Sometimes the pleasure of wearing a watch is not paying attention to that watch at all. Sometimes, you don’t want or need to keep track of time—except perhaps to remind yourself that it's an acceptable hour to have a cocktail. You may not want that watch to count down the hours until you have to leave a magical vacation spot, and Kamalame Cay is one place where you want time to stand still. In Andros, Bahamas, the Kamalame is a 96-acre island paradise dotted with private bungalows. It's a place where you can lose yourself to island breezes, sunshine, great food, and miles of beach with turquoise water.
On this trip I wore the Baume and Mercier Capeland Automatic Worldtimer. It's 44mm with a stainless case on a blue leather strap. The blue hour hands, dial details, and strap fit perfectly in the aquamarine world of Kamalame Cay. I spent most of the days not really paying attention to the actual local time and concentrated on the outer dial, meant to help you to tell time in other parts of the world. Where else could there be more ideal beach combing, I thought, besides here on Kamalame Cay? My mind wandered with the possibilities as I looked at the dial: Rio, Mexico, Hawaii, or even Samoa...
'Time and Place' is Matt Hranek's regular dispatch on the latest watches from around the globe for Condé Nast Traveler. #watchwednesdays @wmbrownproject