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New Casio Baby-G Watches - G-ms Octra

Aug 07, 2008
Casio has introduced new Baby-G watches for ladies named G-ms Octra. The line-up of equally tough and elegant watches comprises six new watches, featuring major model numbers MSG-5000 and MSG-1500.

The G-ms Octra provide the chronograph function via three additional analog displays. The new timepiece are water- and shock-resistant. The watches display the time that is automatically synchronized via radio control, a distinctive feature of Casio watches.

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Most Highly Demanded Rolex Watches in USA

Aug 03, 2008
Melrose Jewelers is the leading online retailer of authentic men's and women's Rolex Watches in the USA.

According to the company, in spite of the economy's slow-down, high-end Rolex models are still in great demand. While the luxury goods sector experiences a general decline in sales, the watches from the Rolex Datejust line, featuring an edgier diamond dial and bezel, are among true luxury bestsellers.

The models enjoying the greatest demand are the following: String Diamond Dial Rolex Datejusts, Channel set diamond bezel Rolex Datejusts, Mother of Pearl dial Rolex Datejusts and Rolex Day Date Presidents.
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Omega Official Timekeeper of Olympic Games for the 23rd time

Jul 23, 2008
Over 10,500 world class sportsmen representing 205 nations will be competing for medals, glory and honour in 28 sports from August 8 to 24 in Beijing.

Omega will be present throughout the Olympic Games, acting as Official Timekeeper for the 23rd time, responsible for recording, displaying and distributing the results.

To honor the exciting event, Omega is to reveal two watch collections named the Timeless and the Special.

The Omega precision chronograph models to form the Olympic Timeless Collection pay tribute to the chronographs used at the 1932 Los Angeles Games when the company became Official Timekeeper of the Games for the first time. Six of the models in the Collection show off the Arabic numerals and the red Omega name and logo that were featured by the early models.

The timepieces strike by a remarkable detail: the five interlocking colored Olympic rings on the counterweights of the central chronograph seconds hand. The rings pay tribute to the brand's innovative spirit in watch-making and sports timekeeping.
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Timex Ironman Solar Shock - Discover All-Time Bestseller

Jul 14, 2008
The Timex Ironman Solar Shock watch with its black and orange case and large screen is one of the all-time bestsellers. This is a sporty-styled, simple and extremely user-friendly digital watch providing a wide range of features, including a solar-powered quartz movement, shock-resistant case and Indiglo back light. The price of the Timex watch is more than affordable (around 80 dollars).

The high contrast screen of the watch with big numbers allows to read the time at a glance. The date, including a two-letter day, is featured at the top of the display. The great advantage of the Timex watch is its solar-powered movement. The charge symbol represents a battery right in the center of the screen between the date and the time.

Timex has fitted this model with standard features provided by the majority of their digital watches: a chronograph, timer, and multiple alarms. All the features are managed with help of five buttons, including one dedicated Indiglo button and one button found below the screen.

The case of the Timex Ironman Solar Shock watch goes on the resin strap and sits perfectly on the wrist.


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New Japanese Watch: Tokyo Flash Galaxy

Jul 14, 2008
The new Japanese watch named Galaxy immediately catches imagination due to a face plate with multi-colored light bars that would probably remind you displays used in the first Star Trek series.

The enigmatic display of the Tokyo Flash Galaxy watch seems to be easy to read. Just touch the upper button once to switch on a programmed animation of light. Then, you will see the watch feature the time. Twelve yellow bars indicate hours in a clock wise direction, while eleven red bars indicate groups of five minutes and four green bars indicate single minutes.

If you want the Galaxy watch show the time at once, it is necessary to press the lower button.

The Galaxy watch is available exclusively from Tokyo Flash. The price of the original watch is more than affordable - 131 dollars, including worldwide shipping that takes from 3 to 5 days.

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Red Dot Design Award for Porsche Design Watch

Jul 08, 2008
At "Red Dot Design Award" Competition 2008 held in Essen, Germany, Porsche Design has proudly received honors for its exceptional products, including the P'6750 Worldtimer watch.

The Porsche Design Worldtimer watch features a matte or black-finished titanium case coupled with a decorated rubber strap. The case construction has incorporated a flat anti-reflective sapphire crystal, and two knurled crowns. The timepiece is 100-meter water resistant.

The watch houses a self-winding movement with a dual-timezone display featuring reference world cities. A special module, elaborated by Eterna exclusively for Porsche Design, allows to adjust the display of the city and hour instantaneously, maintaining the perfect accuracy of the time display.

The flat case back reveals an engraving of a circular reference table, indicating 24 reference cities with corresponding abbreviations.
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Prom Meesawat - New Ambassador of Audemars Piguet

Jul 04, 2008
Audemars Piguet has proudly announced that Prom Meesawat has taken its invitation to become a new ambassador of the brand. Audemars Piguet highly appreciates its association with the world of golfing. The company has built close cooperation with a whole army of celebrated sportsmen sharing common values with the brand. The list includes Nick Faldo, Darren Clarke, Lee Westwood, Vijay Singh, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and many others.

