The luxury brand was commissioned to create a unique global timer
chronometer for the crew of the military transport airport C-17 Gl...
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Fortis launches F-43 Chronograph Alarm GMT
Fortis has
revealed its F-43 Chronograph Alarm GMT model.
The timepiece is the world’s
first mechanical GMT, alarm, c...
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Jan des Bouvrie designs for MeisterSinger
Dutch interior designer Jan des Bouvrie has designed a watch for MeisterSinger.
The MeisterSinger Perigraph Jan des Bouvrie is based on the classic read more
Rado launches D-Star 200 collection
Rado has
revealed the D-Star 200 collection: ten new timepieces inspired by diving.
The range includes five
chronograph v...
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Corum ambassador wins Sportsman of the Year
Corum brand
ambassador and skier Didier Cuche was awarded 2011 Sportsman of the Year at the
Credit Suisse Sports Awards.
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Raymond Weil re-releases cancer charity timepiece
Raymond
Weil is offering a second chance to buy the Maestro Special Edition RW
Club & Community, a timepiece created to help the fight against cancer.
At the time of year when most peopl...
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Oris releases timepiece in honour of freediving record holder
Oris has created a special timepiece in honour of Carlos Coste,
the Guiness World Record holder for freedriving.
Carlos Coste completed a record 150-metre underwater swim using no apparatus
in 2010. He swam thro...
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Rado supports World Mind Games
Rado is the Official Timekeeper of the SportAccord World Mind
Games 2011.
Held in Beijing from 9th-16th December, the event celebrates 'mind sports'
that are based on intelligence and strategy. The games include...
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Hamilton launches Khaki Flight Timer with thrilling rescue mission
Hamilton
celebrated the release of its new Khaki Flight Timer with a thrilling helicopter
'rescue mission' in Switzerland.
The launch of the multi-functional pilot watch coincided with Hamilton's...
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Oris launches Chet Baker tribute watch
Oris has created a watch dedicated to legendary jazz musician
Chet Baker.
The timepiece is limited to 1,929 - a reference to the year Baker was born,
and the case back is engraved with a silhouette of the musici...
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Graham names Giles Kristian as its latest brand ambassador
Giles Kristian, author of the epic 'Raven' trilogies, has been named as the
new brand ambassador of Graham.
His critically acclaimed debut novel 'Raven Blood Eye' was released in 2009
and became a bestseller...
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U-Boat releases new sterling silver Classico
U-Boat has added a new model to its Classico collection.
The Clas...
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Ronnie Wood designs bespoke Art Clocks for Bremont
Bremont has
collaborated with The Rolling Stones's Ronnie Wood to create a collection of
limited edition clocks.
The artist and musician created 14 bespoke 'Art Clocks' using Bremont's B1
Marine Clock. T...
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Bedat & Co presented at A Journey Through Time V showcase
Bedat &
Co will be showcased at Asia's largest luxury watch and
jewellery event, 'A Journey Through Time V'.
The fifth annual
exhibition will see a number of awards presented to luxury br...
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Jura is an exclusive retailer of BALL Watch Company Flying Scotsman
Jura Watches will be one of only two UK retailers to sell the BALL Watch
Company Trainmaster Flying Scotsman.
The limited edition timepiece was inspired by the 'Flying Scotsman'
train, an em...
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Baume & Mercier awarded Watch Campaign of the Year
Baume
& Mercier has won Watch Campaign of the Year for its latest
advertising campaign.
The luxury brand received the highest number of public votes at the awards
organised...
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Fortis and Rolf Sachs release Frisson Art Edition
Fortis has teamed up with Rolf Sachs to create Frisson, an...
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MeisterSinger releases new Perigraph PVD watch
Luxury watch brand MeisterSinger has added a new model to its Perigraph colle...
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Graham launches new Silverstone Stowe Racing watch
Luxury brand Graham has
added a new watch to its Silverstone collection.
The new Silver...
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Oris launches RAID 2011 Alarm Edition
Oris has added a new addition to their racing-inspired RAID
collection: the
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Perrelet releases Turbine Poker series
Luxury watch brand Perrelet
has released the Turbine Poker watch, a desi...
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Graham Rahal becomes latest Graham ambassador
American Indy Car driver Graham Rahal has become the latest ambassador for
luxury watch brand Graham.
He is the son of the 1986 Indiapolis 500
winner and three-time CART Champion Bobby Rahal.
Graham is also the
youngest winner of the Izod IndyCar series era – he won his series debut in
t...
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New Seastar 1000 collection launched by Tissot
Luxury watch brand Tissot recently launched its new flagship store
in Hong Kong's Mong Kok, as well as launching the new Seastar 1000
range.
Inspired by diving in terms of shape, design and functionality,
all the Seastar watches in the range can still function at
underwater...
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Tissot launches PRC 200 AutoQuartz
Luxury watch brand Tissot has launched its new PRC 200 AutoQuartz
watch.
The Tissot watch has a stainless steel case and measures
38mm by 10mm. The crystal is an AR-coated sapphire with a display back. The
timepiece...
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Graham releases Swordfish Diamonds model
Luxury watch brand Graham has released its new Swordfish Diamonds
model.
The stainless steel case measures 46mm and encompasses 60
1.2-carat diamonds. The Graham
watch has a steel bezel with two diamond portholes at...
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MeisterSinger Singulator nominated for design award
Luxury watch brand MeisterSinger has had its Singulator, the regulator
watch that puts the hour in the centre of the dial, nominated for a prestigious
design award.
The German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung), which is
sponsored by the German government, has nomininated the MeisterSinger
Singulator.
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Latest Bremont watches showcased at Couture 2011
Luxury watch brand Bremont showed its newest watches off at the
recent Couture Time 2011 event.
The watches were the forthcoming
BC-Solo and the P-51.
Giles English of Bremont
watches commente...
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Corum launches 73rd edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud
Luxury watch brand Corum launched the 73rd edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud
recently.
The starting gun went off at 10am and the 477 sailing teams set off. One D-35
Ikalys-Corum team member fell overboard just afte...
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Ball Watch Co. wins Watch of the Year
A leading European watch magazine has chosen a Ball Watch Co. watch as its
Watch of the Year 2011.
00/24 Watch World Magazine chose Ball Watch Co.’s
Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime as its watch of the year. Initially, the
watch was shortlisted alongside other luxury watch brands through a 6,000-reader...
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Hamilton launches Khaki Conservation Auto Chrono in association with Harrison Ford
Luxury watch brand Hamilton has launched the new Hamilton Khaki Conservation
Auto Chrono watch, with the aim of raising awareness about conservation issues.
The watch was designed in collaboration with actor Harrison Ford, who is
vice chair of the non-profit environmental group Conservation Internati...
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Bremont becomes air show’s official sponsor
Luxury watch brand Bremont has announced that it is to become the official
sponsor of the Fighter Collection’s Flying Legends Airshow.
This follows
Bremont’s ongoing partnership with the Fighter Collection. The Flying Legends
Airshow is one of the most well-known events in the industry and brings toge...
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Pequignet collections arrive in Paris
Luxury watch brand Pequignet is celebrating the fact that the first of the
famous Calibre Royal collections are now available in Paris.
The brand
describes this as the “moment we have been waiting for for five years”. It calls
the watch a “genuine horological innovation”, boasting that it is not copied,...
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Nomos Glashutte date mechanism gets bigger
Luxury watch brand Nomos Glashutte has now made the patented date
mechanism on its watches even bigger.
Its Tangente, Orion and Ludwig
watches now feature the larger date mechanism. The brand notes that the
typography of each date ring has been designed with each specific model in
mind.
In&nb...
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Grand Seiko launches 130th anniversary watches
Luxury watch brand Grand Seiko has launched three new limited edition
watches as part of its 130th anniversary commemorative
collection.
All three of the new watches feature a newly created
mechanical hand-winding movement, named Caliber 9S64. It has a 3-day power
reserve and has been developed exc...
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MeisterSinger celebrates successful Baselworld 2011
Luxury watch brand MeisterSinger has reported that this year’s Baselworld
watch exhibition was its most successful in the last ten
years.
MeisterSinger launched its new Neo collection at the
event, and said the range was very well-received by customers and
distributors alike.
The stand h...
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Raymond Weil launched Classic Brit Awards watch
Luxury watch brand Raymond Weil has produced a new watch to commemorate the
Classic Brit Awards 2011.
The Maestro Classic BRIT Awards 2011
watch marks the fact that the Raymond Weil brand is sponsoring the event.
The
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Carl F. Bucherer releases Alacria Royal
Luxury watch brand Carl F. Bucherer has released the Alacria Royal, an
opulent ladies’ watch that comes in four colours.
The watches are heavily
jewelled, incorporating stones such as diamonds, blue and orange-coloured
sapphires, rubies and emeralds. The watches were inspired by Indian colour
symbol...
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Bremont launches marine clock
Luxury watch brand Bremont has launched an exclusive new clock to
celebrate the UK’s maritime history.
The B-1 clock will be able to tell
the time wherever the person may be as well as in England. Once fully wound it
will stay accurate for a minimum of 40 days. The B-1 movement uses a
classic Engli...
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Bell & Ross unveils new BR 02 Phantom
Luxury watch brand Bell & Ross has unveiled its new BR02 range, named
Phantom.
The two dive watch models are the BR 02 Phantom and BR02 Steel.
Both watches have a 44mm steel case, are powered by a Swiss automatic
mechanical movement (ETA 2892) and a have power reserve of 42 hours.
T...
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Bremont releases limited edition P-51
Luxury watch brand Bremont has announced that it will launch the
Limited Edition ‘Bremont P-51’.
The watch is built with original
parts from the famous 1944 Mustang WWII aircraft P-51K-10 (serial number
44-12016), also known as ‘Fragile but Agile’.
Original aluminium from the
aircraft...
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Oris creates watch to honour aviation milestone
Luxury watch brand Oris has launched a new watch to celebrate a legendary
milestone in aviation history.
