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Saturday, Sept 6 2014

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Dominique Renaud Joins HYT Watches

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Sept 2014 18:41 |

Earlier today at the new HYT headquarters in Neuchâtel, the "hydro-mechanical horologists" announced that concept watchmaker Dominique Renaud (the "R" in APRP) would join the team as head of the Fine Watchmaking department - presumably a arm of the company involved in items …

Watching the Web For September 6, 2014

WristWatchReview.com | 6. Sept 2014 16:31 |

Welcome back to our weekly installment, Watching the Web, where we have a quick look at some interesting watches and articles that have popped up over the last week, as well as taking a second look at what some of our more popular articles this week were The post Watching …

Watch Winner Announced: Torgoen T32 Automatic

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Sept 2014 15:21 |

Lots of competition last month for a winner during our watch giveaway, but the lucky recipient of the Torgoen T32 Automatic is (drum roll)... The article Watch Winner Announced: Torgoen T32 Automatic first appeared on aBlogtoWatch and was written by Ariel Adams.

MY WATCH JOURNEY: Denis Napthine

Time and Tide Watches | 6. Sept 2014 12:46 |

A short explanatory note: Denis Napthine is the current leader of the Liberal Party and Premier of the great state of Victoria, Australia. This brief watch story is the happy byproduct of an interview I did with his wife Peggy, to appear in another magazine. It is in no way …

Learning Digital Illustration With Watches: Interview With Wrist.im Founder

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Sept 2014 09:36 |

By day, Matt Johnston is a web design and developer, and as a hobby he digitally illustrates wrist watches on his website Wrist.im. About a year ago, Matt decided he needed to learn more sophisticated digital illustration, and to do so he decided to create digital …

Apple Hires Marc Newson, iWatch Smartwatch Watches Likely To Be Designed With His Help

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Sept 2014 02:06 |

Big news today as Apple has announced its official hiring of Australian designer Marc Newson, who will work directly with Apple's head of design (Sir) Jonathan Ives. My understanding is that Newson will retain his ability to work with third party clients, but don't expect …

Blancpain Villeret Pulsometer Flyback Chronograph Watch

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Sept 2014 00:56 |

Blancpain has just introduced a brand new chronograph that will be part of its classic Villeret collection. Called simply there Chronographe Pulsomètre, the features a in-house automatic chronograph movement that has a flyback function as well as a pulsometer to help …