Thursday, Sept 18 2014
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Breitling Colt Watches For 2014 Fully Embrace High-End Quartz
For 2014, Breitling quietly releases a tweaked collection of Colt watches in four versions that include a women's model, a chronograph, and two three-handers. If you don't know, the Colt has been one of Breitling's most entry-level models, representing an accessible way of …
The Habring Felix and new A11 movement
To celebrate 10 years in business, small Austrain watchmaker, Habring, has developed their first movement. According to the brand, the movement was not only developed in Austria but will also largely be manufactured and assembled there as well. It is called the A11, which …
Christopher Ward C70 D-Type, Get your motor running
Cars and watches seem to go together, don't they (Morris Mini/Mini Cooper, Ferrari, Aston Martin, the whole Scuderia catalog...)? And one of the staff favorite brands, Christopher Ward is making yet another entry into this field. The Christopher Ward C70 D-Type is set to …
RALF TECH WRX «T» Millenium HYBRID for Nageurs de COMBAT
By TLex RALF TECH were sponsors of a very special event that took place this summer. On the 23rd of July the French Navy celebrated the official issue of their 1000th Combat Diver Certificate for the Marine Nationale.An official ceremony was held at the l’École de Plongée …
MB&F HM5 CarbonMacrolon Watch
MB&F has a rule that they can't do anything like other brands - a policy that, for the most part, they are pretty good at sticking to. With this newest and third iteration of the Horological Machine No. 5 (HM5), they created a black-cased watch, not with a black coating …
Niall One Mechanical Watches Claim To Be Made With Over 90% American Parts
Niall is a new watch company based out of Kansas City, Missouri, here in the USA and is part of an emerging trend of micro timepiece makers in the US that seem to be popping up all over the place. I have a feeling that much of this is an extension of the "Shinola-effect," a …
BREAKING NEWS: Omega sell 18K solid gold Aqua Terra for $125k – PICS
To honour a James Bond film that none of the Time+Tide team were alive to see when it came out 50 years ago, Goldfinger, OMEGA has gone to the smelter to create a one-of-a-kind Seamaster Aqua Terra in a rippling 18K yellow gold. This ‘piece unique’ sold for $125kAUD on …
IN THE MEDIA: Andrew’s story on Australian watches in The Weekly Review today
Australian-based watch brands? Yes, there is such a thing. I recently did a column for The Weekly Review - where I am ‘MAN OF STEEL’, insert Superman music - on three relatively new Australian brands trying to capture the imagination of our people and the spirit of our …
Unique Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Gold 50th Anniversary Of 007 Goldfinger Watch Sells For $113,000
A one-of-a-kind, solid 18k yellow gold Omega watch produced in honor of the 50th anniversary of the James Bond 007 Goldfinger film from 1964 recently sold for 106,000 Swiss Francs (about $113,000) via an online Christie's James Bond auction earlier today on September 17th, …