On 14 May 1947 the Bell X1 made the first
manned supersonic flight. It broke the sound barrier and made its way into the
history books.
Oris’s new Big Crown X1 is a homage to that
achievement....
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Win a two-week once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world with Maurice Lacroix
To celebrate the launch of the new Maurice Lacroix Masterpieces watches,
the luxury watch brand is giving away a two-week trip of a lifetime.
The
giveaway is being run in conjunction with Kuoni. The idea is based on the
'constant movement' principle of Maurice Lacroix watches.
To be in with
a cha...
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Corum sailing season kicks off
The OKALYS-Corum sailing season kicked off recently at the Beau-Rivage
Palace in Lausanne.
It began with the Grand Prix Les Ambassadeurs from 6
to 8 May between Lausanne and Geneva.
Luxury watch brand Corum
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Antarctica researcher wears Ball Watch Company watch
A senior researcher has carried out research in
Antractica wearing a Ball Watch Company watch, the brand has
reported.
Richard Limeburner deployed the first real-time instruments
under the Ross Ice Shelf with satellite telemetry. He used a Ball Watch Engineer
Hydrocarbon alligator to...
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Timothy Poulton becomes latest friend of Graham watches
Designer Tim Poulton has become the latest friend and fan of Graham watches,
the luxury watch brand has announced.
Poulton, 41, regularly takes part
in car racing and is a particular fan of GT racing. He took part in his latest
GT challenge this year in a Graham-branded vehicle – a black Lotus Exige....
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Bremont ambassador climbs Everest for the ninth time
Bremont watch ambassador Kenton Cool has this week successfully completed
his ninth ascent of Mount Everest.
The British mountaineer, 37, said he
decided to make the latest attempt to see whether he could get a 3G signal on
his mobile phone at the summit. Fittingly, when he arrived, he called his home,
s...
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Oris creates watch to commemorate Reno Air Races
Luxury brand Oris has created a watch to commemorate the Oris Big Crown
Air Racing team competing for the first time ever at the renowned Reno Air Races
in Nevada.
The team’s pilot Don Vito Wyprächtiger was the first Swiss man
to qualify for the event and managed to come second in the Formula Gold
Race&n...
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Ebel unveils new Brasilia
Luxury watch brand Ebel has unveiled its latest Brasilia model - the 2011
Pure Brasilia.
The 2011 timepiece is described by the Ebel
watch brand as embodying “the quintessential spirit of the
architects of time”. The w...
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Oris’s journey through time
Luxury watch brand Oris created a special photo gallery and video for the
recent Baselworld 2011 event to showcase its rich history.
These pictures
and video have now been made available for everyone on the Oris
watch
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Bell & Ross unveils new art piece
Luxury watch brand Bell & Ross has unveiled a new work of art, first
previewed at Baselworld 2011 and promoted this week on Facebook.
The
piece of art entitled Twelve O’Clock is introduced by Bell & Ross as a
“philosophical, creative piece” and “an artistic interpretation of the passage
of time”....
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Corum watch ambassador wins Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE
Corum watch ambassador Ben Ainslie, who will compete in the Olympic Games
2012, has won the Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma.
The event is one
of seven which is held for the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Ainslie was competing
against 85 other boats in the Finn category. After winning the Sail Melbourne in...
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First Middle East store for Bell & Ross
Luxury watch brand Bell & Ross has now opened a retail store in Dubai
– its first store in the Middle East.
The retail opening is part of the
brand’s international development strategy and follows on from five other new
retail stores which it opened in 2010.
The store is located in Bur Jurman...
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Maurice Lacroix wins Red Dot award
A timepiece from luxury watch brand Maurice Lacroix has won the
main prize at the Red Dot Design Awards.
The limited-edition Pontos
Décentrique Phases de Lune Maurice Lacroix watch will b...
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Tissot to be Official Timekeeper of Superbike event
Luxury watch brand Tissot has been chosen as Official Timekeeper and Sponsor
of the FIM Superbike World Championship.
The role is to last a number of
years but has already begun, with Tissot recently appearing at the Superbike
round in Netherlands earlier in April. Tissot will be present at all the FI...
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Perrelet releases limited edition Seacraft Collection
Luxury watch brand Perrelet has released three limited
edition watches in its Seacraft collection. Just 777 of each watch has been made
available.
The watches are: the Seacraft 3 Diver: A1053/2 + A1053/C, the
Seacraft Chronograph: A1054/1 + A1054/B, and the Seacraft GMT: A1055/3 +
A...
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Raymond Weil launches Freelancer range
Luxury watch brand Raymond Weil has launched its new range
of Freelancer watches.
A spokesperson for the Swiss brand said of the
new collection of Raymond Weil Freelancer
watches...
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Seiko announces Ananta Automatic Chronograph Diver’s watch
Seiko has announced the development of its Ananta Automatic Chronograph
Diver’s watch, which it says is a “celebration of Japan’s artistry”.
It
is one of the watches in Seiko’s 130th anniversary collection and is limited to
just 700 pieces. It will be available globally from autumn 2011. The
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Tissot launches first analogue perpetual calendar watch
Luxury watch brand Tissot has launched the Tradition
G15.561, the brand’s first ever analogue perpetual calendar watch, which is
powered by a completely new movement.
The G15.561 movement means that the
perpetual calendar facility will operate perfectly with no need for the
user to&...
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Oris to release watch inspired by Chet Baker
Luxury watch brand Oris is to release a watch inspired by
American jazz musician Chet Baker, it has been revealed by Professional Jeweller
magazine.
The watch will be part of Oris’s annual culture collection. The
release of the watch in the autumn will coincide with a film about the
musi...
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Glycine reveals new Airman SST Chronograph
Luxury watch company Glycine has announced its new Airman SST
Chronograph watch. The new timepiece will be the 24th generation of its Airman
range.
The new Airman is based on a 1968 model which was launched as Glycine’s first
ever chronograph. This 1968 watch is now highly sought after by collec...
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Corum watch ambassador sails home
Corum watch ambassador Loick Peyron and his co-sailor Jean-Pierre Dick
recently completed a 93-day round-the-world regatta.
After more than
three months away, their boat, Virbac-Paprec 3, crossed the finish line of the
Barcelona World Race in Barcelona. The pair had set off on New Year’s Eve 2010
and the...
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Hamilton watches launches Thin-O-matic
Luxury watch brand Hamilton has launched the new Thin-O-Matic
range.
The watch company says the new line is rooted in the 1960s, when
the original Thin-O-Matic range first became popular. The new range is available
in two case size...
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Bell & Ross get new headquarters
Luxury watch brand Bell
& Ross has announced it is taking up new headquarters in Paris.
For the past 13 years the luxury watch-maker has been stationed a...
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Bremont goodies up for grabs
To celebrate the launch of a new forum for Bremont
watch fans, a Bremont goody bag is being given away.
The Alt1tude fan
forum is giving away a prize of a Bremont cap, a Bremont Baselworld 'moleskin'
notebook - signed by Nick&n...
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Carl F Bucherer displays calendar wristwatch
At recent watch event Baselworld, luxury watchmaker Carl F Bucherer displayed
a watch which incorporates a calendar.
The Patravi EvoTec Calendar displays 53 weeks of the year – one for each week
and an extra one which has been included for technical reasons. The brand
explains: “This is to...
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Dent & Co. release Dent Denison
Luxury watch firm Dent & Co., the maker of Big Ben, has released a new
watch.
The Dent Denison is a classic three-handed wristwatch based on an
earlier Dent design from the 20s and 30s. The Denison is described as a
“supremely elegant gentlemen’s watch” and will be produced in limited
amounts....
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Bremont announces new SOLO wristwatch
Luxury watch brand Bremont recently announced the launch of its new SOLO
wristwatch.
The watch is designed as a pilot’s watch and is described as
“an obvious choice for those wanting to enter the world of Bremont automatic
chronometer.” The watch will be available with two different dial variants and
the...
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Oris reveals skeletonised watches for women
Watchmaker Oris recently revealed the Artelier Skeleton with Diamonds
range, a new watch collection aimed at women.
The Artelier Skeletonised
range previously only included watches for men, but Oris said that the new
collection is in response to increased demand from women for these
watches. The br...
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Bell and Ross hold vintage-themed launch in Malaysia
Luxury watch brand Bell & Ross recently held a vintage-themed launch
party in Malaysia.
The Bell & Ross Rebirth of a Classic private
party was held to celebrate the launch of its new Vintage ‘Heritage’ collection.
A historic Chinese Assembly Hall in Malaysia was used to hold the party and the...
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Win a Seiko watch
Car Magazine is offering readers the chance to win a Seiko watch worth £395.
The watch competition has been launched to celebrate a decade of Seiko’s
motoring and motorsport-inspired watches which recognise the relationship
between great cars and watches.
All you need to do to win is answer...
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Two new Corum watches added to Seafender range
Two new watches have been added to Corum’s Seafender 46 range.
The
Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Dive and the Admiral’s Cup Seafender Chrono Dive are
both water-resistant to 300 metres and described by the brand as “sporty, yet
elegant”. It says the new Corum watches are “equally at ease worn over a diving...
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Sinn - 50th Birthday
Since its founding in 1961 the manufacturer from Frankfurt am Main,
focused on producing high-quality mechanical watches. This year Sinn will be
celebrating its 50th birthday. Their motto: “Timepieces that people can rely on
throughout their lives and that guarantee the highest precision even under
extreme cond...
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Ebel and Miss Pandora
Like a heroine out of a romantic novel, Classic Sport Lady takes on a
dreamlike aura within the universe of Miss Pandora. This third photo shoot in
EBEL's cooperation with Louise Ebel (www.misspandora.fr) sets a fascinating
stage for the EBEL Classic Sport Lady watch. Its...
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Fortis - Chrono Award
The Chrono Award 2010 is an election of the most popular and most
beautiful watches, jointly organised by two leading Austrian economic magazines
Trend and Format. The winners have been announced during the official Chrono
Award Gala. The most nominations have been in the category „success" (men's
watches up to...
