New AP book It was in 1875 that Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet founded Audemars Piguet in Le Brassus in the Swiss Jura. Today, almost 1,000 people in Switzerland and around the world work for AP. A new book, Audemars Piguet, et cie, celebrates this legendary brand and recalls the passion for fine …
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Yesterday we brought you a close-up look at Rare Handcrafts – a set of limited-edition marquetry Royal Tiger watches from Patek Philippe that are exquisitely made with passion. We promised to deliver an insider’s look at some more of the best watches from this brand – and are doing so today in the form of …
Forget the concept of expensive watches. Sometimes it really isn’t about cost or expense at all; it is about incredible craftsmanship and superb ability – decade after decade or century after century. That’s what the legendary Patek Philippe demonstrates time and again in its work. This revered brand not only builds its timepieces as heirlooms, …
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Today, Atimelyperspective launches this new section: Style watch, to take a look at women’s watches that are leaders in form and fabulous flair. Graham Watches, a brand with a rich British history, offers both men’s and women’s timepieces of distinction, but this Graham-London Swordfish Ali Baba is a real catch. Created in a limited production …
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It’s always great to see new watches come along that offer cutting-edge 21st century appeal. This Concord C2 all matte black chronograph features red insets that make this stealth powered sleek watch boldly commanding. The C2 Chronograph with ultra modern, urban and industrial design is crafted of a 43mm black PVD coated stainless steel case …
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For the past month, I, along with both my husband and my nearly 17-year-old son, have been alternatively wearing the Alpina Extreme Diver 1000 meters watch. We have been sharing this dive watch on our different adventures. I, naturally, needed to experiment with and wear and son, however, are the avid ocean-goers, with my son …
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Keeping those mechanical watches wound, and safe, can be problematic – but North Carolina-based watch winder manufacturer Orbita, has been teamed with Brown Safe Manufacturing — premiere safe and vault company in California, for a decade to bring watch lovers several cool products that give solutions. Among them is Brown’s luxury “Man Safe” with eight custom-made …
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If you are watching the news or living in the USA, you’re living in heat wave right now, with record-breaking temperatures that are bringing some of us to a breaking point. So, it’s time to talk about cool watches – ones that let you be you: SEAH® astrological watches. In 2003, polarized in the moment …
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This time last summer, the Plastiki catamaran – made of 12,500 plastic bottles — and its 10-person crew was coming to the end of a 4-month-long epic voyage across 8,000 nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean, when it sailed into Sydney Australia’s Maritime Museum amidst a crowd of family and supporters. Making history with the …
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Sometimes we all feel we’ve gone a little insane, but this time around Swiss watchmaker Pierre Kunz reaches a new level of Insanity with the watch that bears this distinctive tag. A maker of some of the most complicated, avant-garde best men’s watches on the market in the past decade or more, Pierre Kunz has …
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