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Thursday, Sept 11 2014

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New Victorinox Swiss Army INOX Watches Tortured To Illustrate Durability

aBlogtoWatch | 11. Sept 2014 20:21 |

In New York City Victorinox Swiss Army held an event in collaboration with the New York Fire Department (FDNY) designed to subject its I.N.O.X. (INOX) collection timepieces to a battery of stress tests. Victorinox Swiss Army's goal was to assert its slogan of "Made To Last" …

Pellikaan Timing Hendrik Lorentz Watch

aBlogtoWatch | 11. Sept 2014 18:41 |

When it comes to watches drawing inspiration from gauges and instrumentation, you definitely have some choice. Most of these take the form of aviation watches (as the cockpit dials are a popular thing to mimic), but we've seen inspiration coming from some more grounded …

Tatooine Sand Watch – May the Force Be With You

WristWatchReview.com | 11. Sept 2014 16:26 |

I don't think that there is a hard corps Star Wars fan alive who does not know that the Lars homestead on the planet of Tatooine was filmed, not in a Hollywood soundstage or back lot, but in the desert of Tunisia in North Africa. So it is not in a galaxy far, far away, but …

H. Moser & Cie. Venturer Tourbillon Dual Time

PROFESSIONAL WATCHES | 11. Sept 2014 15:16 |

The design of the H. Moser & Cie Venturer Tourbillon Dual Time was inspired by elements from traditional pocket watches, and from the 1920s Bauhaus era. The dual-time, tourbillon watch is presented in a polished three piece red or white gold case measuring 41.5 by 14.3 mm. …

Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date And Moon Phases Transparent Dial Watch Hands-On

aBlogtoWatch | 11. Sept 2014 09:36 |

Sometimes a simple change can make a big difference. Take for example this Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date and Moon Phases watch with a transparent dial. Girard-Perregaux added a gray-tinted "smoked" sapphire crystal to the construction as the dial piece, while …

Time+Tide Video 1 – Patina and Pierrick Boyer

Time and Tide Watches | 11. Sept 2014 01:06 |

In the first of a series of regular videos, Time+Tide founder Andrew McUtchen meets world-renowned pastry chef Pierrick Boyer in his patisserie bright and early one Melbourne morning. THE BACKSTORY We knew a little bit about Pierrick Boyer when we asked him to be in the …

VIDEO: 3 things we really did not see coming in the Pierrick Boyer shoot

Time and Tide Watches | 11. Sept 2014 01:06 |

The debut Time+Tide video launched this morning, check it out here. We knew a little bit about Pierrick Boyer when we asked him to be in the first ever Time+Tide video. We knew he liked Panerai. We knew he liked Instagram. We knew he liked posting shots of Panerai watches …