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Bremont P-51 Limited Edition
Next time you see this metal it will be integrated into 251 watches!
Announced for BaselWorld in March 2011 is the Bremont P-51 Limited Edition, a
chronograph chronometer built with original parts from the famous 1944 Mustang
WWII aircraft P-51K-10 (serial number 44-12016), a Pacific war veteran also
known as ‘...
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Bell & Ross Vintage Original Carbon
For 2011, Bell & Ross have created the VINTAGE COLLECTION to pay
tribute to the aviators of the 1940s who were the first professionals to
consider the wristwatch as an aid to their missions. They have continued with
their quest in creating timepieces based on the legibility principles of an
instrumentation...
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BALL - ENGINEER HYDROCARBON MAGNATE GMT
Magnate GMT is a timepiece, which combines all the traditional values of BALL
Watch Company. The watch is designed with today’s wearer in mind – finely
balancing the sporty with elegant.
The Engineer Hydrocarbon series is known for its innovative technological
sophistication and this version of the M...
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BASELWORLD Goes Social
BASELWORLD the Watch and Jewellery Show is now to be found on the social
media platforms.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/baselworld
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/baselworld
Youtube:
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Munichtime and Viennatime Awards
The Munichtime and Viennatime award first announced in 1996 has become an
event that keeps many in suspense. The jury and thousands of enthusiasts cast
their vote at both locations for four categories, Intricate Mechanic, Classic
Elegance, Sportive Dinamic and Feminine Luxury. The opinion this year was
div...
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Glycine Intruder
The watch company Glycine Watch SA in Biel is renowned for high-quality
watches with large diameters. The company offers a range of mechanical aviator
watches, chronographs and diving watches. When Glycine first introduced its
Incursore model 12 years ago, with a diameter of 44 mm, it was considered one of
the...
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Perrelet Big Central Moonphase
Perrelet announces Big central Moonphase. Clearly influenced by the human
obsession with the moon, its phases, and its effect on our planet. Regulated for
the next hundred years (if operating constantly) the mechanism is set to
indicate the exact moon phase. The latest addition to an already extremely
refined c...
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Raymond Weil First Moon Phase
Maestro Moon Phase is Raymond Weil’s first moon phase complication with a
mechanical movement. “Maestro” is Italian for the master who has reached the
highest point in his abilities. With its new timepiece, the brand once again
demonstrates that when it comes to their craft, tradition and creativity go hand
in...
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Baume & Mercier - SIHH 2011
To mark the start of a new chapter in its 180-year history, Baume &
Mercier invited near 1000 guests to a garden party on the beach to echo its new
Brand universe: seaside living in the Hamptons. Monumental sand sculptures, the
sound of waves, guests enjoying themselves on the wooden deck and then on the...
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Carl F. Bucherer -In Safe Hands
Carl F. Bucherer confirmed Diego Benaglio, the Swiss national soccer team
goalkeeper, becomes a new brand ambassador.
Lucerne watch Manufacture, Bucherer Montres S.A., was pleased to reveal its
latest association - “Diego Benaglio embodies the values of our Carl F. Bucherer
brand in an impressive way...
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Ebel - An Admirer
There are some individuals who are truly blessed in their eye for fashion,
design, colour. Their flair for expression can enlighten everyone else
around them, helping us to view something in an entirely new light.
22-year-old Louise Ebel is one such person. A student, she’s become one of
the best know...
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Bremont - Timekeeping at Sea
We’re all familiar with Bremont for their aviation pieces, but the British
manufacturer has applied its expertise to sea clocks now as well. The company’s
decided to honour the great John Harrison, whose Ship Chronometer solved one of
the greatest chronological problems ever. His marine chronometer allowed
mari...
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BALL Watch Company - “Unstoppable”
Any publicity is good publicity. Any time on the big screen, well, that’s
even better. What’s more, if the movie happens to be a hit, then everybody wins.
“Unstoppable” premiered in August. The film did quite well: operating on a
budget of approximately $85 million and pulling in about $135 million in gross...
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Hamilton - Right on Track
American watchmaker Hamilton would like to take the watchmaking world back
to the late nineteenth century. Many in the United States will remember it as an
era of unbridled industry and corrupt government. But at the same time it was
the age of the iron horse: the railroad.
The railroad has gone down in
Ame...
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Oris - Changing the World, One Watch at a Time
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s
greatest biospheres. Visible from outer space, it’s the largest structure made
by living organisms on the planet. UNESCO designated it as a world heritage
site, and Australia has taken steps to ensure that the three thousand mile reef
remai...
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Baume et Mercier Classima Jumping Hour
Considering that Baume & Mercier's 'Classima' collection was launched
less than six year ago, we find ourselves looking at a very generous offering
that blends contemporary and classic into a successful range. A range that
according to some was let down by infrequent visits of more advanced
complicatio...
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Glycine - The New Incursore
Glycine’s first Incursore hit the market twelve years ago. In that
relatively short span of time, the watch’s popularity has increased
dramatically. It was immediately popular in Italy upon its release, and has
gained a foothold in a number of other markets.
The “Intruder” is simple
enough. It isn’t a prete...
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TAG Heuer - Watch of the Year
TAG Heuer has captured yet another honour, this one the coveted “Le Petite
Aiguille” Best Watch of the Year Award. This citation for excellence was issued
at the recent 2010 Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève competition. Not only is
the award by itself an outstanding achievement, but the Grand Prix is generall...
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Cuervo y Sobrinos - Across the Years
Introduced at Basel 2010 is a model that Cuervo y Sobrinos has been
pouring a lot of effort into: the Historiador Semanal. Its story is an
interesting one, coinciding with both the history of the brand and the history
of Havana.
The Historiador Semanal is a modern interpretation of a model
that the company...
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Ball Watch Company - Chasing Trains
Ball Watch Company got its start creating watches for the locomotive
industry. Collisions between these massive machines were such a problem in early
industrial America, that synchronisation became an obvious necessity. Safety had
to improve, and precise timepieces would be a key element of this.
Pocket-sty...
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Baume & Mercier - Four Years and Counting for a Good Cause
Baume & Mercier is a watchmaker with a big heart, a trait we see in
them year after year. Big hearts always attract other big hearts to good causes.
That’s surely the case with Baume & Mercier’s campaign, Baume & Mercier
& Me, now in its 4th big year of doing good things.
Since 2006, the
Bau...
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Archimede - Adding the Arcadia Chronograph
Fine watchmaker Archimede has added a chronograph to its vaunted Arcadia
line. The company notes that the Chronograph continues to blend “timeless
elegance” with “classic design.” Indeed, the piece delivers on all fronts.
The dial is available in two distinct colours: black, or an attractive
silver. Regardl...
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Dent & Co - The Cowell Factor
A lot of famous British citizens have worn watches produced by the iconic
Dent & Co. The list is long, from King George V to Winston Churchill. Even
Big Ben is a Dent masterpiece.
Among these well-known individuals is a
member of the recent British Renaissance: Simon Cowell. The host of the hit
program...
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Anonimo - Ivan Basso’s Choice
Winner of the giro d’Italia in both 2006 and 2010, Ivan Basso has made
clear his preference for Anonimo watches. Several photos on the company’s
website show him posing with the San Marco Drass wristwatch.
This particular
piece is about as busy as they come. Between the ten o’clock and twelve o’clock
positi...
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Azimuth - An Excellent Explorer
If you’re an extreme sports fan, then the Azimuth Xtreme-1 collection is
for you. After all, it’s good enough for Mexican explorer Fernando Lozano and
his demands.
Precisely what are these? Lozano combines two of the most
dangerous sports out there: climbing and diving. He’s ascended some of the
tallest pea...
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Hamilton - In the Limelight
American actor Harrison Ford has been involved with the Hamilton brand,
and it’s no anomaly. Hamilton takes a special interest in film, and in ensuring
that its products appear in movies.
Recently, Hamilton partnered with the
American Film Market (AFM). Between the 3rd and 10th of November in Santa
Monica-L...
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Ebel - The “Anything” Watch
Ebel’s new “Classic Hexagon” is an “anything” watch. They define it as
simultaneously classic and contemporary. This versatility extends far beyond the
occasion. Though it is a man’s watch, it functions equally well for women. It’s
a piece that can be worn out on the pitch or at the office.
This is a rare
t...
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Oris - A Special Special Forces Piece
Meet the 4th Régiment d’Hélicoptères des Forces Spécialies, a French Army
aviation unit that’s the latest to be enshrined in a high-quality, luxury watch.
Very little information is publicly available about this particular unit, but
suffice it to say that these specialists are subjected to extreme danger and
tr...
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Seiko Ananta - The Drive for Expansion
In late October, Seiko announced that it would work to increase its
presence in India. The plan is twofold: to open more exclusive Seiko outlets all
over the country, but also to increase the brand’s presence in stores that
feature a number of different companies.
Seiko is represented in India
through a sub...
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The death of Luigi Macaluso
We have just recieved this press release with some very sad news.
We are deeply saddened to announce that Mr. Luigi Macaluso, Chairman of
SOWIND GROUP (Girard-Perregaux and JEANRICHARD), has unexpectedly passed
away.
Luigi Macaluso, affectionately known as “Gino” by those closest t...
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Grand Seiko - Raising the Bar for 50 Years
From the Far East comes an extremely impressive line-up of watches from
Japan’s SEIKO. These are the Grand Seiko’s, the finest pieces that the company
has to offer. What’s more, Seiko is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary of this
line with a number of stunning, limited edition pieces.
The company...
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Hamilton - LED Turns 40!
Led Zeppelin turns 40? And their singer, or their guitarist, what was his
name? Hamilton? Wasn’t there a Hamilton in that band? Earth calling nostalgic
rock star: L.E.D. - LED as in light display, not classic rock and roll. LED as
in that alarm clock with the big glowing electronic numbers you had in the 70’s
w...
