Tuesday, Apr 21 2009
articles: 12
Glycine Airman Watch iPhone App
Is this Apple-horology? Glycine is the first luxury watch brand to make an iPhone app, but this execution of the concept is perfect. For those interested in the novelty, or who cannot afford the fine timepiece, they can get the next best thing, which is this clever app for …
12 Faces of Time: Horological Virtuosos
(by Elizabeth Doerr, Freelance Journalist for Watches) (left to right): Leonid Khankin (owner and creative director Ernst Benz), Elizabeth Doerr and Philippe Dufour enjoy the Baselworld party on March 27, 2009. A book like this one has really never been seen before in the …
Hodinkee Discount Summary: We Love You, And It Shows
We love giving back to our readers, so now that we've offered a few more discounts to you we thought we would summarize what is available just to make sure you're all taking advantage of what is out there. Panatime Straps at 10% Off Deep Blue Diving Watches at 35% Off Jorg …
Poljot, Volmax, Sturmanskie, & Vostok-Europe - A Glimpse At The World of Russian Watches
As you know by now, it is our goal to educate the masses on EVERYTHING related to watches. The thing is, most of the watches we tend to talk about are Swiss (with the necessary US and Chinese-based pieces thrown in for good measure). Sure we have mentioned a few German …
Nubeo Black Mamba Watch Sheds Its Skin: Shows Off Complex Construction
A typically complex watch case consists of about 5-10 parts. Sometimes you'll run into something with more than that, but it is rare. A watch case can't be too complex because it needs to hold up for longer periods of time and retain structural integrity, while at the same …
Gerald Genta Grand Complication Tourbillon Sonnerie
Just came across this Gerald Genta watch on ebay, and it was unique enough that I decided to write an short article on it. As many of you know, Gerald Genta is the many behind many watch designs, most notably the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. His own line of watches is …
(Part I) Audemars Piguet - Forged Carbon Department Tour
This is the first part on my recent tour of the Audemars Piguet factory and museum, in LeBrassus, Switzerland. My tour started in the "forged carbon" department. Instead of taking notes, I figured it would be more interesting to actually photograph and videotape the carbon …
Audemars Piguet Rubber Clad
Thanks to Dutch on-line dealer Watch-Site, I was able to photograph a few nice Audemars Piguet watches this weekend. One of them is the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph a.k.a The Rubber Clad a.k.a ref. 25940SK.OO.D002CA.01. So in short, the Rubber Clad. At …
A. Lange & Söhne Adapts to Changing Time (Zones)
At the 2009 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (”SIHH”), an event similar to Baselworld but with a much smaller group of brands (and primarily those of the Richemont Group), A. Lange & Söhne introduced a new version for its Lange 1 Time Zone collection. This new …
Chronoswiss, what are you doing?
Although I own a Chronoswiss watch (a Régulateur Automatique), I don’t have much going on for the brand. This is mainly because I don’t find Gerd. R. Lang (CEO Chronoswiss) to be a very sympathetic person, based on my own experience (and their threats a few years ago when I …
The Bremont Watches
It wasn’t until they unveiled the Bremont Submarine 500 wrist watch on January 23rd 2009. Before that time, there was only slight coverage on this relatively new watch brand from the U.K. The brothers Nick and Giles English are responsible for this brand and its watches, …
A temporarily swap: Rolex Submariner 16613
In 2008, Rolex introduced a new Submariner in all white gold (with blue dial and bezel), ref. 116619. This year, Rolex introduced the gold/steel (Rolesor) model of the Submariner in both black and blue dial versions at BaselWorld 2009. These are respectively the ref. …
