Wednesday, Sept 8 2010
articles: 8
A. Lange & Söhne appoints new CEO
I just received word that effective January 2011, Wilhelm Schmid, a former BMW executive, will takeover as Chief Executive Officer of A. Lange & Söhne. Wilhelm Schmid, 47, a German national, has held several positions in Marketing and Sales over the last eight years for …
REACTOR Poseidon (another look)
By TLex The new REACTOR Poseidon is just a matter of days away from its release; here are few shots of the LE version showing its exhibition caseback with black rotor.
Carl F. Bucherer Manero ChronoPerpetual
(Click image for gallery - 4 photos) Carl F. Bucherer has just announced a new perpetual calendar timepiece with a chronograph and moon phase function. A perpetual calendar automatically corrects for the days of the month, whereas a simple date function on most mechanical …
Introducing the Ferrowatch: A Watch That Uses Ferrofluids? Wait, What Are Ferrofluids? (VIDEO)
The Ferrowatch from designer Karim Zaouai is pretty spectacular. In fact, it is one of the most innovative adaptations of the wristwatch we've come across in a while - the damn thing uses Ferrofluids! The watch’s face contains a small pool of the magnetic fluid and when …
Anonimo D-Date Bronze: Orange is the New Black
Back in July, fellow Hodinkee writer Felix Scholz introduced us to Italian watchmaker Anonimo, and their Polluce 10 Anni edition. Produced in Florence, Italy, Anonimo timepieces are some of the most creative in the market today, and clearly have been influenced by the …
Seiko Shows World’s First Active Matrix E-Ink Watch
We first blogged about it back in April this year, and now it’s here: the world’s first world’s first watch with an active matrix e-ink system. Developed by Seiko, the “Active Matrix EPD” watch [PDF] crams a total of 72,000 pixels into a 2x3cm display. Read more…
Seiko Active Matrix EPD e-Ink: The Digital Watch Is Back In Style
The digital watch is back. Seiko's new Active Matrix EPD watch will get you excited about non analog quartz timepieces once again. Digital has been here all along you say? Yea, that is true, but no self-respecting watch lover would wear one unless doing the laundry, mowing …
TAG Heuer McLaren F1 Watch
A few months ago, I posted an article on the series of watches that TAG Heuer had released in partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 team. Several helpful readers pointed out that while the article captured all the Formula 1 linked watches, it missed perhaps the rarest of …
