Tuesday, Apr 26 2011
articles: 8
On Behalf of a Grateful Nation: A Presidential Presentation Pocket Watch for an Act of Heroism
Historically, few workplaces are more dangerous than the sea. Thus, in preceding centuries it has often been on the waves where men have entered the pantheon of heroes, risking death to save the life of another with no regard to country, culture or language. In this post, …
NIVREL Deep Ocean (new)
By TLex Whilst at the Basel fair I met with the lovely people from NIVREL, who were good enough to show me their latest divers model, the Deep Ocean. The new divers model comes shortly after an announcement made last year, that the production of their popular Deep Sea diver …
The Rolex Kew A: Quite Possibly (And Very Likely) The Most Accurate Rolex Ever Made
The Kew A Rolexes may just be the most accurate watches to ever wear the crown, and our guess is most of you have never heard of them before. First, a bit of background. You may know that the term “chronometer” means that a watch has been certified to have a certain …
NIVERAL Deep Ocean (new)
By TLex Whilst at the Basel fair I met with the lovely people from NIVERAL, who were good enough to show me their latest divers model, the Deep Ocean. The new divers model comes shortly after an announcement made last year, that the production of their popular Deep Sea …
PROMETHEUS Jellyfish Giveaway (WINNER)
By TLex We have a winner for this month's PROMETHEUS Jellyfish Giveaway. Congratulations, Ywe Hickman from the Netherlands, who has won himself a new PROMETHEUS Jellyfish in the color of his choice!
MB&F HM3 Chocolate Frog & ReBel Hands-On: Unique Watches, Unique Business
I decided to cover both of these Horological Machine Number 3 variant watches together to illustrate just how creative MB&F can be with their models and marketing practices. The original HM3 debuted in 2009 and I did a review of … Continue reading →
Christophe Claret Blackjack 21 - Baselworld 2011
(Click image for slideshow- 4 photos) One of the most innovative haute horology pieces introduced this year at Baselworld was the Christophe Claret Blackjack 21. It comes in a titanium, white gold or pink gold case and has a 40-jewel automatic winding movement that runs at …
Bremont C17 Globemaster Watch
Here is a nice new piece from Bremont that you can't get. Bremont will produce these C17 Globemaster watches for a select group of "pre-selected" military personnel to get one - basically for one squadron as I understand it. The … Continue reading →