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BRM - Racing with Simona De Silvestro
Simona De Silvestro is a black and gold blur on a racetrack. And if she’d
just slow down for a moment you’d see a BRM Chronograph on her wrist. Black and
gold of course, and the post blazes her racing #78, bold letters of course.
It just happens that Ms. De Silvestro is one of the most talented lady race
dr...
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Ebel - Football Aficionado
We are accustomed to the partnerships between luxury watchmakers and
sport: auto and motorcycle racing, international tennis and golf, extreme sports
taking watches to the heights of the tallest mountains, aboard ocean-racing
yachts, as instruments of survival on the deepest deep sea dives. From time to
time, a...
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Bremont - The 12,000 Miler, The Cape Challenge
Affectionately known as “Nouj” by his RAF buddies, former Royal Air Force
pilot, Steve Noujaim, Bremont Watch Ambassador, has put in his pocket an
extraordinary world flying record, the daunting Cape Challenge. The Cape
Challenge isn’t a touristy-type afternoon joy flight up and down the sandy
shores of Massach...
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Giuliano Mazzuoli - Touches Greatness
It is difficult to comprehend the full extent of the late Paul Newman’s
generosity. His foundations gave hundreds of millions of dollars to thousands of
charities; his millions surely have touched millions. Shortly before Newman died
he touched an individual, watchmaker Giuliano Mazzuoli, who is a giver as well....
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Oris - Fitness Training Formula One Style
The cockpit of a Formula One race car is fantasy land for us
‘everydayers.’ We can get up and down through the gears of our classic compact,
we’ll make the corner at the local roundabout a few kph’s over the speed
limit, even complete a three-point turn when gunning for a parking space
at the mall, but an...
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Corum - A New Ambassador, A World-Class Sailor
Corum Watch is as tied to sailing as a boat is to an anchor. Loick Peyron
makes those ties more unbreakable than ever. He really is the sailor of all
sailors, and joins Corum as their newest ambassador.
Peyron is a man of
un-numerable credits at the helm on the high seas: 43 crossings of the Atlantic,
18 on...
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Bremont - The Incomparable Sara Campbell
Mozart started at three, Tiger Woods was playing golf at three, Sara
Campbell took to the crazy world of free diving at three...seven, at
thirty-seven years of age. Amadeus and Tiger have nothing on Sara.
She
started her diving on a whim, to escape the traumas of life on land. That was
2007. Nine mont...
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Raymond Weil - Timepieces to Fund a Cure
In a one-two punch to defeat cancer, Raymond Weil has joined forces with
two renowned cancer fighting organisations: The International Union Against
Cancer (UICC) based in Geneva, and America’s Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The
UICC was founded in 1933. It is non-political, non-sectarian, and non-profit,
and...
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Victorinox Swiss Army - The Titanium Line
Victorinox, the maker of the legendary Swiss Army knife, continues to expand
its line-up of other fine products. In the spotlight this week is the revamped
“Titanium” line of timepieces. Not only do they reveal the European style and
Swiss craftsmanship inherent in the brand, but they speak to the near
ind...
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U-Boat - More like Battleships!
If you follow the buzz swirling about certain watches, you’ve heard of the
celebrity spottings of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing
U-Boat watches. All of that was a year or two ago and it made me think, if
Charles Atlas were still around (down on the beach with the girl in the ‘60’s
type bla...
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Graham London - The Fastest Logo in the World
Graham London will tell you themselves, “we like sports if it's historic,
if it's real, slightly mad and if it's British and gritty.”
Formula 1 racing
got into Graham London’s blood in 2009. They’ve long been in motorbike and other
racing, but F1 blasted them into new categories.
It happened on the eve of...
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Baume & Mercier - All about Women in 2010
The headline is only slightly misleading. Baume & Mercier is about
women in 2010, as they were in 1920. Baume and Mercier have been about women for
90 years!
Baume & Mercier began their special relationship with women at
a time when “time” wasn’t to be the bother of women. Baume and Mercier love
wom...
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Suunto - The XTERRA Triathlon
The 2010 XTERRA Championship series is upon us. What’s special about this
particular triathlon? Well, it’s the USA Triathlon Championship for one, and
it’s also being held in Suunto’s backyard. Beginning on September 25, Snowbasin
Resort, Utah will play host to this endurance tournament. Suunto, one of the...
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Ball - Hold your Breath
How long can you hold your breath? (Without cheating that is.) You better
believe you can’t cheat even a fraction when you’re diving over 100 meters into
a deep sea blue hole. Since at that game of life cheating may cost you more than
losing a bet, what you really need is a good watch and a good set of lungs.
S...
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Fortis - Spaceleader Brought to Earth
Fortis Watch has been space traveling almost as long we humans. In 1972
they went future-world with watch names, introducing the Spacematic, Stratoliner
and Spaceleader. As “futurey” as the names were for the day, the watches were as
design-eclectic as a NASA team locked away for a weekend with a Mechano
set.
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TechnoMarine - The Comeback Continues
Youtube is full of hilarious material; best of all, it’s free and accessible
to everyone. But the website also offers companies a treasure trove of
opportunities. Remember the “Old Spice” commercial with the guy on the
horse--and the millions of “hits” that that’s generated? It’s safe to say that
when your...
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Girard-Perregaux - “Only Watch ’09” for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Imagine a seriously debilitating genetic disorder that affects one in
every 3,500 boys, in Europe alone affecting 30,000 sufferers. That’s essentially
the size of the population of Monaco. The afflicting disease, known as Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy, weakens the muscles, creates respiratory and cardiac
problems...
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BRM - In the Race to put it, precisely
Drive onto the BRM website and I swear you can smell the gas fumes at the
racetrack. It’s physically moving: intoxicating.
When you click the mouse to
BRM, a Porsche or a Ferrari or some other exotic blares red line in your ears at
110 decibel excitement. The graphics suck you in. You want to grab onto y...
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Bremont - Cape Challenge
Bremont specialises in aviation watches, pieces designed to recognise
historic achievements. Though they haven’t (yet?) crafted a watch for the “Cape
Challenge,” they found it noteworthy enough to mention.
What is the “Cape Challenge”? It’s an event that began way back in 1939. An
individual by the...
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Baume & Mercier - An Enduring Charity
This year, Baume & Mercier announced the fifth year of their charity
campaign. The fact is the company’s charitable devotions date to the early 20th
century.
The modern incarnation of Baume & Mercier’s longstanding
humanitarianism – and a first of its kind – enlists famous Hollywood celebri...
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Azimuth Watch - Two Guys Having Fun
They must be having fun, they have to! When a watch company makes a timepiece
that imitates a robot, another that mimics a sundial since it has one hand and
that goes backwards, you’ve got to admit, whoever these guys are they are having
fun. I saw a picture of Christopher Long, one of the co-founders of Azi...
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Oris - Really Knows How to Pick ‘em
Bob Dylan’s been on his self-described “Never Ending Tour” since 1988, on the
world stage since the early ‘60’s, and now he’s on a watch. It’s another Oris
tribute, and they pick only the mightiest musical icons.
Oris and music enjoy a prominent long-standing partnership; in 1996 the
company sponsor...
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Bremont - To K2 with Jake Meyer
Nearly 4000 people have reached the summit of Mt. Everest; only 302 have ever
climbed K2. More so, Just 7 Britons have reached the latter’s summit. On Monday,
June 8th 2009, Great Britain’s Jake Meyer, a Bremont watchmaker ambassador since
2006, set off on a climb to put Meyer in the record books as the youn...
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Hamilton work with Harrison Ford for new collection
Hamilton have got together with the Hollywood star Harrison Ford to create a
brand new collection of watches to support the Team Earth foundation. Team
Earth is a platform for looking at collective change on important enviromental
issue for our planet.
The Khaki Team Earth watch collection is a...
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Girard-Perregaux - Celebrating a Friend’s Success
Nothing complements a beautiful Zegna suit like a Girard-Perregaux timepiece,
and vice versa. Should it come as any surprise that the two brands maintain a
certain connection and synergy? After all, both are world-renowned luxury
European brands.
On the 8th of July, Ermenegildo Zegna celebrated its...
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Victorinox Swiss Army - 100 Year Old Technology in Space
Anything older in space than a Swiss Army knife has got to be the stars and
planets and asteroids. Jules Verne’s rocketship maybe, but that wasn’t really
real. Victorinox Swiss Army knives are real.
After an unparalleled success
story on earth and everywhere around and across it, the amazing Victorinox Sw...
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TechnoMarine - The Right Piloting at the Controls
Remember the Miracle on the Hudson? It was nearly two years ago when US
Airways jet pilot Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, calmly and decisively
maneuvered his engines out Airbus 320 to a safe landing on New York City’s
frigid Hudson River. Point is, when the chips are down survival depends on the
right...
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Glycine - The Watchmaking World Loses Glycine’s Beloved Hans Brechbühler
Hans Brechbühler, the former owner and manager of Glycine Watch SA died at
the age of 82 on 19 June 2010. We pay homage to him.
Among many sound accomplishments over a long distinguished career, it was in
the furor of the Swiss watchmaking crisis in 1984 that Hans Brechbühler took
over Glycine and s...
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SINN - Achieving High Honours in 2010
SINN achieves an outstanding ranking in the vote for the 2010 Goldene Unruh,
which is to insiders the “Oscar of the watch industry.” In 1998, trade
publication UHRENMAGAZIN, in cooperation with the news magazine “Focus” and its
“Focus Online” website, began asking readers to vote for their favourite watches...
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Bremont - Hitting the Road with Jaguar
The annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is a mecca for glamorous cars and
hot new concepts from automakers worldwide. As such this August, the picturesque
bay side Pebble Beach golf course also played host to Jaguar's newest design
study, the XJ75 Platinum Concept. Bremont Watch was in on festivities hav...
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Bell & Ross - Accelerates on Earth
Swiss luxury watch maker Bell & Ross is usually associated with aviation.
