It’s been more than a decade now that Chanel has been creating tourbillon timepieces. The newest one unveiled this year may take the cake. It is a one-minute flying tourbillon. Naturally, Chanel remains ever faithful to its vigilant female followers, but surprises and delights with this Premiere Flying Tourbillon watch. Crafted in a fully diamond-adorned …
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We brought it to you here first – the news of the HYT watch that features a liquid module for time indication. Then we showed you another Video a month later here that explained how this proprietary movement from Hydro Mechanical Horologists works. Now we bring you the finished product in the H1 case. Super …
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Recalling its amazing heritage of saddlery and timing, Hermes comes full circle with its own Manufacture movement and vintage-inspired watch series. March 8, 2012 – as seen on World Tempus.com By Roberta Naas The excitement of BaselWorld 2012 brings with it a host of announcements and unveilings that leave their mark. Such is the case …
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The Schaffhausen-based Swiss watch brand has done it again – brought luxury, technological advancement and purity of looks to the forefront in the new Meridian Dual Time watch. Offeredin platinum or in stunning 18-karat rose gold (for approximately $38,500), the alluring watch houses an automatic manufacture mechanical movement HMC 346.121, with 29 jewels , and …
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Last year, Ulysse Nardin announced the brand’s newest in-house-made caliber, the UN 118. It was not yet finished and housed in a case. Now, it is – and this is one sweet looking piece that is loaded with patents and accomplishments. The escapement of Caliber 118 is produced in collaboration between Ulysse Nardin and Sigatec …
It’s here! That amazing time of year when the best of the best in luxury watches comes to the forefront. BaselWorld 2012 – starts tomorrow with a complete day of press conferences and announcements. The long-anticipated, easily most important watch exhibition in the world, has arrived once again. This week, the watch world converges in …
photo by Kenji TomaOne of the hottest categories of timepieces on the market today is pilot watches. While the concept of synchronizing crew watches to the navigator’s watch may have taken a back seat to today’s cockpit instrumentation, the look and quality of a true pilot’s watch remains steadfast and in demand. Typically, today’s pilot …
There’s no telling what drives us; what passion ignites us. Clearly conquering a challenge and being the first to do so had to inspire Swedish environmentalist explorer Johan Ernst Nilson – who, despite frozen toes and broken ribs – recently crossed the globe from North to South in his Pole2Pole expedition. Throughout his 10-month trek …
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Perhaps taken for granted, the phrase, “just in the nick of time” is one with real meaning behind it. We regularly hear of rescues at sea – -but we don’t typically hear about the timepieces behind those events. In 1997, the crew of the Mata-Rangi expedition, on a reed raft en route from Chile to …
Want to learn more about a very interesting watchmaker? My friend and colleague Meehna Goldsmith covers Ludovic Ballouard from a really different perspective. According to Meehna, Ballouard “sees the world from a topsy-turvy perspective. Looking like a mad genius with his longish hair and impish smile, you might get the idea he could play the …
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