Welcome to GQ’s 201-level Watch Glossary, breaking down the advanced terms and specific references that are essential knowledge for every serious collector. Allow me to propose a scenario that may give my fellow watch nerds a full-on heart attack: you have to pick one watch to wear for the rest of your life. You get one watch, and one watch only. Why is the 1016 considered the platonic ideal of a watch? Its lack of rotating bezel or pushers, meanwhile, makes it unobtrusive, while its Oyster case and perpetually-winding movement allow it to function in adverse conditions.