Although their tradition for fast flying is always in full flight, in 2010 Bell
& Ross put four wheels on the ground and took off.
From First Gear...The
Peugeot SR1 Concept Car was unveiled to the general public at the Genev...
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Perrelet - More Constant than the Moon
Fascinating and intriguing, the Moon, our planet’s only natural satellite,
causes strange phenomena and sets the rhythm of our daily lives. Its soft light
mesmerises us, its fullness will sometimes make us howl…Blah! Blah! Blah! The
reality is the moon is shrinking.
Yes, the moon, our moon, is shrink...
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Oris - Honouring Two More Mighty Musical Greats
Oris, Swiss manufacturer of purely mechanical watches, honours in 2010 two
more musical greats of this century: Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson. Within
their ‘Culture Family’ of timepieces they are famous for producing their jazz
watches, and these newest tributes speak to culture. In past years they have...
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Ball Watch Company - Precision in Zero Gravity
Hey George Jetson! Thinking of an afternoon spacewalk or taking the flying
saucer out for a spin through the asteroid belt, better strap on your
Spacemaster, first.
On April 5th 2010, Captain Alan Poindexter, commander of
the Space Shuttle Discovery tested and wore the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon (EH)
Spa...
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Corum - And a Legendary Race
Corum presents the Bol d'Or Mirabaud Regatta! Bol d'Or Mirabaud Organisation
Committee President, Michel Glaus, said, as the world’s most important regatta
on an inland lake, the Bol d'Or has always been able to count on very
prestigious partners. The 2010 regatta will not be an exception as the Bol d'Or
M...
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Suunto - The X10 and Ultimate Survivability
Most readers are probably aware of Suunto’s commitment to producing durable,
military-grade watches for the armed services. But the company has outdone
itself with an update to its respected X10 and X10 Military models.
It’s been ten years since the X10 was originally introduced, and the “wristop
co...
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Corum - Another Admiral’s Cup
The last time that we took a look at Corum, they were in the midst of
introducing one of their Admiral’s Cup pieces. So too in this instance, though
this luxury watch is considerably different.
Corum’s Admiral’s Cup Collection is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010,
and the historic line enters...
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Girard-Perregaux - A World of Excellence
Girard-Perregaux had the honour of partnering in this 17th edition of the
“World Stars Football Match,” held on Tuesday 11 May 2010 in Monaco's Stade
Louis II. The revenue from this exceptional match will be transferred to the
World Association of Children's Friends (AMADE), to support initiatives aimed at...
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Dent - Want to Wear the Most Famous Clock in History?
For a watchmaker to be steeped in tradition is complimentary, satisfying,
prideful, sure enough. To be steeped in history, is history. Dent & Company
is British history to be relived again.
Winston Churchill’s first watch was a Dent. Before that, Dent's reputation
for precision brought requests...
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Graham - Fast & Glorious on the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is the home of motorbike racings. The Tourist Trophy Isle of
Man is a
motorbike race competed in public roads, especially closed during
the two-week competition. Even a PlayStation2 video game has been made to let
the stay at homes and couch potatoes take a crack at the TT Isle of Man
tr...
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Maurice Lacroix - Follow Your Convictions
This August, there are unexpected happenings in the skies of the high
latitudes of the North American arctic other than the phenomenal appearance of
the Northern Lights. Come closer to earth, and see how a watch company named
Maurice Lacroix is lighting up the sky.
Enter The Maurice Lacroix Bering S...
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Meccaniche Veloci - ‘Engine-eering’ Innovation
Speed and mechanics throttled the fervent inspiration for the Meccaniche
Veloci watch. That was the 1970’s, the beginnings. Two mechanics, young,
ambitious, willing to toil and toil some more, fuelling a passion to achieve a
dream to make a watch that wasn’t just inspired by the world of motor racing,
but...
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Raymond Weil - These Days, Expansion is News. Big News.
On June 10th, 2010, Raymond Weil, independent luxury watchmaker from Geneva,
opened its inaugural boutique in Delhi, India. The next day, the company chose
Hyderabad. Two days after that, it was in the centre of the city of Puna.
Exquisite shops in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore are to follow in the coming...
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Giuliano Mazzuoli - Another Classic Unveiled
Just weeks ago Giuliano Mazzuoli proudly unveiled a special version of his
incredible Contagiri 8C Competizione watch, which pays tribute to the glorious
sport tradition of Alfa Romeo.
Giuliano Mazzuoli’s passion for racing the Alfa Romeo GTA automobiles in the
1970’s meets the passion he has today...
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Anonimo - Elegance, Charity, Exclusivity
Ivan Basso is a cycling champion—Italy’s racing superhero. The Tour of Italy
(the Giro d'Italia…and it sounds so much better said that way) is the country’s
greatest race, and Basso is its greatest driver, winning the event in 2006.
This year he teamed up with a fine Italian watchmaker, Florence’s ver...
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Cuervo y Sobrinos - The Lusty Caribbean Pearl Celebrates
The win for Spain's "La Roja" soccer team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup was
joyous for the Spanish people. And the world celebrated with them! While not a
Spanish brand, the company has released a new (and likely limited edition) watch
in honour of the Spanish national team. Moreover, in a festive mood for much...
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Oris - A New Model in a classic collection
Oris’ BC3 collection has been around for 10 years. During this period of
time, the line has been extremely successful for the company, and now Oris is
adding to the selection. Well, that’s really just part of the story. Existing
models are also being redesigned as part of the process.
Meet the Oris...
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TW Steel - Another Party
Watchmaker TW Steel is, after only a few short years, officially a sponsor of
an F1 racing team. As the “Official Timing Partner” of the Renault F1 Team, TW
Steel had the unique opportunity to take part in the Monaco Grand Prix just a
few short months ago.
So how did the young company celebrate its...
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Fortis - Rowing the Atlantic and Going to Mars…in 2010!
To say Fortis keeps constantly in touch with pilots and space travellers is
not going far enough. Earlier this year their timepieces were rowed across the
Atlantic, in the salt tests to end all salt tests, in a gruelling test for two
men in an open boat and the machines they depended on for timekeeping.
...
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Dior - Christal’s Finest
The “House of Dior” is world famous for its fashion products. Headquartered
in Paris, France, Dior got its start in 1947, shortly after the end of World War
II. Sixty-three years later, the company has experienced phenomenal growth,
stretching into international markets with a vast array of beautiful product...
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Archimede - Earth, Water – in this Case, Sky!
We must admit, across watchmaking flyover country there exists a woebegone,
miss-the-target, and bore-me-to-tears cadre of watch brand names; Archimede
isn’t one.
We know from our classroom school books that Archimedes was a
Roman genius. He invented practical devices in a classical era - in other words,...
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BRM - An Unexpected Surprise
BRM (Bernard Richard Manufacture) watches are inextricably linked to European
automobile racing. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the company’s name
popped up at the Silverstone Classic over the weekend. The event was home to two
Grand Prix Masters races. Although a number of races occurred at Silver...
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Baume et Mercier - The Award-Winning Hampton Classic
The Hampton Classic 8811 watch is an award-winning member of the Hampton
collection, which first launched in 1994. I say award-winning because this
stunning piece just took home the 2010 watch of the year award, as determined by
the German magazine Armanduhren and the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
Ther...
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Bell & Ross - Ever Eastward
We frequently focus on development in Asia, and for several reasons. Asia is
currently experiencing the most rapid regional economic growth in the world, and
standards of living are increasing rapidly. With the rise of Japan in the
post-World War II era, one Asian economy after another has followed this cour...
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Perrelet - The Moonphase Lunar Watch
We’ve focused on everything from watches with actual pieces of the moon in
them to analogue watches that will consistently keep track of natural cycles.
Today, the emphasis is on a piece that’s right between these two. The Perrelet
Moonphase is a 42 mm luxury watch that tracks the lunar cycle. The recent tre...
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Ball Watch Company - Spacemaster Binnie
Ball Watch’s Engineer line contains some of the brand’s quintessential
timepieces. The 2010 Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster is one of them. For this
particular piece, it’s the luminescence technology which makes it so unique. An
H3 micro gas light is installed right near 12 o’clock. Additionally, the number...
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Bremont - Taking the Plunge
Bremont, famous for its aviation watches, had a great degree of success with
the launch of its “amphibious” Supermarine 500. In fact, the response was so
positive that the company decided to not only augment the line with another
piece, but to take, quite literally, the plunge. Their brand-new and first ever...
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Victorinox - A Fighting Ambassador
The famous Filipino champion boxer Manny Pacquiao will be the first citizen of his country ever chosen to be the subject of a limited edition timepiece produced by an international brand. This event occurred in early 2009, as Victorinox Swiss Army celebrated its 125th anniversary. The company is the only one authorized...
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TechnoMarine - Sport is Back
If your standard Casio or Timex just doesn’t do it for you anymore, consider TechnoMarine. It’s a maker of men’s watches that was active in the late 1990s, producing sporty, well-made, attractive pieces. The brand became largely irrelevant at the beginning of the last decade, but is currently experiencing a revival tha...
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Suunto - Elementum and Beyond
Suunto introduced a product in 2009 that’s won accolades all across the
board. The company is proud to offer the Elementum collection of watches, which
consist of three lines designed specifically for Diving, Mountaineering, and
Sailing. They are the Aqua, Terra, and Ventus lines, respectively. These
timepieces...
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Raymond Weil - India
Luxury Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil boasts of its associations with India, noting that it was the “first Swiss watch manufacturer to establish itself in India over 30 years ago.” Recently the company created its very own Indian affiliate, and has just opened 3 new boutiques in the country in June 2010. RW INDIA Pvt. L...
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U-Boat - Baselworld 2010
Italian luxury watchmaker U-Boat recently introduced several new pieces at Baselworld 2010, the industry’s premier event. Designed by Italo Fontana, the new U-42, U-51 Rattrapante, and Classico 1001/1 IPB were featured heavily at the 400 m2 stand.
