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Thursday, Dec 18 2014

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YEAR IN REVIEW: Letter from the Editor

Time and Tide Watches | 18. Dec 2014 22:16 |

The concept of Time+Tide in its most basic form was first proposed to me in a café. A café down a laneway. So very Melbourne, I know. It was around this time last year that Andrew McUtchen and I were discussing the watch scene in Australia and the early seeds were planted. …

Greubel Forsey Art Piece 1 Tribute To Robert Filliou Watch

aBlogtoWatch | 18. Dec 2014 21:21 |

Today, Greubel Forsey announced another version in their slowly but surely expanding Art Piece 1 collection – an extremely limited line of unique watches that feature a genuinely microscopic sculpture, crafted by Willard Wigan. The Greubel Forsey Art Piece 1 Robert Filliou …

Ernst Benz Chronoracer Sport Limited Edition Watch Hands-On

aBlogtoWatch | 18. Dec 2014 19:01 |

Earlier this year, Ariel and I set off to attend the Couture Watch Show, held at the Casino Wynn in Las Vegas, and it was here that I had the chance to meet Leonid Khankin, CEO of Ernst Benz and READ MORE The article Ernst Benz Chronoracer Sport Limited Edition Watch …

Watch Winner Announced: Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Diver Watch

aBlogtoWatch | 18. Dec 2014 18:26 |

Congrats to our lucky winner of the Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Diver watch that we gave away on aBlogtoWatch last month. Thanks again to everyone who entered, and please enter now for a chance to win a Diving Certification With Oris or a Tudor Heritage Chrono Sponsored by …

Gérard Depardieu Launches “Proud to Be Russian” Watch

WatchReport.com | Real. Honest. … | 18. Dec 2014 17:51 |

Actor Gérard Depardieu wants the whole world to know that he’s proud to be Russian—even though he was born in France. He also wants you to buy his new line of luxury watches, since soon the real Russians may not be able to afford them. This was probably not the best week …

Pre-SIHH 2015: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton

PROFESSIONAL WATCHES | 18. Dec 2014 16:11 |

Roger Dubuis will debut a new time-only version of their popular Excalibur Skeleton collection at SIHH 2015. It will be presented in a 42 mm pink gold case, with the same aesthetic as the tourbillon models, such as the distinctive grey rhodium-plated and circular grained …

CT Scuderia Scrambler, Take the Bullhead by the Horns

WristWatchReview.com | 18. Dec 2014 15:36 |

How do you create a brand identity in an industry as large and as old as watchmaking? Many brands have a go-to handset, some rely on logos, and yet others will use styling cues that carry over watch to watch. CT Scuderia is in that last camp, but they go further in their …

H2O Kalmar Mokume Gane PROTOTYPE [CuSn8 + 316L]

OceanicTime | 18. Dec 2014 11:41 |

By TLex This amazing looking 3000M water-resistant diver is constructed from a special lamination of CuSn8 Bronze and 316L Stainless steel known as Mokume Gane. H2O Watches, who have become a pioneer in the use of exotic metals in dive watch construction, are the first to …

Hublot Big Bang Unico World Poker Tour Watch Hands-On

aBlogtoWatch | 18. Dec 2014 09:41 |

This Big Bang Unico World Poker Tour is probably one of the most "Vegas" Hublot watches I have ever seen. Writing that, I realized that "Las Vegas" can mean different things to different people at different times. There is glitzy READ MORE The article Hublot Big Bang Unico …