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Tuesday, Oct 6 2009

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Les Ateliers DeMonaco Carré d’Or

Fratello Watches | 6. Oct 2009 19:40 |

There is no doubt that sovereign city-state Monaco breathes magic for a lot of people. Cannes, Nice and St. Tropez are all nice places to visit, but Monaco is the crown on every trip to the Côte d’Azur. Besides being a tax heaven, Monaco is famous for the Monaco Grand Prix, …

An Original COMEX Prototype Not Made by Rolex: The Watch That Helped Shape Deep-Water Diving

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 6. Oct 2009 17:55 |

In the world of rare sport watches, those made for COMEX are at the very top.  The thing is, most watches made for the deep-sea diving unit utilized by most of the world's off-shore drilling companies have the Rolex crown on them.  We've featured an early 80s COMEX Sea …

The Reactor Trident: Survived 2 IEDs & A Suicide Bomber, But What About A Day With Hodinkee?

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 6. Oct 2009 15:00 |

The Reactor Trident has been making the rounds as of late because a Staff Sargent in Iraq was wearing it through two IED's and a suicide bomb attack.  The watch escaped with little damage.  That's all well and good, but we don't come across too many fanatical suicide …

Linde Werdelin Oktopus 1,111m T fef itanium Watch With Black Lacquer Bezel

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Oct 2009 12:45 |

Linde Werdelin presents a new version of the ruggedly attractive Oktopus 1111m dive watch. I wrote about the original Linde Werdelin Oktopus watch here. The new version has a naked grade 5 titanium 46mm wide case with a new rotating diver's bezel that is inlaid with black …

Cadence Oarsman Watch Review

aBlogtoWatch | 6. Oct 2009 12:45 |

One of the best things about what I do is the opportunity to hear from enthusiastic watch companies who want to share knowledge of their watches with me. This has resulted in my learning not only about a dizzying variety of watches, but also a variety of reasons people make …

Concord C1 Chronograph All Black

PROFESSIONAL WATCHES | 6. Oct 2009 11:00 |

Concord has started revealing some of their Baselworld 2010 novelties. It seems a little early, considering Baselworld is not until March of next year. But then again, why not unveil some of their product line now? The new Concord C1 Chronograph All Black is 44 mm in …

Kempler & Strauss W PhoneWatch Unveiled

Wrist Dreams | 6. Oct 2009 09:15 |

Kempler & Strauss is trying their luck with offering a new GSM cellphone wristwatch. The company announced today the launch of what they call the world's smallest full-function GSM quad-band cell phone watch. Kempler & Strauss also announced the...