Universally known as the 'Big Dolphin', Prom Meesawat was born in a family of golf. Already at the age of 3, he joined the world of golfing. In 1997 he won his first Junior World Golf Championship. In his teens, Prom was honored to gain several championship titles, having become the most prospective young golfer. He turned professional immediately at the age of 21. The young golfer made into The Asian Tour and was ranked third in 2006.

Prom Meesawat continuously demonstrates deep passion and strength for golfing, while Audemars Piguet has been passionate about watch-making for over 133 years, striving to create only excellent timepieces.

The company represents the only Manufacture that is still managed by the founding families since 1875, holding an annual production of 27,000 units of watches.

Audemars Piguet has long been actively involved in the world of sports, and yachting, golfing and racing in particular, as these are activities reflecting the lifestyle of many of the brand's customers.

In Asia, the company acts as the official timekeeper of Barclays Singapore Open. The brand has held annual golf tournaments for its guests in a number of countries. The company is planning to host an annual golf tournament in Thailand during the last quarter of the year. The winner of the tournament will be invited to Barclays Singapore Open to play in the Pro-am with the Professional.

Audemars Piguet has been excited to welcome Prom as the first Asian Golfer to the brand's golfing ambassador family.
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Rolex to Sponsor Giraglia Cup

Jun 05, 2008
In 2008, the Rolex Company continues to act as the major sponsor of the prestigious Giraglia Cup, a famous Mediterranean distance race. The race will start in St. Tropez, France. The competitors will be moving through the scenic Iles d'Hyeres and across the sea, then past the Giraglia Rock off of northern Corsica, and on to Genoa, Italy where the regatta will finish. Altogether, they will cover 243 nautical miles.

The Giraglia Cup was initiated in 1952. The first race was organized in July, 1953 with 22 yachts taking part. Rolex is famous for its close association with a variety of the most prestigious yachting events through the world. The company has acted as the major sponsor of the Giraglia Cup since 1997.  read more

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TechnoMarine BlackSnow

May 14, 2008
After the remarkable success of the round and square Ceramic watch collection, TechnoMarine is launching new models to join the BlackSnow range.

The BlackSnow watch with a 32mm x 28 mm rectangular case is crafted in black or white high-tech ceramic. It features a half-pave or full-pave white or black 'sun ray' dial and diamond-set strap. The timepieces may be rightfully compared to gorgeous jewels that will beautifully embrace any lady's wrist.

The new TechnoMarine watch is equipped with Swiss RONDA 1062 movement. It is 50-meter water resistant.
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Parmigiani Pershing Collection Limited Edition Chronographs

Apr 17, 2008
Parmigiani has partnered with Pershing, the Italian luxury yacht building company. To celebrate the alliance, Parmigiani created an exclusive collection of sports chronographs.

Inspired by the distinctive characteristics of the luxury yachts, the Pershing watch collection reveals imposing volumes and rounded forms of the hull, bringing it to life using noble materials - 18k rose gold and 950 palladium, a futuristic alloy, a feature of Parmigiani watches.

The dials spotlight the numerals immediately associated with the Pershing logo. The watches provide the following functions: a unidirectional rotating bezel and a tachymeter for calculating swimming speed, a large date and chronograph.  read more

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Boucheron Ellipses Anniversaire Jewelry Watch Collection

Mar 27, 2008
Boucheron Ellipses Anniversaire watch collection reveals stylish and graceful, round and square timekeeping creations crafted in white or pink gold, united in strictly special editions.

The watches produce powerful visual effect due to rare differently-sized gems in a variety of blues or shades of yellow and orange. The diamonds and sapphires are set to create visual volume. Each series features its own original design. The galaxy of precious colored stones is springing from the golden dial to the case coupled with the pumiced shagreen straps.

The oval window opening into the case back allows to admire the atelier-made GP 4000 calibre and custom 150th-anniversary finishes.  read more

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Tour around Piaget Manufacture

Mar 25, 2008
In 2001, Piaget constructed a new manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates, the suburbs of Geneva. The site shaped like a circle symbolizes a watch dial. Visitors enter the main building via a footbridge reminding the hand of the watch. The architectural concept pays much attention to light, due to large bay windows. Wood is much used both inside and outside, valued as a natural material that 'does not injure the precious metal, symbolizing the jewel-case.'

Piaget transferred more than forty specialist professions on-site, including gem-setting, machining bracelets and cases, polishing, assembly, casing-up and adjustment. A dedicated prototype workshop and an after-sales service are also there.  read more

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New Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Regulator

Mar 08, 2008
The new Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Regulator features a freshly-designed, larger, ideally balanced tonneau case.