Although each of these models inspired awe amongst watch enthusiasts,...
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Sinn - The Unusual Tidal Watch
German watchmaker Sinn isn’t particularly well-known in the United States.
There’s only one retailer for the brand in the region, and that lone source is
online. At Baselworld 2010, the brand didn’t have any earth-shattering news to
report. But though things seem relatively quiet, that doesn’t mean that the
com...
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The Closest You’ll Come to a Cockpit
Fine watchmaker Bell & Ross unveiled a watch that takes the term “aviation watches” quite literally. The Instrument BR 01-92 RADAR is inspired by aircraft cockpits. More specifically, its inspiration is the circular radar screen that we’re all used to seeing. Bell & Ross cited this device for its excellence in terms of...
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JeanRichard & MV Agusta
JeanRichard is a young name in the myriad of Swiss watch brands. But in its short lifespan, the manufacturer has taken great strides in gaining renown for itself. In 2004, the brand entered into prestige and notoriety due to the development of its own manufactured movement, the JR1000, a feat that puts them in league w...
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Oris - Diversity and Visibility
Swiss watchmaker Oris produces its pieces in a number of select and unique applications. Each application features a number of different lines germane to that particular activity. For example, Oris has its “Motor Sports” application, with four distinct lines: TT3, WilliamsF1 Team, Chronoris, and RAID. There are three o...
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Maurice Lacroix’s Winningest Ambassador
English golfer Justin Rose is an excellent ambassador for the Maurice Lacroix watch brand, and his recent exploits have only added to this reputation. Within little more than a month, Rose won two important tournaments.
In early June, Rose won his first PGA Tour title to win the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Th...
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Meccaniche Veloci & Brembo
Carbon fibre has been touted for the advantages that it provides to a race car. It’s lighter and stronger than other traditional materials. Unfortunately, it’s substantially more expensive, and this fact has worked to hinder its adoption in less glamorous racing circuits.
But in F1 formula racing and luxury watchmaki...
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Glycine’s Airman Watch
Glycine’s story is well-known. In 1953, a Thai Airways pilot remarked to a Glycine employee precisely what pilots wanted in a watch. Thus, the Airman Line was born. It lives on today, in its 22nd generation. Unveiled at Baselworld 2010, the latest Airman series comes in a number of different styles.
The Airman in its...
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Giuliano Mazzuoli & Paul Newman
Giuliano Mazzuoli recently captured the coveted prize awarded by Dutch
magazine Horloges: the 2009 “Watch of the Year” award in the men’s
€10,000-€35,000 watch category. His Contagiri design is impressive, striking,
and greatly resembles the pressure gauges found in racing. Mazzuoli’s passion
for racing he...
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Ball Watch Company: Pushing Limits
Ball Watch Company has a prestigious safety record behind it. That’s one
reality that makes the following story so intriguing. On the company’s American
website, there’s an incredible video that everyone needs to watch.
Most of us know what base jumping is: leaping from cliffs and mountains with
sui...
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Anonimo and the Race Toward a Cure
Ivan Basso is a champion—Italy’s racing superhero. Quite simply, the Tour of
Italy is the country’s greatest race, and Basso just happens to be its greatest
driver. Now he’s teaming up with a fine Italian watchmaker, Florence’s very own
Anonimo, in celebration of the Tour’s one hundredth year. The fruit of t...
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Corum’s Anniversary
Swiss watch companies are famous for their involvement on the
racing circuit. Whether on the land or on the water, they engage in strategic
partnerships to promote their bra...
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Cuervo y Sobrinos’ Unique Piece
Cuervo y Sobrinos watches are unmistakable. When you see one, you know that
it can’t be anything but. The rectangular face is bold. One of their most
attractive pieces is the Esplendidos Monopusher Chronograph. It’s designed in
Art Deco style, which sets it apart visually from most other luxury watches.
Th...
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Graham: From Royal Society to Vroom, Vroom
Where we start does not indicate where on the leader board we shall finish,
with one exception. Graham Watches has always led on roads to greatness.
Milestones: George Graham is widely held as the father of British
watch-making, indisputable as the ‘Father of the Chronograph’. Here is a man who
was t...
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Fortis: Ahead of the Curve
While some luxury watch manufacturers look to the past for inspiration,
Fortis looks to the future: not just any future either, but man’s future in
space. The Swiss company started its SPACELEADER line way back in 1972. Right
after man first landed on the moon, Fortis attempted to capture this monumental
a...
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Girard-Perregaux Ladyhawke Tourbillon
The Ladyhawke Tourbillion watch is nothing short of breathtaking. It is the
spectacular product of the collaboration between jewellery-maker Boucheron and
watchmaker Girard-Perregaux, the offspring of High Jewellery and High
Watchmaking.
The story behind this piece began over a century again. The Bo...
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Perrelet: Watchmakers for Kings
A watch can be a watch; a Perrelet is timekeeping jewellery. The
Perrelet you wear today is inspired by the sparkling mind of a man who is the
history of watch-making: Abraham-Louis Perrelet.
Perrelet’s ingenuity overcame all obstacles to make the first automatic
watch. That was 1777 when the wo...
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Seiko Ananta: For Connoisseurs around the World
Imagine “your car”—one of Japan’s finest, the Lexus—was only available in
that country. Imagine again, that you learned a new model inspired by decades of
expert engineering was ready to purchase and you must have it. Ticket bought,
bags packed? But your passion is fine watches, not fine cars, and Japan’s...
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The Boat Race
Every year, there is an event in the United Kingdom that draws hundreds of
thousands of spectators and stops traffic in a large part of the country. I am
referring, of course, to the Boat Race, the race between the University of
Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Nowadays it’s referred to as the
Xchan...
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Archimede: Watches from a Different Era
Archimedes was a Roman genius, inventing practical devices in a classical era
when few others were innovating. His “Archimedes’ Screw” was a straightforward
invention which allowed peasants throughout the Roman world to pull water from
low-lying areas for irrigation purposes.
In the same way that th...
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BRM: Rewriting History
There are a few international maxims that history tells us are true. One:
nobody beats the Italians at soccer, and two: the French and the English will
never deign to do anything for the other. Recently, both have been proven wrong
and upended. The Italians went down to the Slovakians in the World Cup, and B...
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Baume & Mercier & Me
Corporations are often villainized for the part they play in polluting the
environment, impoverishing children, or engaging in hazardous manufacturing
techniques. Indeed, it is difficult to find a responsible corporate citizen. In
the world of Hollywood, the press is alive with stories of shameless self
pr...
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Bell & Ross & Infiniti
Bell & Ross is a relative newcomer on the Swiss watch scene, but that
hasn’t hindered it from differentiating its product and partnering with
internationally recognized brands. For example, Bell & Ross operated at its
outset in 1992, by 2002, the company constructed its own production facility,
and...
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Bell & Ross - Tributes to Heroes
In the earliest hours of D-Day, France’s first liberators rained from the
skies, long before the saviours by sea reached her Normandy shores. Heroes…all.
French luxury watch manufacturer, Bell & Ross has not forgotten, especially
to those who first arrived from above.
Emblematically, if not daringly, an...
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Azimuth Watches: Cool Craftsmanship for Manly Men
Remember Mr. Roboto? Not the Styx hit song from the 80’s, I mean the
vintage tin robotic spaceman from the 1950’s. You don’t need to go back in time
for Mr. Roboto; he’s here in his own timepiece by Azimuth Watch, and he’s a
hoot.
Azimuth is a small, new, watch company, founded in 2003, and packs an
uber co...
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TAG Heuer The Green Future
Everybody knows that electric cars are the way of the future. Slowly, this
green technology is being accepted in “hybrid” form, with electric motors
working in conjunction with gasoline engines. Years ago, hybrid technology would
have seemed far-fetched and elusive to most people, but today it’s a proven
concep...
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Classima Executives Magnum XXL
Baume
& Mercier have recently produced two new models for the Classima Executives
Collection. They are both identical, save for the colouring of the case on one.
The ‘Classima Executives Magnum XXL Chronograph’
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Sportswoman Honoured
In Germany, at the end of each year, outstanding sportsmen and women are
honoured at the German Sports Journalist’s Ball in Frankfurt am Main. And, Sinn
Spezialuhren, the watch-makers that have a close association with that city, is
also on hand to make a special presentation. Athletes are not only recognised
f...
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Charity Challenge
Maurice Lacroix has given three internationally renowned designers a
challenge with a twist. The three designers are Gwenaël Nicolas, Arik Levy and
Neil Barrett; and their brief is to redesign the ‘Pontos Décentrique GMT’.
Having already found the fine balance between authenticity and innovation in the
watch ma...
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Singapore Launch
The Ball Watch Company have added a new model to their Engineer
Hydrocarbon collection - the Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster Glow was recently
launched in great style at the Vivo City Mall in Singapore. This new model is a
tribute to Brian Binnie’s historical test flight in SpaceShipOne. Binnie is a
former US...
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"PACMAN" Limited Edition
The boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao has just set the world record for
winning seven championship belts in seven different weight categories by
defeating his latest oponent, Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto. Pacquiao has been
named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2009. Also, Ring
magazine rated...
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Telling Time Without Fuss
Glycine has just released the sixth generation of their Combat series.
This military style collection of watches is produced for exacting conditions of
wear and use. Coloured dials and hands have been used to give a tough watch with
a rugged construction a touch of style so as to provide an elegant watch that
o...
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New Boutique in Bulgaria
In pursuing their expansion programme Raymond Weil recently opened an
exclusive boutique in the heart of Sofia, Bulgaria. Raymond Weil was the first
Swiss watchmaker to establish a presence in Bulgaria some twenty years ago. The
new boutique was opened on 16 September in the presence of Mr Pierre Bernheim, a
me...
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Parmigiani's Prix du Public
Parmigiani created the Pershing Collection of watches in 2008 as a mark of
their then recently formed partnership with the prestigious Italian yacht
manufacturer Pershing. Appropriately then, the Pershing collection then takes
its inspiration from the oceans. Less than a year after the launch of this new
sporty...
