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NEW: Credor Eichi II Blue Edition
In 2021 the Seiko Watch Corporation will be celebrating 140 years and we can expect plenty of releases to mark the occasion. However, they are getting in early, with a few announcements having just been made about some of the… Read More ›
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NEW: Rado True Square Designer Collection
Other brands may dabble in ceramic but Rado, the name most associated with them, go beyond the usual round shape and have a collection that consists of square cases made of this material. The True Square was the first solid… Read More ›
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021 to be digital
April 2021 may seem far away but in fair organisation terms, especially amidst COVID-19, it is not, and so the perhaps expected announcement by Watches & Wonders that next year’s Geneva fair will again be solely digital, has come to… Read More ›
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NEW: URWERK UR-100V Iron
Earlier this year URWERK released the UR-100 Gold, the fourth UR-100 model since the launch of the original SpaceTime. It’s clearly been popular, as now, they have a fifth limited edition variant of the U-100. As to whether there will… Read More ›
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NEW: TRIWA ‘Time for Oceans Arctic’ recycled watches
We admittedly don’t tend to cover inexpensive quartz watches here, but that isn’t an absolute rule for which there are no exceptions, so today is about a brand of which we are aware but don’t follow, so we missed the… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Mariner Memovox and Mariner Date
At the SIHH 2018 Jaeger-LeCoultre marked 50 years since the original Memovox Polaris with the introduction of new Polaris models. For a short introduction to the history of the Polaris, click on that link. Since then, the revival and modernisation… Read More ›
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NEW: Ressence Type 5X
In this the tenth year since the brand’s launch, Ressence have released their second (following the Type 1 Slim X) of four birthday pieces in the Ressence X collection – the 5X. Each of the four watches of the Collection… Read More ›
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NEW: Ulysse Nardin Diver NET concept watch
Today’s watch is green again, but more importantly, it is part of the building momentum by more watch brands to operate more sustainably and with increasing acknowledgement and awareness that they don’t make watches within their own bubble. Another part… Read More ›
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NEW: Oris Aquis Date and the new Calibre 400
A few week ago Oris announced a new in-house movement called the Calibre 400. Now why was this noteworthy? Well because it’s an anti-magnetic automatic movement with a five day power reserve, a ten year warranty, and a ten year… Read More ›
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NEW: RIMOWA Watch Case
Maker of some of the most recognisable travel cases ever to frequent luggage carousels, RIMOWA have now neatly nudged into a category of LVMH Group stablemates with the launch of their new watch case. This is not a polycarbonate (transparent… Read More ›
