Archive for October, 2010

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Oris Artix Complication Watch

Oris continues their classy “Complication” watch collection with the Artix. Easy on the eyes, and available with a six-link steel metal bracelet or leather strap. It is a graceful creation, and offers a decent mechanical annual calendar watch (with a symmetrical dial layout) at a reasonable price, somewhere in the $2,000 range. Find out an [...]

Published by on October 31st, 2010 at 05:10 pm
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Jarno Trulli Limited Edition Watch

A new Formula 1 driver based watch from Audemars Piguet is this new Royal Oak Offshore Jarno Trulli. Boy, it sure is nice, but looks very little like where these watches looked as though they have been evolving. It is possible that ending with the AP ROO Grand Prix, designer Octavio Garcia felt that the [...]

Published by on October 23rd, 2010 at 06:10 am
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Piaget Polo FortyFive Chronograph

You can tell that the new Polo Forty Five watch is something new for them. The first titanium Piaget watch, and certain the most sporty. As I have mentioned before, I think this is also the first Piaget watch to ever use a rubber strap. It is an evolution on the Polo theme, and we [...]

Published by on October 22nd, 2010 at 09:10 am
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Most complicated watches

Patek Philippe – The Caliber 89 There is no doubt the Calibre 89 is the most complex watch ever done including 33 complications and 1728 parts. Its complications include the date of Easter, sidereal time and a celestial chart with 2,800 stars. It was created in 1989 to celebrate the 150th anniversary. There are only [...]

Published by on October 8th, 2010 at 04:10 pm
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The JwlryMachine, an astonishing haute-joaillerie

What could possibly bring together the 152-year-old House of Boucheron, that most venerable of France’s high-jewellery Houses, and MB&F, the young, cutting-edge Swiss creative laboratory whose Horological Machines first invaded our planet only five years ago? The answer is the JwlryMachine, an astonishing haute-joaillerie version of MB&F’s Horological Machine No 3 (HM3) With the HM3 [...]

Published by on October 7th, 2010 at 05:10 pm
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Bell & Ross: The BR 01 COMPASS

This unique way of telling time is amazingly simple and fun to use.

Published by on October 7th, 2010 at 09:10 am
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Ulysse Nardin: 17 years later, the “Moonstruck”

The Moonstruck is available in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 18K red gold and 500 platinum pieces.

Published by on October 5th, 2010 at 05:10 pm
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Ulysse-Nardin: The Hammerhead shark’ s watch

PR – As the hammerhead shark has navigated the oceans with unrivaled precision for centuries, Ulysse Nardin’s marine chronometers have steered sailors faultlessly to port. Once again, the famed watchmaker pays homage to its seafaring past and the ocean’s magnificent beings with the latest addition to its coveted Marine Collection – the Hammerhead Shark. Sporty, [...]

Published by on October 5th, 2010 at 04:10 pm