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Limited Edition U-51
Just when we were beginning to think we had seen everything, U-BOAT
introduces the U-51, a Limited Edition of only 100 pieces worldwide. The watch's
specifications are bound to impress. MOVEMENT: Arola-Alfred Rochat Lap Timer
Chronograph derived from the Valjoux with a 30 mm diameter, 8.10 mm thickness,
25 rubi...
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Bremont & Martin-Baker
Bremont watches teamed up with the pioneers of the ejector seat
Martin-Baker to produce the ultimate aviation watch, the Bremont MB.
Martin-Baker, suppliers of the ejector seat to over 70% of the Western World’s
air forces, and Bremont watch makers represent the pinnacle of British design
and engineering. This...
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Three: Jaeger-LeCoultre's highlights of 2009
'Three' is the third edition of Jaeger-LeCoultre's spectacular Yearbook,
presenting their highlights for the year 2009. This annual book is itself fast
becoming a collectors item for those collectors and enthusiasts passionate about
fine watch-making and the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand. Jaeger-LeCoultre has produced...
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TAG Heuer: Celebrating 150 Years
On 2 December 2009, TAG Heuer celebrated a double anniversary. The first,
their 150 years in watch-making, and the second their 25 year partnership with
McLaren in F1. To celebrate these two great milestones TAG Heuer gave their
guests a sneak preview of "TAG Heuer: 150 Years". This is a beautifully
illustrated...
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A passion for time
Just ask two men, two friends who turned their love of speed into a shared
dream and a unique lifestyle.
It was the Seventies and they were very young. Their work as mechanics in the
garage of an uncle, a gentleman driver, merged with the magical world of motor
racing. Toil and ambition. Oil stains and dream...
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Features of Springdrive
The precision, reliability and durability of Spring Drive were made
possible by advances in four key areas of luxury watchmaking. MovieHigh accuracy
The Tri-synchro regulator controls and releases the mechanical, electrical
and electro-magnetic energy generated by the mainspring. It replaces the
escapement...
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Spring Drive Chronograph
SEIKO Spring Drive provides the perfect platform for a luxury chronograph,
because elapsed time is measured precisely and not to the nearest fraction. With
one-second-a-day accuracy, with its 12 hours duration, with its vertical clutch
and column wheel for precise button operation, this is one of the world's grea...
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Sinn Technology
Sinn Technology
Ar - Dehumidifying Technology The microclimate
inside a watch greatly influences internal aging processes. When moist air is
sealed inside a watch various corrosion processes are accelerated. Sinn
introduced dehumidifying technology because water vapor can penetrate a watch’s
seal. The t...
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Timeless Esthetics
For some, time is a philosophical concept. For others, it's a precisely
measurable unit. For SINN, it is both. Our watches unite traditional fi ne
craftsmanship with pioneering innovations. The result: timepieces that people
can rely on throughout their lives and that guarantee the highest precision even
undere...
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U-Boat Ceramic Flightdeck
With its black ceramic case and the high-contrasting white face, this
chronograph is set to be the white touch U-Boat are looking for this summer.
With the release of last year’s Flightdeck CAB WH sporting it’s white alligator
strap, U-Boat are taking the ceramic model to the next level. This time the
alligator...
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Coming Soon: U-Boat Ceramic 50mm Flightdeck .
With its black ceramic case and the high-contrasting white face, this
chronograph is set to be the white touch U-Boat are looking for this summer.
With the release of last year’s Flightdeck CAB WH sporting it’s white alligator
strap, U-Boat are taking the ceramic model to the next level. This time the
alligator...
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Oris and RUF
Oris has established a new partnership with German super car manufacturer
RUF Automobile. The partnership underlines Oris’ involvement in the world of
motor sport and also sees the launch of two spectacular new limited edition
watches for 2009. The Oris RUF CTR3 Chronometer is an exclusive watch available
only...
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Art Edition "PLANET"
Confronted with the task to design an artistic watch inspired by outer
space, without the formal design philosophy of FORTIS, Prof. Gerd Winner came up
with the idea of his planet space watch.
The cosmic complexity with its energy fields as part of our solar system,
with its planets and moons and the sun bei...
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Oris & AT&T Williams F1
Oris is pleased to confirm the extension of our partnership agreement with
the AT&T Williams Formula One team.
The agreement makes Oris one of the longest running sponsors of the team, and
ensures that the Oris logo will appear in its familiar front wing end plate
position on the FW31 in the 2009 Formula...
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Keith Duffy's Masked Ball
Tonight, Keith Duffy hosted the last charity ball of 2008 in aid of Irish
Autism Action. The RAYMOND WEIL and Keith Duffy Masquerade Ball took place in
the The Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin in aid of Irish Autism Action and
the Saplings School for Autism in Rathfarnham. There are currently five Saplings
S...
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Oris - Air Traffic Control
Oris touched down at Baselworld with its new BC4 Flight Timer, part of the
BC4 collection. Just the thing for pilots, business types and travellers who
simply must have those extra time zone plus compass for when they get lost. QP
straps in for a test flight....
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Actively Retro
It was amid a cloud of cigar smoke that Cuervo Y Sobrinos, the horology of
La Habana Vieja, rose again to inject some of their voluptuous Cuban style back
into the watch business. QP gulps down its Mojito, dons its Panama and heads off
in search of that Latin spark....
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The Jazz Age
Many people would consider themselves to have well and truly arrived if
they could afford a £250,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom and a £100,000 Girard-Perregaux
tourbillon, but for American horolophile and car collector Roland Hall the
standard offerings were simply a little too common. QP explains what Mr. Hall
did ne...
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Just a Minute
Its loud and outlandish and it takes the BR instruments into unknown
territory. The Minuteur represents a departure from the no-frills Bell &
Ross mould, but is this evolution or an anomaly?...
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Diamonds & Flowers
Diamonds and flowers have always and will continue to stir female desires.
What better combination to bring together two, hitherto largely distinct and
separate watch universes – that of Luxury jewellery moving in perfect harmony
with high-end, mechanical watch technology.
For the first time, a true piece of...
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Artists for Autism Action
This autumn, an exceptional collaboration of artists’ works will take to
the road in an attempt to raise much-needed funds for some of those who need it
most. Ten of the country’s top artists will be uniting to exhibit their
specially commissioned works in aid of Irish Autism Action (IAA), featuring a
stunning...
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Shiver me Timbers!
What is the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about the
Caribbean? Okay, the second thing, after the inimitable Cuban watch brand,
Cuervo Y Sobrinos? Naturally it’s the thrilling myth of the pirate! That
colourful history of danger, pillaging and cutthroat adventure! At Baselworld
this year Cuervo...
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B&R Grand Minuteur
The BR Grand Minuteur is a time measuring tool that takes the brand's
blunt assertiveness to a whole new level. The hour counter is connected to a
large timer, measuring short times, while an additional flyback function
launches a new measurement almost immediately. There is also a lower subdial
indicates the 1...
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The Swordfish 'Ali Baba'
Graham’s new chromatic chronograph, the Swordfish ‘Ali Baba’, is a
colourful edition to their range of bug-eyed sports watches (see QP29).
Decorated with a veritable cornucopia of precious stones, the watch is certainly
a vibrant way to usher in the summer....
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Graham By George!
With their propensity for fish-eye lenses, acid colourways and peculiar,
trigger-operated chronograph pushers, Graham watches have a light-hearted
personality – but, QP discovers, the brand that was among the first to see that
a British revival was in the offing....
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Eberhard's Anniversary
Eberhard & Co are one of those old old brands that seem to sit
simmering away in the background, while others noisily chase the spotlight, only
to explode when everyone’s least expecting, with show-stopping watches like the
iconic Chrono 4 or the massive Traverstolo. It is easy to be beguiled by this
appear...
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Anonimo Revisited
While most watch companies offer more or less overtly macho designs under
the rubrics ‘Pilot’s’ or ‘Diver’s’, they avoid direct associations with the
military as too risky and not exactly glamorous. And when the military does do
glamour the peacock colours of full regimentals rather outshines any wristwatch.
Bu...
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Rallye Monte-Carlo
With a storm raging all about, snow drifts obscuring the way ahead and icy
conditions causing 89% of participants to jump-ship, the 1965 Rallye Monte-Carlo
was a bitterly treacherous competition. Battling the odds and winning through,
Timo Makinen accompanied by Paul Easter won an extraordinary victory in their...
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TAG Heuer Comes Full Circle
Today it has almost become mandatory for a well-established watch brand to
present their distinguished and enduring heritage via their own tailor made
museum. The TAG Heuer 360 however is far from a dusty mausoleum stuffed with old
relics, no; it is a complex, multimedia, three-dimensional sensation.
Ar...
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Swiss Army Victorinox
How easily we take things for granted. So familiar is the Victorinox Swiss
Army emblem that we regard it as much a part of life as our favourite newspaper,
the NHS or the Royal Mail. And if we’re honest, we have to admit we don’t really
know that much about them or it. So let’s start with a bombshell: one out of...
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Master Collection Retrograde
With 175 years of watchmaking history, Longines are honouring this
heritage with the Master Collection Retrograde. The four retrograde functions –
day, date, seconds, second time zone on a 24 hour scale – share the
silver-finished dial with the hour and minute hands. The stainless steel case
has a sapphire crys...
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Extreme Femininity
Bell & Ross pride themselves on their four-point design formula:
readability, functionality, precision and water resistance, with the BR01
standing as the epitome of this no-frills approach to watchmaking. These watches
are ascetic bastions of utility, stripped of any extraneous detail that might
compromise...
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Off to the Movies
The 64th Venice Film Festival enjoyed its week and half of cinematic
celebrations at the beginning of September and once again Jaeger LeCoultre took
charge as the event sponsors. This year marked the 75th anniversary and saw the
rich and famous flocking to the small Venetian island of Ledo, for their annual
hom...
