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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Celebrating 50 years of nautical heritage, Vulcain – a brand we like here at Atimelyperspective thanks to its great heritage and fine craftsmanship – unveils its new Vulcain Nautical Heritage Limited Edition watch. Water resistant to 300 meters (900+ feet), the watch houses the legendary Cricket V-10 alarm caliber, which is fully audible under water. …
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A few days ago, Atimelyperspective posted about an upcoming event in Las Vegas, wherein Omega will be hosting a forum with some top astronauts of our time. It sparked some reader emails asking more questions about Omega and space. So here are some fun facts in time and space about Omega. The brand has long …
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Reactor Watches are all about strength, adventure and function. This Limited Limited Edition Poseidon Black/Yellow Watch is a superb underwater timepiece. Housing a self-charging auto-quartz movement, the 48mm piece offers Reactor’s Never Dark® dial illumination system and is equipped with an interchangeable rubber strap and a 2-tone bracelet with expander to fit over a wet …
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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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If you’ve got a secret mission … this is the watch for you. Also for professional underwater explorers: the stainless steel Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver is water resistant to 300 meters and is resistant to extreme pressures, shocks and magnetic phenomena. A diver’s watch in all its pristine simplicity, it is equipped with …
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For decades, Ulysse Nardin has been known as one of the foremost brands offering marine chronometers. Its Maxi Marine series brings divers the best of watchmaking prowess and functional precision. Now the brand releases its bold yet alluring new Maxi Marine Diver collection, the Black Sea. The 42-hour power reserve diving watch houses a self-winding …
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Some may remember the designer of the original Rodolphe Watches – Rodolphe Cattin. When those watches first hit the scene years ago, I liked them. They were big, bold and dramatic. Then, of course, the relationship between Cattin and the Franck Muller Group (which purchased the brand) went south, and Rodolphe Cattin left. Now, Rodolphe …
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For those in and visiting New York the end of this month and in to February, you’re in for a treat. Beginning on January 26 and running through February 11 at the Blancpain Boutique (781 Madison Ave), there will be an exhibition entitled: “The Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms.” The collection of timepieces for professional divers …
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This bold Executive Dual Time watch from Ulysse Nardin is marks another great stride for Ulysse Nardin in its mechanical watches for women move. Following the success of its women’s Caprice and Lady Diver lines, among others, the brand has been unveiling significant individual pieces that have been garnering special attention. Most notable of late …
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