Thursday, Dec 17 2009
articles: 13
Baselworld 2010 Corum Minute Repeater
This is a sneak peek of the 50th Anniversary Minute Repeater Tourbillon that Corum plans to unveil at Baselworld 2010. Hit "more" to see the artist sketches and to read the full press release.
Philip Stein Wants To Be Your Friend, Will Give You Chance To Win A Watch For The Opportunity
Philip Stein, the watch maker best known for their dual dialed watches, is embracing social media and wants your attention. The new trend today is the Twitter or Facebook giveaway. "If we get X followers/friends we will randomly give away something cool. Philip Stein wants …
Rolex GMT Purchased By Patty Duke at Tiffany's On 5th Avenue in 1968: Cue the Hollywood Flashbacks
Phew, that was a long title. The watch you see to the right is many things. It is a Rolex, it is a vintage Rolex, and it is a vintage sport Rolex. Those three traits alone make this watch worth owning, but it is actually much more than just your average GMT. The GMT, as …
Review of the Stowa Marine Original Limited Edition II
This review is of a watch with a minimalist design, the Stowa Marine Original Limited Edition II. Part of a series of 120 (of which 80 were sold in the US) the Limited Edition looks almost identical to the regular Marine Original Black with Arabic numbers.
A Closer Look at t fef he U-Boat Classico U-1001
While most U-Boat sales are for the basic Classicos and Flightdeck chronos, I find that Italo Fontana (U-Boat’s founder and designer) really gets to flex his design muscles with off-beat pieces like the U-1001. As with most U-Boat watches the U-1001 is not suited for …
25% off Skagen watches for the holidays
Our friends at Skagen have offered our readers 25% off their watches from now until December 31 which means you can order even after Christmas and pretend the order was held up at the post office. Pop over here to order and then enter the discount code F09WATCHREV-25. Easy …
Seiko Astron: World’s First Quartz Watch Turns 40
When I was recently in Japan, the Seiko folk made sure we knew all about the Seiko Quartz Astron (ref. 35SQ) watch. For whatever reason, the knowledge that Seiko was the inventor of the world's first quartz movement powered watch has eluded me (until then that is). …
My Daniel Roth Athys Perpetual Calendar Watch Article On Haute Living
My first series of articles in Haute Living magazine as their Watch Editor have been published. They also place the articles on their blog in case you miss the publication. I'll try to notify you of new articles I have there, as the watches I discuss there will usually not …
Corum unveils its new USA organization
After the takeover of CORUM USA LLC on October 1st, Montres CORUM Sàrl now announces the new organization of its US subsidiary: Antonio Calce remains President and appoints a new Executive Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer. Antonio Calce, President and Chief Executive …
The Buran Stingray: Russian Born, Swiss Bred & A Unique Heart
In April we gave you an overview of the Russian watch world. Shortly there after, we reviewed a very cool Russian Sturmanski Gagarin Chronograph, a watch that we really liked and one that we called "The Answer To Your {watch finder} Requests" because it was a mechanical …
My Daniel Roth Athys Perpetual Calendar Watch Article On Haute Living
My first series of articles in Haute Living magazine as their Watch Editor have been published. They also place the articles on their blog in case you miss the publication. I'll try to notify you of new articles I have there, as the watches I discuss there will usually not …
Handling The Linde Werdelin Oktopus and SpidoLite Yellow Watches
I wanted to share these two watches that I got to check out with you all. Linde Werdelin first wants me to remind you that these are prototype watches. So the final ones will be of nicer quality, and perhaps a bitdifferent. What you see before you are the Linde Werdelin …
Hodinkee Exclusive: Preview of Maurice de Mauriac's 2010 Collection
A few months back, we introduced you to a man by the name of Daniel Dreifuss. Daniel is the designer and head watchmaker for Maurice de Mauriac Zurich, a boutique shop and the producer of some absolutely killer looking watches. He was gracious enough to send us one a …