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Seabed Shenanigans
Over the past decade the Internet has taken an unprecedented hold on our
lives and with so much business now being conducted primarily in digital
hyperspace, emphasis has been on web designer to provide an increasingly complex
and interactive experience for visitors.
With the newly revamped Master
Compr...
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B&R Smart Bomb
Not content with looking at the design-driven dashboard of an alluring
Aston Martin, flashy Ferrari, or even the Peugeot prototype for inspiration, the
designers and watchmakers at Bell & Ross looked to the skies for a bit of
divine revelation. When they found it, they went large; 46 mm large. Taking a
’pla...
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Eberhard in the UK
Because of the UK’s notoriously ultra-conservative watch market, we’ve
been denied some of the most interesting marques Switzerland has to offer over
the years. Among them – and it’s a brand that truly hardcore chronograph lovers
revere as much as Leonidas or Lemania – is Eberhard, a brand with over a
century’s...
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Jean Richard hits the track
JeanRichard’s ongoing involvement with the American Le Mans racing series
took a new turn recently, with the announcement of a new sponsorship deal with
the Autocon Motorsports team. ‘Official Watch and Timing Sponsor’ of the series
since 2004, JeanRichard joins top team Autocon with a new promotion dubbed
‘Wat...
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Bremont's ripping yarn
Nick English is at the controls, wearing a battered flying jacket. His
curly ginger hair rises almost vertically between his headphones as he carefully
explains the antiquated control panel with the knowledge of someone who has been
flying since a teenager. On his wrist is a handsome, generously proportioned
pi...
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Ball Watch Company
Overshadowed by Swiss, German and, of late, the revived British houses,
American watch companies are finally making their much-deserved comebacks.
Although America’s budget ranges have achieved global sales, the more costly
brands enjoyed their greatest success in the home market; rare are non-US
collectors of,...
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Glycine Airman
Twenty-four-hour dials are one of those experiences that watch enthusiasts
have to try at least once. They’re like manual gearboxes, varifocal glasses or
Marmite: you’ll either love them or hate them… as I learned when I wore one
during an 11-hour flight with a nine-time-zone shift and arrived thinking that
mid...
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Mazzuoli’s a Dark Horse
This year’s all-black craze continues apace with Giuliano Mazzuoli’s new
version of his Manometro watch. The sporty Manometro S (£2,500) isn’t just
another exercise in ceramic/PVD/diamond-like carbon though – as we’re coming to
expect from the Italian stationary designer, it is a truly audacious concept,
employ...
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Cuervo Celebrates
Revived Cuban watch brand Cuervo y Sobrinos celebrates its 125th
anniversary this year – a milestone marked with élan on 27th June in Madrid. The
La Zarzuela racetrack was transformed into a replica of 1950s Havana, evoking
the seductive, languorous rhythm of life that once made the city the ‘Pearl of
the Carib...
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Another all-TAG Podium
At the time of writing, all three of TAG Heuer’s Formula 1 ambassadors
occupy the top of the driver’s championship, meaning a least one orange-faced
chronograph has waved proudly from every podium of the season so far – not least
from the wrist of McLaren wonderboy Lewis Hamilton. Ron Dennis’ well-groomed (in
b...
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Graham Stuck In A Ruck
The very day after scoring England’s winning try against France in the Six
Nations, Mike Tindall was announced as Graham watches’ new UK ambassador. The
Gloucester RFC outside centre joins former England captain and Leicester Tigers
veteran Neil Back as a Graham of London wearer, reflecting the British Masters...
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Robbery Scare at G-P
A mere 48 hours after every watch was stolen from Girard-Perregaux’s
Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the entire haul was safely recovered by police on
July 7th. The exceptional collection, representing a priceless slice of Swiss
heritage, was found hidden beneath an oak tree, south of Valdahon in
neighbouring Fran...
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Bear's Choice - Bremont
Anyone who’s seen his Channel 4 series Born Survivor will know that Bear
Grylls is a bit of an outdoors type. Being ex-SAS, and more than a little
adventurous (not to mention self-consciously telegenic), it obviously matters
what watch he sports as much as which crampons he uses. And so far, Grylls’
Bremont ALT...
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Jaegers Extreme Lab
The day before Baselworld opened this year, Jaeger-LeCoultre audaciously
sought to steal the show with the press launch of the Master Compressor 'Extreme
Lab' tourbillon. A cocktail of exotic materials and the even-more exotic
techniques required to use them, the Lab was the answer to a simple brief:
“create a...
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Blog from Basel 5
It's as good as, if not better than we expected. The BR-01 Instrument,
whose colossal square proportions exploded onto the market just 3 years ago, has
now been specced-up with spectacular results. BNB Concept - the prolific
movement maestros currently realising Hublot, HD3 and DeWitt's wildest dreams -
have gi...
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Brrrrrrrmmm, BRM!
Fusion watchmaking may still be a hot horological topic, but one man
already appears to be redefining the term by blurring the lines between
micro-mechanics and heavy engineering. His name is Bernard Richards, and his BRM
brand is fast heading for pole position in the world of exclusive yet accessible
motor-ins...
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Tag Heuer V4 Watch
TAG Heuer’s Concept Watch project is proving to be a stroke of genius – if
only because of the acres of coverage the project has garnered both in the
specialist press and beyond. It’s simply too good a story not to tell. And even
if press coverage was the prime mover, who could possibly care when the outcome
ha...
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Parmigiani is 30
To celebrate Michel Parmigiani's 30 years in restoration and watchmaking,
his brand will produce an exceptional new edition of the Kalpa XL Tourbillon,
called the ‘Chiaroscuro’. Its 30-second tourbillon movement (twice the usual
rate of rotation for tourbillons) has the ‘Hebdomadaire’ 7-day power reserve,
and i...
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A Retro Style
Retro styling seems perfectly suited to Baume & Mercier's reinvented
image, if the success of last year's Classima Executives range, launched for the
brand's 175th, is anything to go by. Continuing in this vein, the Baume &
Mercier design studio has created two new models with an even stronger vintage
s...
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Profile
Roger Federer’s third Wimbledon victory (or his new haircut) may or may
not have had anything to do with it, but Maurice Lacroix is celebrating its 30th
birthday with some impressive sales figures. Here is a company that has
undeniably upped the ante in the last five years, investing heavily in
improvements to...
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Corum Adventure
Gipsy Moth IV sails again, with Corum on board QP's writers are often
whisked off to exotic destinations by watch brands eager to remind us of the
excellence of their products. But Corum only had to take Simon de Burton as far
as the Isle of Wight to make a lasting impression. Amid the bustle of Cowes
Week, QP...
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Girard-Perregaux illustrious past
Like the company whose tale it tells, Girard-Perregaux is a hard book to
assess. As a rule, lavish brand histories fall into one of two categories. In
the cases of Tissot and Panerai, their recently published histories leave out
nothing, veering toward the academic, while being beautiful enough productions
to s...
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Newcomer
With Chopard and Girard-Perregaux joining the burgeoning ranks of watch
companies issuing pens, so it continues in the other direction: the Italian
designer Giuliano Mazzuoli has added a wristwatch to his existing catalogue of
witty writing instruments inspired by everyday objects. Meet the
‘Manometro’....
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Heritage
If ever there were two brothers born into the heart of the Swiss
watchmaking industry, it was the founders of Baume & Mercier. But the
company also boasts a quirky, lesser-known British heritage, involving 25-foot
high clocks and Guinness advertising. QP joins in the celebrations, as Baume
& Mercier rea...
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Expansion
JeanRichard’s blooming independence is bolstered by its boldest move yet:
a minute repeater that proves it’s hip to be square “The idea is to do something
different. We are at the stage where we are finding our own direction,” says
Massimo Macaluso of his barely 10-year-old watch firm. JeanRichard is finally
st...
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Montre des Femmes
The Cat’s Eye’s sugar-sweet coating belies Girard-Perregaux’s hardcore
horology In front of me is a large, white, silk hat-box with a creamy bow on
top. It is the sort of floppy bow that Truly Scrumptious, the blue-eyed daughter
of the confectionery baron in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, would have tied around a
box...
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Technocolour
Chanel and Rado’s corner of the ceramic watch market is now being
threatened by a new innovation from Technomarine. Using new technology, the
achingly trendy brand has launched the first range of coloured ceramic bracelets
and cases in baby blue, baby pink, ocean blue, chocolate brown, red, white and
black. A m...
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Bell & Ross Profile
Bell & Ross are fast gaining a past. QP talks to Carlo Rosillo. If
your impression is that serious recognition for a watch brand necessarily
includes generations of patient development or at least a lone genius producing
exquisite one-offs, then Bell & Ross should give you pause for thought.
Already ran...
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Girard-Perregaux vision for the future
Girard-Perregaux’s vision for the future.
What happens when you put
together a 200-year-old watch house, an architect turned rally car champion and
a three-bridge tourbillon? The answer is found at Girard-Perregaux under the
sure touch of Luigi Macaluso.
I did not wish to appear ignorant to Willy
Schweiz...
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Maurice Lacroix
Having visited many watch-making companies in Switzerland over the past
few years, I presupposed my visit to ML to be like any other. But the viewing of
the new ML releases for Basel had aroused my curiosity – a reaction befitting
any watch lover – and my visit turned out to be a very pleasant surprise and a
va...
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Phoenix
QP reports on the sophisticated growth of JeanRichard.
JeanRichard,
having lost the Daniel prefix (perhaps seen as too slavishly/obviously
historical?), have been performing one of the quieter revolutions in the watch
world.
Set up some 10 years or so ago as a stable mate to Girard-Perregaux,
the company...
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Legend
QP looks into the past of one of Switzerland’s most revered
watchmakers.
Daniel JeanRichard is, as a person, of great historic and
symbolic importance to the Swiss watch-making industry. In fact, streets,
squares and avenues named in his honour can be found throughout Switzerland. His
exact date of birth is...
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