Revolution
Design Style: The Chronobay Watch Stand
Ross Povey catches up with Chronobay founder Timen van der Horn to talk about watches, lockdown and pesky clasp scratches…
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Revolution
Ross Povey catches up with Chronobay founder Timen van der Horn to talk about watches, lockdown and pesky clasp scratches…
Hodinkee
It comes on a bronze bracelet with an entirely new clasp – and in a fan-favorite size.
Revolution
Wei Koh gives his initial takes on the new Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze, which takes its lead from the first iteration of the Bronze watch, with a brown dial and bezel insert. He walks us through the creation process of the bronze-aluminium alloy they use, also demonstrating the new clasp on the bracelet called T-Fit, which allows the wearer to alter the length by 8mm quickly and without the need for any tools.
Deployant
We take a break today to celebrate the new year. Its 2021, and the start of a new decade. Good riddance to 2020, which has been a very difficult year for many of us. We will be back tomorrow. In the meantime, Best wishes for a great 2021 from all of us at Deployant.
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As is tradition here at Deployant, we've come together in this time of festivity to share with you our horological Christmas wishlist. Here is Frank Chuo's.
SJX Watches
Since its launch in 2016, the Overseas line has been steadily filled out with a variety of models, but the most compelling is probably the perpetual calendar. First unveiled with a solid dial, the Overseas Perpetual Calendar is a large but markedly thin watch that sits strikingly flat on the wrist. With elegant proportions matched by thoughtful design – witness the micro-adjustment clasp for the bracelet – the Overseas perpetual calendar also boasts a high level of finishing for both the case and movement, which happens to be the cal. 1120 descended from the venerable Jaeger-LeCoultre cal. 920. This year Vacheron Constantin went one better with the Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Skeleton, which is essentially the same thing but with a skilfully open-worked movement. Boasting a tremendous appeal – matched by a very high price – the new perpetual calendar is amongst the best in luxury-sports watches. Admitted it is more luxury than sports, but it is done extremely well. Initial thoughts In its original guise, the Overseas perpetual is already appealing in both style and substance. It sits wide and flat on the wrist, looking elegant in profile while being refined in its case details – all of the polished elements catch the light nicely. But it was costly – not more expensive than other comparable luxury-sports perpetual calendars – but a lot of money still. The skeleton version of the watch is everything the original was, but more so. Just as elegantly ...
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Deployant is not really known for bling watches. We are more known high end, high complication pieces, and the for the big industry players. But nonetheless, we have featured some before. Here are our pick of six of the best from our archives. Bling watches – the art of bling – the desire for luxuryRead More
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Ulysse Nardin's Blast debuts a new case, a new movement, and a new folding clasp.
WatchAdvice
Introduction Clipping shut the deployant buckle of the just-refreshed IWC Portugieser Chronograph; it’s easy to see why this is one of the brand’s most popular watches, in Australia at least. It’s dressy, but still offers a healthy dose of sports functionality. What makes this new reference, announced back in February, even better the movement beating away inside. For the first time, it’s an IWC-manufactured calibre, and while it can’t be seen on the wrist, or make much of a difference to daily wear, it still feels like a significant step up. The Dial and Hands The face of the Portugieser Chronograph is refreshingly familiar, thanks to that iconic combination of applied Arabic numerals and leaf (or feuille) shaped hands. The chronograph layout puts a minutes register at the top and a running seconds display at six. I’m more familiar with the white-dialled version of the Portugieser so was happy to give the black a try. And boy, is this dial black. The colour is incredibly deep and dynamic; if you catch it on the right angle, it takes on a blue-ish sheen around the edges. I must say that, because of the dark dial and the slender, highly polished hands and hour markers, legibility was a bit of an issue at times. Still, the overall beauty made me forget about that fact almost immediately. IWC Portugieser Chronograph Reference 371609 The Case and Strap At 41mm, this watch is sized just right. The steel case sits well on the wrist, flush and, even though it is...
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Dear Readers, we wish you a Very Blessed and Merry Christmas! From all of us at Deployant. We are taking the day off today, and will be back tomorrow. May the joy of the Christ Child be in your heart this Christmas and always, and bring you good cheer and great health.
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As part of Deployant tradition, our writer Frank tells us what his horological Christmas wishlist looks like - this time with defined budget tiers.
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The second installment of our monthly series: Luxury Industry Performance Index by Dr. Frank Muller, CEO of TBTL, and special correspondent to Deployant.
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We will begin to carry the monthly Luxury Industry Performance Index by Dr. Frank Muller, CEO of TBTL, and special correspondent to Deployant writes.
Deployant
Chill out Thursday: Musings on the Haselblad X1D camera system. DEPLOYANT Chill Out TGIF: Musings over the Hasselblad X1D camera system
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: The Tudor Black Bay had an extraordinary beginning when it was released in 2012, with the Black Bay red finally giving the brand its flagship model. I remember seeing it in the window of the booth and basically attaching myself to the glass like an abalone. A distressed leather strap with boss-looking deployant. A rich … ContinuedThe post Everybody wants a Tudor Black Bay. But what about the chrono? Anyone? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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There are many brilliant programs on TV (and maybe, perhaps on the computer as well) these days, and Billions is one of the personal favourites of ours at Deployant. The show depicts a battle (and then collaboration) between two powerhouses – a hedge fund manager named Bobby “Axe” Axelrod and the (former) U.S. Attorney forRead More
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We highlight six watchscape articles we published which hail from the period before Deployant went live. These were ported from the Chief Editor's blog.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
I immediately sized the new Strapcode Jubilee and I was blown away - this Jubilee bracelet screams quality. Even the spring bars are nice. The fitted end links, folding clasp, and links are all machined out of solid metal.
Deployant
In this week's Throwback Sunday, Deployant's Robin takes a look back at some of his favourite watches that he had reviewed over the last five years.
Deployant
As we celebrate Christmas, we take the day off. No post other than this Christmas greeting. Have a great blessed Christmas from all of us at Deployant.
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Following the successful inaugural run in 2017, JeweLuxe returns from 12th to 21st October 2018. This year, Deployant is the Official Watch Media.
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Carlos A. Rosillo, co-founder and CEO at Bell&Ross; presents for Deployant the Bell & Ross BR 01 Laughing Skull featuring an in-house movement with an automaton.
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Deployant takes a quick look to a fellow former WPP staffer Sir Martin Sorrell, in this week's Spot the Watch feature, following the wake of a misconduct probe.
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The Rolex that started it all: Deployant writer Daniel shares his journey on becoming a watch collector, and why he added a piece from the world’s most recognisable watch brand to his collection.
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As per Deployant tradition, our writer Frank has chosen three timepieces that really resonated with him during this year's Baselworld.
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Yes, it is true. Deployant writers are human beings filled with hopes and dreams just like you. Here's another wishlist from one of our writers.
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Invitation to Deployant Readers for Nov 29, 2017 in London to a special evening to share the GS passion, co-hosted with Grand Seiko London.
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A personal story about the Tudor Black Bay Bronze Bucherer Edition as told to us by a seasoned collector and Deployant Friend.
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Deployant teamed up with World of Watches 2 on a Thursday evening to organise a sharing event with the local community about Grand Seiko and its allure.
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The GPHG 2017 list of nominees are out. What does the Deployant Editorial team think of the selection? We bring you our review on the 12 categories.
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