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BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-plat Automatique
BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-plat Automatique
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Monster Unleashed: The Devon Tread One “ExoSkeleton”
We always like to tell people that the watches made by Devon are what you get when you let an American design a watch –not a watch rooted in European tradition, not a watch that looks back to the Golden Age of American watchmaking, not a watch that casts a misty eye, through rose colored […]
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BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Tourbillion
The Tourbillion is a complication that was created to optimize precision in timekeeping. Girard-Perregaux has always produced some of the most beautiful tourbillons, and this year, they upped the ante to further this feat, through the use of a Tri-Axial Tourbillion. The Tourbillion, a mechanism that was initially created by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1795, is used toRead More
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Dubey & Schaldenbrand Coeur Blanc – Setting The Bar
As we move further into the Renaissance of mechanical watchmaking we see certain watch brands taking very strong positions within the watch world. A good example of this is Linde Werdelin, but on a different level the same also goes for Dubey & Schaldenbrand. Unlike Linde Werdelin, Dubey & Schaldenbrand has a much longer history, […]
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The Tank That Didn’t Win The War; Tank Divan
After the successful launch of the Tank Francaise in 1995, an occasion that was hard to beat, La Maison presented quietly a completely new Tank model in 2002; the Tank Divan. – Steel version with automatic movement and Python strap – It was a watch that was designed from scratch and not a modernised version […]
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In Plain Sight: Revealing The Secrets Of F. P. Journe’s Resonance Chronometer
This story is something of a mea culpa. Many years ago, when I was yet green with youth and correspondingly filled with overweening self-confidence, an independent watchmaker –a respected one; a student of the work of such luminaries as Janvier and Breguet –named Francois Paul Journe, came out with a most intriguing watch. That watch was […]
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The Best Watches Of Baselworld 2014 (Part 1)
Sure, I get it. There is an immediate emotional response to “top ten” lists. For the masochists, there is the list of the top ten hottest women on the planet who could put a serious beating on you. Topping this is former Olympian and UFC champ Ronda Rousey affectionately known as the “Arm Collector” for her penchant for snapping her opponents appendages.
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Arthur Oskar Stampfli And The Wheels Of Time
Do you know that feeling? You walk around in a car show and are all of a sudden, you are eye to eye with the perfect expression of automobile art! In this instance, the most likely situation is that the car in question is a prototype. What happens next? More likely than not, months later, […]
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BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Blancpain Villeret Carrousel Moonphase and the 12 Jour Tourbillon
BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Blancpain Villeret Carrousel Moonphase 12 day jour tourbillon
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Grönefeld Presents the new One Hertz (Live pictures)
Earlier this year Grönefeld launched their amazing new Parallax Tourbillon. You can still find our report HERE, but the gentlemen had something else coming up, where they were pretty suspicious about earlier this year. This week Tim & Bart Grönefeld presented their new One Hertz! The new One Hertz is part of series of timepieces […]
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The New MB&F; LM101 (LIVE PHOTOS)
If there’s one thing that MB&F; positively excel at doing, it’s forcing people to re-examine their ideas of timekeeping and timekeepers. Looking at the new MB&F; Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) is like looking backwards and forwards in time simultaneously. When I first met the LM1, I said that it would be the only watch that […]
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BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Chopard LUC 1963 Chronograph
BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Chopard LUC 1963 Chronograph
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Baselworld 2014 – Ulysse Nardin And A Stranger In The Night
Even when on a personal level you perhaps don’t like their style, you must love a brand like Ulysse Nardin. The brand continues to innovate and is one of the brands that continue to fuel the Renaissance of contemporary mechanical watchmaking. They do this by keeping their current collection fresh with watches like the Hourstriker […]
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Graff Hallucination And The Reasonable 55 Millon Dollar Price Tag
55 million dollars is by any measure quite a bit of money. It can buy you the car collection of either Jay Leno or Ralph Lauren (your pick), one epic night in Vegas (making Steve Wynn a very happy man in the process) or eleven of the 2012 Hublot $5 Million Dollar Bangs. It can […]
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Behind The Emerald: Graff's Secret Carved Emerald Watch
Emeralds have charmed their way into the history of civilizations for thousands of years. From Queen Cleopatra, who was infatuated with the gemstone, all the way to the Incas, who venerated their goddess Umina through a gigantic emerald, many cultures have seen some sort of power in the vivid green jewel. For over 6,000 years, […]
