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Wednesday, Jan 9 2008

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Forerunner 305 by GARMIN

PROFESSIONAL WATCHES | 9. Jan 2008 22:27 |

[ via Engadget ] Here is the new Garmin Forerunner 405 which has GPS, a speed, distance and heart rate monitoring and it can be controlled through a touch-sensitive bezel. It costs $299 if you are interested in GPS on your wrist.

Moving Design Discus by SEIKO

PROFESSIONAL WATCHES | 9. Jan 2008 19:38 |

Here are two versions of the Discus from the new Seiko Japan Moving Design Collection. These mechanical watches have a three numbered discs that continuously rotate to display hours, minutes and seconds. I like the smoked glass version the best. I have heard you can find …

Some Singapore watch industry news...

WatchingHorology | 9. Jan 2008 02:57 |

A director of a mid-sized Singapore watch retailer was recently sentenced to 3 weeks jail for inflating marketing costs of one of the watch brands the retailer carried at the time. Click here to read the full story on the Straits Times website.- SJX

Breitlings and Celebrity Chefs

The Breitling Watch Blog | 9. Jan 2008 01:46 |

The list of Celebrity Chefs that wear Breitling is quite long, and quite peculiar really. Breitling is first an aviation watch, not a chef watch. So why do so many Celeb Chef’s wear them? Possibly because they look so damn cool. I suppose 5 chefs isn’t that many.. but there …