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LIMITED ART EDITION by Fortis

Apr 11, 2008
Designed by the Swiss artist Rolf Sachs, this stainless steel Fortis watch with an automatic ETA movement, indicates the hours and minutes with one hand and the seconds with a red hand.  read more

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Reach for Stars and Wake up with Fortis

Apr 11, 2008
A little later the Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph was officially approved by the Yuri Gagarin Russian State Scientific-Research Center of Cosmonaut Training. The chronographs became part of the equipment used by cosmonauts.  read more

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The Bulgari of spring

Apr 07, 2008
New models are raining down at Bulgari, with a net increase in the presence of the Roman brand in the domain of complicated timekeeping.Let’s begin with the Minute Repeater with an automatic movement created especially for Bulgari by the Vaucher manufacture and a new edition of the Bvlgari-Bvlgari Tourbillon with a movement created by Daniel Roth, which, as a reminder, belongs to Bulgari.  read more

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STARTIME AUTOMATIC by Alpina

Mar 31, 2008
STARTIME AUTOMATIC by Alpina description: Stainless steel case (42 mm) equipped with an automatic AL-550-1 movement with a 42-hour power reserve. Hours, minutes, seconds, date and GMT, 24 hour day/night and 60 minute indicator.

Sapphire crystal front and back, date at 4 o’clock, 4th hand for second time zone.  read more

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Bell & Ross - Collectable Chronograph

Mar 29, 2008
The Bell & Ross Vintage 126 XL Edicion Limitada is the ultimate collectable chronograph for connoisseurs of cigars. This unique timepiece is limited to 99 pieces and is sold with a humidor fitted with a humidifier and hygrometer, holding up to 50 cigars  read more

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Marie-Antoinette and Breguet, the greatest watchmaking mystery of all time

Mar 27, 2008
The famed Marie-Antoinette watch, completed by Breguet in 1827 and stolen from the L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art in 1983, may well have reappeared on November 12th this year, as if by magic, in the hands of a Tel Aviv watchmaker.

It took a full forty-four years to complete the watch, proof indeed that it is a work of art. This stunning piece features the greatest watchmaking complications known at that time.  read more

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Built to Perform: Sports Watches for 2006 and Beyond – Part 2

Feb 22, 2008
This is the year of the chronograph for TAG Heuer, as the brand has capitalized on its sporting DNA to develop an amazing range of chronographs. TAG's concept watches from years before are now reality as both the Microtimer and the Monaco Sixty Nine are both on the market.  read more

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Optimizing the Internet as a media tool: The TAG Heuer way

Feb 22, 2008
With regard to the very media-oriented partnership that TAG Heuer has with the actor Brad Pitt, the latter enjoyed a record level of interest across all search engines with more than 400,000 searches in the USA during the month of March, 2005 (his contract with TAG Heuer excludes the territory of the USA), compared to only half as many for the golfer Tiger Woods and the tennis player Maria Sharapova. The Chinese basketball player, Yao Ming, is in fourth place with nonetheless more than 80,000 demands in one month.  read more

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An engine for your wrist

Feb 22, 2008
TAG Heuer goes all-out with concept watches When it comes to concept watches, if there is one brand that has pulled all the right strings, that brand is TAG Heuer. First of all the brand worked hand-in-hand with Mercedes-Benz for its famous SLR Mac Laren.  read more

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Seiko increases the momentum of its ‘Quiet Revolution’

Feb 22, 2008
In Japan, Seiko has, for a long time, distributed mechanical timekeepers in the haut de gamme market segment.With a selective distribution policy, a strictly controlled network of boutiques (which will gradually pass from about a hundred sales points today to around 200 in mid-2007), a small number of available pieces, high level launches, a whole strategy for moving upmarket has been organized for this special occasion.  read more

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Timeless Jewellery: Watches with Diamonds

Feb 22, 2008
But Omega has never neglected the esthetical part: the label has even been a trendsetter in the “Haute Couture” Watch-Jewellery Making Business. This is proofed by the tremendous Gold Medallions and other prestigious Jewellery Prices which it has won over the years during occasions like the International Exhibition for Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925 or the International Diamonds Awards (6 Oscars between 1957 and 1964); La Rose d’ Or (Golden Rose) of Baden-Baden (Germany-7 Roses between 1970 and 1978) etc…  read more

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Astronaut Eugene Cernan Omega ambassador

Feb 22, 2008
Now with the help of OMEGA, the former astronaut celebrates the 30th anniversary of this momentous moment in space exploration with a visit to Hong Kong and Beijing in his role as OMEGA Ambassador from July 10 to 14, 2002. A recipient of the US Navy's Distinguished Flying Cross and holder of the USA's Distinguished Service Medal with Star, Cernan joined NASA in 1963.  read more

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The annual sports watch hunt

Feb 22, 2008
Longines introduced a new Evidenza chronograph that took inspiration from a 1925 model although the tonneau style dates back to a Longines watch dating back to 1911. The Evidenza is in stainless steel and is equipped with an automatic L650 movement with 28,800 vibrations an hour and a 46-hour power reserve.  read more

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Jaeger-LeCoultre goes back to its roots

Feb 21, 2008
This isnt Jaeger-LeCoultres debut in the world of automobiles. Far from it.  read more

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The spherical tourbillon by Jaeger-LeCoultre

Feb 21, 2008
The position of the tourbillon in relation to the movement has been cited as one of the shortcomings of the rotating-cage mechanism. Then came the Gyrotourbillon I. The three-dimensional rotations of the balance in Jaeger-LeCoultre's Calibre 177 are at the centre of a watchmaking innovation. The exceptionally lightweight outer cage makes one revolution per minute.  read more

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Develops a Watch of the Future

Feb 21, 2008
The timepiece is powered by a revolutionary mechanical automatic movement, the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Caliber 988C. A remarkable fact about the movement is that it does not require any kind of lubrication.  read more

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Watches take the plunge...

Feb 21, 2008
IWC doubled the stakes in spring 2004 when it launched its Aquatimer collection, including the Automatic 2000. This model's name refers not to the year but to the depth at which its titanium case and self-winding movement continue to withstand pressure of 200 atm. Even the fish are impressed!  read more

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And in the best product category, the winner is...

Feb 21, 2008
In real life actor Jamie Foxx, switched between an IWC Portugaise Automatic Chrono and an IWC Aquatimer Split Minute Chronograph for day and night scenes. It's all about emotion Now that there are so many other ways of knowing the time than a watch, watchmakers have understood the need to move communication onto a different terrain than practicality.  read more

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Cool Tag Heuer Ladies Watch

Feb 21, 2008
Jul 12, 2006 An absolutely new model of TAG HEUER ladies watch is a digital watch with diamond dial. If you push the button, diamonds highlight the time.  read more

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NEW Big Bang All Black Split-Second for the Ayrton Senna institute in Brazil

Jan 19, 2008
Hublot has always been an ardent supporter for disadvantaged children and the Ayrton Senna Big Bang is the first Hublot to go on sale in Brazil.Personalised touches to the Ayrton Senna Big Bang include the driver's signature splashed across the dial in red; the split-second hand cloaked in green and yellow, the colours of Brazil, and the push-piece in red to co-ordinate with the signature on the dial  read more








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