The latest addition to the brand’s iconic Malte line is characterized by tighter lines and more assertive style. The creators of the model opted for more compact horns to make them provide the ultimate in comfort. They smartly integrated the strap and case by the new satin-finished lug-covers.

The 30-meter water-resistant case is coupled with a domed sapphire crystal prolonging the lines of the bezel. The brand’s watchmakers designed a mechanical movement - the 1790R calibre - that fits perfectly into the geometric shape of the case.
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New Movado Museum Watch

Mar 08, 2008
Movado, highly appreciated for its modern design aesthetic, introduced a limited edition of 25 skeleton timepieces in pink gold featuring the brand's iconic Museum dial. The new watches reveal the Movado distinctive single dot dial design. The peculiarity of the model is a larger dot-shaped sapphire crystal aperture at 6 o'clock that allows watch aficionados to admire the red Movado 'M' and the movement's elegant regulating mechanism. The watches have incorporated manual-winding skeleton ETA caliber 6498.2 housed in 18K gold 45-mm cases.
The watches provide the following functions - hours, minutes, and small seconds. The model goes on the black alligator strap fitted with a pink gold buckle  read more

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Pierre DeRoche SplitRock Big Numbers Orange

Mar 08, 2008
The Pierre DeRoche SplitRock Big Numbers Orange catches attention by its resolutely contemporary appeal, its depth and impressive contrasts - it spotlights four large atypical numbers in orange. It provides the following functions - hours, minutes, small seconds, date, and chronograph.

The exclusive chronograph with three concentric hands (60-second, 60-minute, 12-hour) has three functions displayed on the same counter, a peculiarity of Pierre DeRoche. The watch is equipped with an automatic movement, a Dubois Depraz caliber with pierced and engraved rotor.

The case of the timepiece is crafted in polished and satin-finished 316L steel. It goes on a black orange-stitching crocodile strap.  read more

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Van Cleef and Arpels Charms

Mar 07, 2008
Van Cleef and Arpels Charms is a delicate ladies' watch fascinating by its perfect elegance. The round 18K case demonstrates an Alhambra inspired guilloche dial and a majestic bezel set with several lines of diamonds.

The watch's peculiarity is a delightful charm dangling from the bezel. It is shaped as a diamond-set Alhambra motif. Fixed to the side of the case on a moving bezel, the four-leaf clover moves with the wearer's hand. Van Cleef and Arpels Charms is available with interchangeable colored straps, in leather or black satin equipped with 18K gold buckle.

The timepiece is equipped with a Swiss Quartz movement.  read more

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Antiquorum to Hold a Remarkable Sale

Mar 07, 2008
Antiquorum marks the beginning of 2008 with a remarkable sale to offer over 800 lots. This first Spring auction named Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket Watches and Clocks will take place at the Grand Hotel Kempinski in Geneva on March 15 -16. The beautifully designed catalogue presents important timepieces symbolizing several centuries of fine watch making, with a private collection of Jaeger LeCoultre watches among many others.

The Antiquorum auction will be followed by a thematic sale in New York - 'Revolution: The Evolution of Rolex Sport Watch'. It will be held on April 17th after special European preview organized in Geneva during the first two days of the SIHH show on April 7-8.  read more

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New Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk Pro 1000 M Watch

Mar 06, 2008
The new Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk Pro 1000 M is to be presented at SIHH 2008. The diver's watch has a 44mm brushed stainless steel case. Its unidirectional rotating bezel is equipped with a black rubber graduated ring for dive time calculation. The matte black dial spotlights applied rings for the power reserve indicator and sub seconds display. The hands and hour indices demonstrate bold luminous applications to guarantee perfect visibility in low light conditions.
The protected screw-down crown and case-back, and a thick sapphire crystal allow the watch to withstand pressures even at 1000 meters depth. The watch is equipped with Girard-Perregaux GP033RO self-winding manufacture movement  read more

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Legendary IWC Watches Brought Out Again as Vintage Models

Mar 06, 2008
IWC is introducing six legendary members of its most famous watch families - the Portuguese, Ingenieur, Pilot's Watch, Da Vinci, Aquatimer, Portofino - into the present day as vintage models.

The new timekeeping interpretations are equipped with contemporary, IWC-manufactured automatic movements or with hand-wound pocket watch movements. The six vintage models represent the true cornerstones in the IWC history.

Each of the models marked the beginning of a new era at IWC and formed the base for successful horological achievements in the fields of aviation, diving, engineering and complications, having become highly valued legends in collectors' circles.
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Tiffany Opens Patek Philippe Salon in its New York Flagship Store

Mar 03, 2008
Tiffany Co and Patek Philippe announce the opening of a Patek Philippe salon to take place in April 2008. The salon, the first in the U.S., in Tiffany's New York flagship store, will exclusively showcase the renowned timepieces of the legendary watchmaker.
Located on the mezzanine in Tiffany's flagship store at 5th Avenue and 57th Street, the 3,000-square-foot salon will display Patek Philippe horological masterpieces.  read more








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