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NEW: Seiko Prospex x Neighborhood
The new Seiko x Neighborhood Prospex SBDY077 that is the subject of today’s post is about a watch that fits neatly at the intersection of three subjects that have been personally topical this month. The first is that for the… Read More ›
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NEW: H. Moser Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon ‘Electric Blue’
You may recall the H.Moser & Cie Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon of 2019. Limited to ten pieces, it was a segue from the Watch Concept Black Minute Repeater in the Swis Alp case. Now, they have launched a new… Read More ›
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NEW: Ressence Type 1 Squared X
Today is about a new piece that perhaps strictly speaking, should fall under the 2020 umbrella for two reasons. Firstly because it is the final tenth anniversary piece in Ressence’s Collection X; secondly because it is dominated by a colour… Read More ›
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INDUSTRY NEWS: new Montblanc watches managing director
Richemont has announced the appointment of Laurent Lecamp to replace Davide Cerrato as managing director of Montblanc’s watch division. Cerrato, who lead the division for five years, is leaving the Richemont group. The new managing director was most recently a… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON: Zenith Chronomaster Revival A385
It may be two years since Zenith’s celebration of half a century of the El Primero, but they have continued to release homages and the like, including last year’s Chronomaster Revival ‘Shadow’ based on the A384 Revival. In 1969 three… Read More ›
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NEW: Louis Moinet Wonders of the World ‘Chichén Itzá Pyramid’
Louis Moinet, creator of some of the more eye-catching watches around today, has announced a new pièce unique which will be the first in a series of eight pièces unique created to commemorate the brand’s new partnership status with the… Read More ›
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NEW: Marco Lang’s new brand and ‘Zweigesicht’
A new year deserves a new brand – in this case, that of Marco Lang, who left Lang & Heyne last year and is now a brand under his own name, still in Dresden. His first model is a limited… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON: Grand Seiko 60th Anniversary Caliber 9SA5 Hi-Beat 36000 80 Hours
As a year of tumult draws to a close it seems appropriate to look at a watch which radiates serenity – the Grand Seiko 60th Anniversary Calibre 9SA5 Hi-Beat 36,000 80 Hours. More succinctly known as the Ref. SLGH002, this… Read More ›
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NEW: Piaget Altiplano Limelight Stella Rose Gold
With each completion of a lunar year cycle watch brands bring out their animal-appropriate themed watches for the year to come. Piaget has been a part of this tradition and have an announced, for the incoming year of the Ox,… Read More ›
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NEW: Hautlence HL Sphere 02
One of the most enjoyable watches I had the opportunity to handle in 2019 was the Hautlence HL Sphere 01. As mentioned, it was the HL Kinetic table clock brought to wrist size, displaying hours in a spherical ‘jumping hour’… Read More ›
