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Event invitation: IWC Top Gun Exhibition and new IWC x SBTG Watch straps
Your invitation to the IWC Top Gun Exhibition in Singapore, where you can also buy the maison's collaboration with Singapore designer Mark Ong.
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Neighborhood Watch: The Watch Lover's Guide to San Francisco And The Bay Area
Sure, the City by the Bay is home to a lot of Apple Watches. But techies also love their automatics.
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Hands-On: What Is Mecaquartz, And Why Is This 36mm Nivada Grenchen Datomaster So Cool?
A surprising Seiko movement allows Nivada to offer up the best of both worlds.
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The Ressence Type 8C - The Minimalist Watch with Maximum Impact
Ressence’s new Type 8C is a new entry-level watch, price-wise, but as a non-conventional, “non-central hands” time-telling machine, it packs a mighty punch.
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Four + One: The Co-Founder Of Chromeo Makes '70s-Style Funk - And Wears Watches To Match
He's also got fabulous taste in furniture.
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Business News: Kering Sells Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux to Management
After several years of trying to grow its sub-scale watch division, Kering has sold both of its watch brands in a management buyout led by chief executive Patrick Pruniaux. A former Apple executive who started his watch career at TAG Heuer, Mr Pruniaux first took charge of Ulysse Nardin in 2017 before also taking the top job at Girard-Perregaux a year later. He proceeded to merge both brands into a single factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a move that was subsequently followed by layoffs the next year. The slimmed-down brands will have the flexibility to do more, while also facing the challenge of being relatively small players facing off against stronger brands. The French luxury group never managed to replicate the earlier success of its watch brands, both of which were run by iconoclastic entrepreneurs – Rolf Schnyder at Ulysse Nardin and Luigi “Gino” Macaluso at Girard-Perregaux. Both their deaths led to their heirs selling the respective companies to Kering, the Macaluso family in 2011 and the Schnyder family in 2014. Patrick Pruniaux With brands like Gucci and Saint Laurent in its stable, Kering had 2020 revenues of over €13 billion, leaving its two-brand watch division diminutive in comparison. The group never found the right formula for its watch division, resulting in the gradual erosion of sales. At the time of their respective acquisitions, Girard-Perregaux has annual sales of about CHF180 million and Ulysse Nardin about €190 million according to recent es...
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Tennis star Ash Barty teams up with Rado for new HyperChrome and artwork
If you’re an ambitious tennis player, you could do a whole lot worse than start wearing a Rado. Consider the evidence. Former ambassador, Andy Murray partnered with the Swiss brand in 2012 and the next year he became the first Brit to conquer Wimbledon since 1936. Adding further credence to Rado’s lucky-charm powers, Ash Barty … ContinuedThe post Tennis star Ash Barty teams up with Rado for new HyperChrome and artwork appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 2012 Champagne: It Matches The Hype. And Then Some
As Sir Winston Churchill said, "My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best." He would surely have been more than satisfied with this brilliant Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 2012 champagne. The great man also thought that a magnum of champagne is the perfect size for two gentlemen to have over lunch, especially if one isn’t drinking. But what is his relationship with this great champagne house?
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HODINKEE Radio: Watches & Wonders 2021 First Look - A. Lange & Söhne, Patek Philippe, And Vacheron Constantin
Watches & Wonders' heaviest-hitting watches are also some of its most interesting.
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Watching Movies: Tom Hanks Lives In An Airport And Wears A Vintage Omega In 'The Terminal'
He also learns English at an alarmingly fast rate in our watch-related movie of the week.
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In-Depth: Grand Seiko's Kiyotaka Sakai Breaks Down The New 'Tree Rings' LE - And The New Series 9 Design (Live Pics & Pricing)
The fourth timepiece to house the new Hi-Beat caliber 9SA5 is also a pretty-in-platinum showcase for the new Series 9 design.
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Breguet Classique Dame Ref. 9065 Features A Tahitian Mother-Of-Pearl Dial And More Than A Touch Of Romance - Reprise
Breguet's Classique Dame Reference 9065 is always perfect for the season of love, but rest assured this watch is also the right choice any time. Martin Green thinks that's largely due to the Tahitian mother-of-pearl dial, but there's much more to this colorful delight as he explains here.
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Geneva Watch Days and other novelties - The Week That Was: our picks of the best watches
What a week that was. The Geneva Watch Days was held in various locations around Geneva on the week of August 26 to 29. In addition, some others also took the opportunity to make novelty announcements during the same time. Here are our top picks. The Geneva Watch Days were mostly attended by European press,Read More
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Three New Bell & Ross Vintage BR V2 Watches For 2020: For Officers, Gentlemen, And Rebels
Inspired by military watches, the designs of these three new Bell & Ross BR V2 models are not loud, but they are distinct in addition to being highly legible. Martin Green also points out that the names of Bell & Ross watches sometimes read like designations for some type of bomb, but he gives them a pass on that because he thinks that their watches are dynamite. Especially these. Have a look.
