BRYNN WALLNER’S WISH-LIST: RARE AND NOVEL WATCHES AND MEMORABILIA
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Vintage 18K Gold Piaget Polo (1980s style)
ROLEX Ashtray by Dean Roper
Two Tone Patek Phillippe 3900/1
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This list is the product of my wildest dreams. Some of these objects aren’t even available for sale... no matter how much cold, hard cash you’re willing to shell out. Rare! Novel! Weird! I’m following my heart here. If any of the following is considered ‘wrong’ amongst the watch snobs, I don’t wanna be right!
Picture this: it’s 1980 and you’re fluttering about at the World Polo Cup in Palm Beach. The air is fragrant and warm, everyone’s gorgeous, your daddy’s rich, and your mamma’s good lookin. It was here that the Piaget Polo was launched, debuted on the wrist of the first-ever Bond girl, Ursula Andress (aka Honey Ryder). A star is born! The fine, gold bracelet had a recurring step motif that ran seamlessly through the dial and case.It’s not just watch – it’s a watch bracelet, darling (Yves Piaget’s words, I imagine). Elegant and versatile, beloved amongst the jetset, a true symbol of luxury.
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This Rolex ashtray by artist Dean Roper (aka @superchillandcool420) drops unexpectedly on pontheonlinestore every few months… and sells out instantly. WTF!!! I mean, I get it – look at that gold paint. J’adore. I’ve set a Google alert for it, so hopefully I’ll get my hands on one soon.
My friend Summer posted a photo of her wearing this watch and… it was love at first sight! At the time, I had actually just wrapped up producing an article on the Patek Philippe Nautilus (the now discontinued ref 5711 made a grown man literally cry). So when I saw Summer wearing it, my eyes were replaced by hearts. The Nautilus is a Gerald Génta design, and if you know anything about watch design, you know GG is the GOAT.
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Brynn Wallner is a creative consultant and writer based in New York City. She is also the founder of DIMEPIECE.co, a developing source for all things women and watches.
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ROLEX Snapback
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Kanye’s Cartier Crash
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4 Cartier 'SNOOPY' Pendant
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ROLEX x CHROME HEARTS
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Snoopy realized in 18k solid gold... with a Cartier stamp on the bottom of his paw. It’s honestly ridiculous and I need to have it. If you find one for sale, lmk.
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I’m so down for this hat – it makes me want to fly to Naples, Florida and strut around the outdoor mall with the old folks and the rich teenagers with daddy’s credit cards.
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Here’s a clip from the GQ article on this iconic timepiece – ”Legend has it that in 1967, Jean-Jacques Cartier, then the head of Cartier London, got inspiration for the Crash from a scorching car wreck that either a customer or manager of a Cartier shop was involved in.” Okay, the DRAMA! Are you obsessed? Of course Kanye has it (and he let Kim borrow it, judging by some paparazzi photos). NEED!
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Rolex and Chrome Hearts… name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait?!? I first saw this watch when my friend Serena sent me a photo of it on iconic makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin. Ughh, 90s perfection. Nothing was the same.
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Watch Cookies by Lindsey Gazel
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Cartier Crash Candle by Janie Korn
Princess Diana's Cartier Tank Française
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Lindsey Gazel is an absolute genius and I’ve been following her for years. She can make anything into a cookie. Anything! Even watches… even the Audemars Piguet ROYAL OAK! (Another GG home-run design). She’s making a few watch cookies custom made for me, so stay tuned ;)
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I love the Crash so much that when beloved NYC darling Janie Korn approached me about making a candle for DIMEPIECE, I was like… THE CRASH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CRASH. It turned out even better than I imagined. She even got its sapphire crown!
The watch I want for my 31st birthday is a two-tone Cartier Tank Française. How did I land on the two-tone, you ask? Well… I’m too poor for solid gold! So for this list you’re getting the ultimate birthday wish: Princess Diana’s version! There’s nothing special or unique about it, other than the fact that it literally graced the wrist of the most beloved of the Royals. Meghan Markle is now the owner of this precious watch, which to me is amazing… she won’t go quietly, that’s the problem.
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