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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 ›
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Deloitte Swiss Watch Industry Study 2020
Deloitte have released the 7th edition of their report on the Swiss watch industry, based on an online survey and interviews of fifty-five senior industry executives between mid August and mid September 2020, and 5,800 consumers in China, France, Germany,… Read More ›
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EXHIBITION: “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”
From Tuesday 27 October until Sunday 13 December 2020 the History of Science Museum, Oxford, is hosting an exhibition on time and time-keeping called “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”. It is presented by the History… Read More ›
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NEW: Chopard Alpine Eagle XL Chronograph
Chopard’s Alpine Eagle collection was launched in 2019 with ten models. Now, it is now expanding with the addition of the new XL (44mm) Chronograph in three variants, all with the same integrated bracelets as the launch models. The ‘XL’… Read More ›
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NEW: Hublot and Harrods Big Bang Unico Sapphire
Yes it’s time for another green watch, and what’s more another offering from Hublot, although this one is even more limited (fifteen pieces) than the Spirit of Big Bang Green SAXEM which we covered not too long ago. The new… Read More ›
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NEW: De Bethune DB28GS ‘Yellow Submarine’
Think about the newly announced DB28GS Yellow Submarine as a combination of two watches – the DB28GS Diver, and the DB28 Yellow Tones. Their first venture into yellow, created through thermal oxidation of grade 5 titanium, was used in ‘Yellow… Read More ›
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NEW: IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Edition “SFTI”
In 2018 IWC announced a number of pieces in partnership with the U.S. Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program (SFTI) that were formally launched at the SIHH 2019. The collection also saw the first appearance of Ceratanium® in their Pilot’s… Read More ›
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CHANEL: Coco clock
One of the releases that may have passed you by this year is a clock, and it comes from Chanel. Unlike their watches, which are widely known and popular, the brand isn’t usually associated with this sort of timepiece (apart… Read More ›
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NEW: MB&F LM Perpetual EVO
Early this year MB&F released an 18k yellow gold variant of their Legacy Machine (LM) Perpetual, a watch originally launched in 2015 in two editions of twenty-five pieces each in 18k 5N+ red gold and Platinum 950 but which expanded… Read More ›
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MOONYANG: King Arthur
Today we are looking at a watch that was in competition for the GPHG 2020, but which despite being a very interesting piece mechanically, did not make the shortlist – the MOONYANG King Arthur. A handful of years ago someone… Read More ›