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Monday, Mar 22 2010

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Baselworld 2010: Dewitt's Blackstream Collection

Wrist Dreams | 22. Mar 2010 15:50 |

New series from Montres Dewitt sports sporty dials with car- and aviation-themed design The Baselworld show is still going strong in Switzerland through first part of this week. There are hundres if not over a thousand watches on display,...

Review and contest: Orient CEM75001B and CEM65001B

WatchReport.com | Real. Honest. … | 22. Mar 2010 14:50 |

Not only do we have a review of two Orient watches today, they're also yours to win on on Twitter contest detailed below. What we have here are two versions of Orient's mechanical dress diver with automatic movements, day/date, dive bezels, and quickset day. The differences …

The Breguet Type XXII Chronograph: An Updated Classic With 1/20th of A Second Precision (Live Pics)

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 22. Mar 2010 11:21 |

The Breguet Type XX Chronograph is one of our favorite vintage sport models.  It has true provenance in heritage, design, and practicality.  On top of that, it's great looking and not many people know of it, so you don't run into the same problems that you do wearing a …

Stephen Hallock Presents the MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt Engine (Live Images)

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 22. Mar 2010 10:45 |

As you may have heard, we had the pleasure of meeting with MB&F yesterday at BaselWorld 2010.  No new watches to show you, but something just as good; the movement to the upcoming Horological Machine 4, dubbed "Thunderbolt".  We reported on this movement earlier when it was …

Techne Sparrow Hawk Watch Review

aBlogtoWatch | 22. Mar 2010 08:25 |

Aside from this timepiece, a Sparrowhawk (also Sparrow Hawk) is two things (well probably more actually). What I am thinking of is the actual bird family, and the plane (which appropriately borrowed the name from the bird). As the name implies, the Sparrowhawk tends to be a …

First Look: TAG Heuer Link GMT and Lady F1

Calibre 11 | 22. Mar 2010 06:40 |

Two more watches that are new for Baselworld 2010 are the TAG Heuer Link Advanced GMT and the Lady F1. I’ve never been a big fan of the Link series- OK, its more elegant than some of the more overtly sporting TAG Heuer watches, but it’s never been one to set the heart …

The Calibre 1887 Story

Calibre 11 | 22. Mar 2010 03:10 |

Debating the merits of watch movements is usually a sport reserved for the true Watch Idiot Savant. When I bought my first automatic watch (a Heuer Monza re-edition), I took it back to the store shortly after I bought it because I noticed that if I didn’t wear it for a few …