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Auction Watch: Unique Ressence Type 1 Slim to be Sold for Charity
As the COVID-19 pandemic was reaching its peak, Ressence announced Time to Draw, a design competition inviting contestants to reinterpret of its Type 1 Slim, with the winning entry being sold to benefit COVID-19 research at KU Leuven, a university in the company’s native Belgium. Triumphing over 465 other entries, the winning design was created by Englishman Raymond Ramsden. Named after his two sons, the Type 1 Slim “Ayrton & Finlay” is a bright rendition of the Type 1 that is a striking departure from the brand’s typically monochromatic style. The finish watch alongside the winning drawing Clad in pastel colours, the watch clinched the prize because it looks vastly different from the standard offerings of Ressence. Ressence founder Benoît Mintiens stated “[we] wanted to create a genuine one-off, so we opted for entries that were far from our own artistic direction”. By extension, the watch is distinct in personality – the bright pastel colours are more cheerful and extroverted compared to the usual Ressence wristwatch, which has a no-frills, technical appearance. I love this design for its fun, fresh, and vibrant look. Apart from the facelift, the rest of the watch is everything that you know about the Type 1 Slim. The watch has 42 mm, tonneau-shaped titanium case that’s 11 mm tall. Because of its almost lug-less design and concave profile, it sits very compactly on the wrist. The orbital display is the Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS), the brand...
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Watchscapes: Ressence Type 1 DXB
Watchscapes: The Ressence Type 1 DXB. A new 19 piece limited edition featuring a charming sand coloured dial with geometric patterns.
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Zenith Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Adventure Review
Zenith introduced the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Adventure as part of the unveiling for their 2019 Baselworld line up. The Chronograph was released alongside the Type 20 Extra Special Adventure which is the three-hand layout of the Pilot model. Zenith does have a vibrant history with pilot models, which stretches back to the early 19th century. The Zenith Type 20 Montre d’Aéronef released around 1939 is a timepiece that closely resembles the current Pilot Type 20 editions. The iconic cathedral hands with the Gothic-font Arabic numerals and the large knurled bezel have all been carried over from the original Type 20 Montre d’Aéronef model. The pilot models only lasted up until 1960, where Zenith stopped production of their aviation watches bar one or two models so that the brand could more solely focus on racing chronographs. In 2010 however, the brand came back to its aviation pedigree and once again started the manufacturing of pilots watches, which was when the modern Pilot Type 20 collection was born. It’s great to see a design of a watch remain unchanged for almost eight decades and shows how true to their history Zenith are. Zenith has given the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Adventure a more 21st century modern and urban look. Typically when thinking urban colours or colours of nature, one is drawn to the likes of green and brown. Zenith has utilized these colours extensively throughout the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Adventure. The 45mm casing has been produce...
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Introducing: The Breguet Type 20 Only Watch 2019
The brand's unique contribution is a vintage-influenced, manually wound flyback chronograph that uses a historical column-wheel movement.
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New Release: Zenith x Cohiba Pilot Type watches
Zenith launches two new Limited Edition version of the brand's celebrated Pilot Type 20 model with cigar brand manufacturer Cohiba at the 20th Cuban Habanos Festival.
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New Release: Casio Big Bang Black 35th Anniversary Collection and Contest
Casio will celebrate the 35th anniversary of its GSHOCK brand in 2018. To mark this key milestone, CASIO Singapore will be flying one lucky G-Shock fan to New York City to attend the G-SHOCK: “Shock the World” premiere on 9 November 2017. Besides that, two lucky winners will also stand to win a full setRead More
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Coolest and Historically Significant 1970s Heuer Carrera at Phillips Hong Kong Spring Auctions 2017
One of the coolest Heuer Carreras to grace Phillips Watches’ Spring 2017 auction in Hong Kong is also one of the most historically important Carreras from the 1970s.
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Review: The Ressence Type 1 Squared - Thin & Dressy
The Ressence Type 1 Squared launched at SIHH 2017, seven years into the brand's inception is faithful to the DNA of the original Ressence Type 1.
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New Release: Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker Pin-up and a new 5 year warranty for all UN watches
Ulysse Nardin released a new Hourstriker Pin-up. Also part of the release is the rather exciting announcement of a new 5 year warranty for UN watches.
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Baselworld 2016: Czapek & Cie. Quai des Bergues Collection, with Pricing and Live Picture
A newcomer in Baselworld 2016: Czapek & Cie. We are also introducing their latest addition to the Quai des Bergues collection. Do check it out here!
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Piaget And The Art Of Diamonds
Setting a watch with diamonds is by no means an easy task. Especially when you talk about high jewellery, or Haute Joaillerie, watch things become very complicated. It is there where the design phase of these watches is critical. Here, a designer not only determines which type of setting he wants to see, but also if […]
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Review: Ressence New Type 3
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Testing A Master: Omega And Swiss Federal Institute Of Metrology Announce New Certification Process
A Swiss watch is great, but a Swiss Chronometer is even better; for many customers there is added appeal in a COSC-certified watch. No surprise that some of the largest Manufactures in Switzerland, also have incorporated the Chronometer certification for the majority of their collections. Omega thought it was time to step up the certification […]
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Watches and Wonders 2014: IWC Portofino Mid-size collection.
IWC releases the new Portofino Mid-size collection. The new collection, also known as the “Mid-size” now comes in a 37mm case...
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Tissot Heritage Navigator 160th Anniversary: Champion Of The People And Captain Of Your Heart
What if wristwatches were invented 200 years earlier? It would have had an impact on the course of history, without a doubt, but it would also place this device on the wrists of people in history that never had the pleasure of wearing one, simply because it did not exist. I’m not even talking about […]
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Baselworld 2014: Hands On With The Zenith Pilot Type 20 Grand Feu 60mm (Live Pics)
The Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 line has certainly proven to be one of the more astute introductions into the market by former CEO, Jean-Frédéric Dufour. As a way to connect to the brand’s past, it ticks all the right boxes, with a retro styling that remains true to the originals that Zenith used […]