The iconic Royal Oak collection of timepieces from Audemars Piguet celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with much fanfare – including an entire new series of Royal Oak watches. The Royal Oak – designed virtually overnight by Gerald Genta for Audemars Piguet in 1972 – was the world’s first bold luxury sporty watch built in …
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A true stunner! This incredible platinum Breguet Tradition Fusee’ Tourbillon is like having one of the finest pieces of machinery and precision on the wrist. The multi-dimensions of the movement parts beneath the bold sapphire crystal offer depth and elegance that is difficult to rival. Retailing for about $189,700, this watch houses a hand-wound movement …
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In July, Atimelyperspective.com was the only US based publication to join Bulgari at the unveiling of the new Octo watch, which we covered here briefly. Now, we are one of the first to be able to wear, work with and enjoy the new Bulgari Maserati watch. Bulgari recently signed a contract with Maserati and now …
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Ok – so those who know Girard-Perregaux know that this brand is famous for its Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges — a concept that won awards back in the 1800s when it was first presented as a pocket watch. Then, just about a couple of decades ago, this brand started miniaturizing this amazing concept of …
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By Samantha Walsh Michael Kors is probably one of today’s biggest names in fashion watches. With their beautiful appearance and high-end looks for reasonable prices, I knew it was going to be a difficult decision as to which watch was right for me. I was buying this watch, not just borrowing it to test drive. …
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Ever dream of creating a custom watch just for yourself? Maybe one composed of your favorite colors, or your sports team’s colors? Boccia id. Watch configurator now makes that possible. 0n the Boccia website you can go to the watch configurator section where they start you out with the baseline titanium watch case – your …
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For the past few weeks, Atimelyperspective has been testing the boldly beautiful Montegrappa NeroUno timepiece, which is sold in a superb set along with matching cufflinks and a chic black resin Montegrappa NeroUno fountain pen. Montegrappa is known the world over for its fine Italian craftsmanship in writing instruments, with luminaries and dignitaries from around …
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Since just before BaselWorld ended on March 14, I have been wearing a very new watch brand on my wrist: Blacksand Geneve. This brand, first unveiled to the world at Basel last year and covered by Atimelyperspective then, is an interesting one. It is an independent brand, founded by Alain Mouawad – a name well known …
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This is one watch you will want to wear. I had it on my wrist for a month and really had a hard time taking it off to return it. In fact, I wore it during the important Geneva watch fairs in January and had so many comments and compliments on it. Even though the …
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For the past month, I’ve been wearing a robust watch from a fairly young Swiss brand: Skywatch. The watches from this brand, characterized by sky-blue strap keepers, are all Swiss-made and offer great sport capabilities and functions, including being water resistant to 100 meters. Collections include a dive chronograph series, as well as a Neon …
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