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Behind The Emerald: Graff’s Secret Carved Emerald Watch
Emeralds have charmed their way into the history of civilizations for thousands of years. From Queen Cleopatra, who was infatuated with the gemstone, all the way to the Incas, who venerated their goddess Umina through a gigantic emerald, many cultures have seen some sort of power in the vivid green jewel. For over 6,000 years, […]
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The Power of The Tank Americaine
‘The Power of The Tank Americaine’ is the first of a series of short articles about the newer Tanks; the Tanks without history created by Cartier Paris after 1985. Cartier has designed a series of amazing Tank watches in the period 1917-1935. These vintage Tanks are adored by collectors and are often seen as the ultimate […]
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Finished Like A Fine Watch – The New Leica T System (Video)
The narrater of this 45 minute long advertisement for the new mirror-less camera called the Leica T System begins by asking the following:” Is this the most boring film ever made?”. As a marketing move, it is certainly brilliant, showing off every single second of the 45 minute process that it takes for the aluminium […]
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Breitling Introduces The Navitimer 01 Panamerican
The Breitling Navitimer is one of those iconic watches that doesn’t need any introduction. While you might not know this watch from its famous, and very handy, slide-rule bezel, you might know it from being one of the entry level chronographs in the range, a position that the Navitimer has held since its introduction in […]
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Piaget's Mastery Puts Ladies In The Limelight
It is no secret that Piaget knows how to cater to the ladies. The recipe is a clever mix of precious metal and diamonds, brought together in uncommon shapes and fitted with a mechanical or a quartz movement. Yes, Piaget is well aware that it takes both to cover the market, since the question of […]
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Piaget’s Mastery Puts Ladies In The Limelight
It is no secret that Piaget knows how to cater to the ladies. The recipe is a clever mix of precious metal and diamonds, brought together in uncommon shapes and fitted with a mechanical or a quartz movement. Yes, Piaget is well aware that it takes both to cover the market, since the question of […]
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EXCLUSIVE: First Look At The URWERK UR-105M (Live Photos)
It’s hard to believe that the UR-103 was released over 10 years ago. Yes - for those of you still mired in denial about how terrifyingly fast the last decade has gone by - it was 2003 when we first saw the shield-shaped watch with four conical hour satellites. As a testament to how forward-looking […]
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BaselWorld2014: Belles of the Fair: Grönefeld Parallax Tourbillon
BaselWorld2014 Belles of the Fair Grönefeld Parallax Tourbillon
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BaselWorld2014: Belles of the fair: The two brothers – DeBethune MaxiChronos DB29 Tourbillon and DB28
BaselWorld2014: Belles of the fair: The two brothers - DeBethune MaxiChronos DB29 Tourbillon and DB28
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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 […]
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BaselWorld 2014: A First Look At Breva Watches, Scientific Instruments For The Wrist
“We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.” –Evangelista Torricelli, 1644 It’s a dangerous thing to start a new watch company –in addition to an almost infinite number of ill-advised possible business goofs, standing out from the crowd enough for people to notice what you are doing, as well as consistently developing […]
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Baselworld 2014: Hands On With The Breitling Emergency 2 (Live Pics)
Compared to a diver’s watch, which has rather strict definitions of what it is required to have before it can be classed as such, the pilot’s watch remains in a kind of no-man’s land. What constitutes a pilot’s watch then depends rather more on opinion than objective fact. The fluidity at which opinion changes as to […]
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Baselworld 2014: Nick English of Bremont Explains The Brand’s Partnership with Boeing (Video)
Bremont introduces a brand new series of watches made in a partnership with famed jumbo jet manufacturer Boeing. Find out how the partnership got started and the special type of stainless steel, “Custom 456” used to make the unique case. Interviewed by Adi Soon. (More Pictures Below…) [ooyala code=”AxYXl2bjr8-41G-JC_4GwmVyiqYN3V9Y” player_id=”906938bb2f324c93a733b2fb3b34b260″ width=”750″ height=”590″]
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Baselworld 2014: The Parallax Tourbillon as explained by Bart Gronefeld (Video)
The Parallax Tourbillon was announced this year with a teaser photograph before Baselworld 2014. Have a look at this video as Bart Gronefeld explains what the buzz was about, by showing us the special features of this watch. Interviewed by Adi Soon. (Our previous article on this watch can be found here.) [ooyala code=”hvM3l2bjoBDiouvbD8Tn34XrHBIh6jZZ” player_id=”906938bb2f324c93a733b2fb3b34b260″ […]
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Baselworld 2014: The Unique Case Designs of Manufacture Royale (Video)
Marc Guten, Co-Founder of Manufacture Royale shows us the new 1770 Flying Tourbillon and the Androgyne Tourbillon, two watches with an amazing case design. Interviewed by Adi Soon.