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Saturday, Jan 3 2009

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Damascus Watches from Sweden

The Breitling Watch Blog | 3. Jan 2009 20:25 |

I talked a bit about damascus steel watches a couple weeks ago, and received an email from a Swedish watchmaker named Patrik Sjögren,who wanted to share with me his line of watches made with Damascus steel from knifemaker Johan Gustafsson. Sweden is actually quite famous …

James Bond watches

Fratello Watches | 3. Jan 2009 17:30 |

Just two days ago, I received an e-mail from Dell over at www.jamesbondwatches.com telling me that he is in the progress of creating the most comprehensive list of timepieces used in EON Productions (by Albert R. Broccoli) a.k.a. the 007 movies. His website is all about …

Ebay Frankenwatches from Argentina and Ukraine

The Breitling Watch Blog | 3. Jan 2009 00:06 |

I figured this deserves a post, as I’ve been watching some of those Ukraine and Argentine sellers make thousands of dollars off deliberately forged frankenwatches from unsuspecting eBay buyers. BUYERS BEWARE! When you buy a vintage watch from the Ukraine, Russia or …