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Hautlence, well known for it’s TV shaped HL models, with ‘jumping hour/retro hand’ time reading, announced and presented at Basel World a new and much more affordable timepiece with analogue reading and….dual time zone. While the entire collection of Hautlence, used to start at a serious price level, the new Destination model, as they’re called, […]
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Materials used in Formula One™ inspired the cases of the Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium and Ingenieur Dual Time Titanium. Technically speaking, too, the two timepieces are ideal for the motorsport’s premier discipline. While the Double Chronograph records lap times, the Dual Time helps to keep track of the time during the racing season despite constant […]
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Last year, Panerai introduced the PAM392, which is a new 42mm model under its Luminor 1950 range. Inside the PAM392 is the P.9000 in-house movement, which features a 3-day Power Reserve. As we know, most of the Panerai watches are in the size of 40mm, 44mm and 47mm. Thus it is interesting to see a 42mm […]
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MBF…enigmatic, provocative. But always with an edge and a story to tell. Max Busser himself is full of energy, and creativity. I covered the HM4 series with interest in these pages, and we now come to the concluding episode of this outrageous timepiece. I am amazed by Max’s creativity. A small change here, a twistRead More
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One of the advantages of the SIHH is of course that you see all you’d expect in terms of wonderful new watches. Some of the greatest pleasures, though, are the unexpected ones. During a walk through the Audemars Piguet booth I was captivated by a fantastic display of complicated pocket watches, and noticed a tall, […]
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Biel/Bienne (Switzerland), January 14, 2013 – The Swatch Group Ltd. in Biel/Bienne has acquired 100% of the shares of the US company HW Holdings Inc., owner of Harry Winston Inc. The $750 million deal sees the jeweller and watchmaker selling its watches-to-necklaces division to Swatch Group Ltd. The sale doesn’t include diamond mining operations of […]
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The Lange Tourbograph is one of my favourite watches of all time…the complication is exquisite…a fusee chain tourbillon with split seconds chronograph. Created initially to be launched in 1994 together with the other iconic timepieces to showcase the new A. Lange & Sohne, this watch was so complicated, that it was decided to delay theRead More
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Max Bussier’s MBF is rather innovative…that’s an understatement. The watches coming out from his stable is truly stretches the imagination, and the wonderful stories he can tell to describe them equally wonderful. It is with great interest that I can now present the HM3 Frog Moonmachine. A variant of the HM3 Frog, with its bulgingRead More
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On the occassion for the launch of my book in Tokyo, Lange hosted a Press Conference in the beautiful restaurant right in the middle of town, just a stone’s throw from Nihombashi. The restaurant, San Pau is the branch of the famed 3 Star Michelin restaurant in Spain, and in Japan it too garnered twoRead More
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Urwerk – their principals Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei, is one of the independent watchmakers to watch (pun intended). Their creations are always interesting…pieces of contemporary horology: with interesting techniques, pushing the envelope with the use and adaptation of industrial coatings on watchmaking. And Felix and Martin, and their PR Supremo Yasine have always beenRead More
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Some readers have written to tell me that the watches I feature are almost always very expensive, as they usually are top range luxury timepieces. Though I understand you, my dear readers, enjoy the super watches…like readers of car magazines enjoy seeing photographs and tests on supercars, you would also like some more down toRead More
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