Monday, Jun 14 2010
articles: 9
Stowa Marine Automatik A10 with date
German watchmaker, Stowa, recently introduced a new automatic timepiece to their Marine collection, the Marine Automatik A10 with date. Previously Stowa has offered this watch with a ETA 2824-2 movement, but now they have moved to an A10 movement (both are Swiss movements, …
Bremont U-2 watch review
ABlogToRead has another in-depth review of one of our favorite watches, the Bremont U2. The watch is styled after the instrumentation of the U-2 spy plane and includes a specially protected movement inside a special material that allows the watch to survive – get this – a …
TAG Heuer Sailing Watches
Many of the posts on Calibre 11 focus on the deep relationship that Heuer/ TAG Heuer has with motor racing- and in particular with Formula 1. You only have to look through a Heuer catalogue from the 1970s to see model after model named after famous racing tracks scattered …
CHANEL J12 Marine (new)
By TLex I have to admit I really quite like the new J12 Marine from Chanel; probably a more suitable diver for my girlfriend to be honest, but still kinda cool. Checkout the cool new J12 Marine website, I'm a sucker for deep sea marketing . . .From Chanel It was bound to …
CLERC Hydroscaph GMT (new)
From Clerc Genève Hydroscaph Steel GMT Mechanical techno-luxury with a sporting twist - The world’s most sophisticated diver’s watch, the Hydroscaph Steel GMT is water-resistant to 1,000 metres and reinvents sport in deep waters. Whether brightly coloured, entirely …
World Cup Excitement Hits Fever Pitch: Guess A Soccer-Themed Watch Would Be Appropriate, Right?
If you didn't hear, the US beat England in the first round of World Cup action on Saturday (juuuuuust kidding, ProdigalGuide!). Germany squashed the Soccer-roos (sorry TheWatchLounge), and the Netherlands benefited from FratelloWatches and Monochrome coming off the bench to …
REACTOR Poseidon (new)
By TLex REACTOR's new 1000m diver is finally here! When Jimmy Olmes, Reactor's founder and president first told me (in early 2009) about his planned 1000m dive watch I was very eager to get a glimpse of it, but had to wait a good 6 months before I even got a sneak peek of a …
Dispatch from Dresden: a trip to horological heaven (AKA The A. Lange & Söhne Manufacture)
I was recently invited to Germany to visit the hallowed halls of the A. Lange und Söhne manufacture as part of a press tour. Being the self-sacrificing journalist that I am, I obliged and here I am in Dresden, in eastern Germany. Lange's HQ actually is in Glashütte, about …
Bremont U-2 Watch Review
The romance of flight, the mystique of secret flight, the durability of extensive testing. Each of these concepts is a major part of the Bremont U-2 watch - new limited edition made specially for pilots of the U-2 spy plane. This review is really a review of two watches - …
