Thursday, Apr 11 2013
articles: 11
Kari Voutilainen introduces the Vingt-8R
It has been a roughly two years since Kari Voutilainen introduced his first in-house developed and manufactured movement and timepiece, called Vingt-8 (or twenty-8 in English). That's quite something some a watchmaker who made name and fame with his Observatoire, which uses …
Ziiiro Has A Giveaway Going On Now
Ziiiro has a variety of unique watches (you can see some of our reviews here), and this one is on their very comfortable mesh band. For details on how to enter, head on over here and enter via FB and/or Twitter. Good luck!
Omega Planet Ocean GMT "GoodPlanet"
Omega has just released of preview of their new Omega Planet Ocean “GoodPlanet” GMT. It comes in a 43.5 mm steel case and is powered by the automatic Omega Co-Axial caliber 8605 with a silicon balance spring and balance wheel. The bezel is blue ceramic with orange accents. …
Would You Like Wood Or Art?
Today, friend of WWR is bringing us word of two very different projects on Kickstarter – a wooden variety that brings a Miyota automatic movement to the table, as well as a true “art piece”. The first is yet another wooden watch (that makes 3 from when I started …
New Counterfeit Law Could Be Passed in New York
According to WWD, via Esquire, New York City councilwoman is lobbying to a pass a bill that would make purchasing of counterfeit goods a class A misdemeanor. It is already against the law to produce fake products such as Rolexes (like the piece of junk pictured above), or …
A Sale For Issey Miyake
I wanted to give you a quick heads up on a sale starting today over at Touch of Modern, on Issey Miyake watches. The sale page is here, and they’ve got four different designs (different color pallets for each), with pricing between $200 and $400 (discounts are around the …
OMEGA Semaster PLANET OCEAN GMT 'GoodPlanet' 1stLook
By TLex Not quite an official release, but as part of the yesterday's premiere of the 'Planet Ocean' documentary FILM, directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot in partnership with OMEGA and in collaboration with the Good Planet FOUNDATION, Omega have covertly …
MB&F introduces a revamped HM3 called MegaWind
Earlier this year MB&F introduced the very last of the HM4 (you can read about it here) and now we're being treated on a revamped version of HM3. While HM4 was extremely limited because of the incredibly complicated movement, or actually the construction to display time, …
MIDO Multifort DIVER
By TLex MIDO have released a new internal bezel diver. The Multifort Diver has 42mm Stainless steel. It has water-resistance of 200 meters and is fitted with an AR-coated Sapphire crystal. The divers bezel is operable via the crown at 2 o'clock. The case houses a Swiss made …
Hands-On With Kobe Bryant’s New Hublot Watch
When I checked a few days ago I learned that Kobe Bryant has over 15 million fans on his Facebook page. That is a ton of people that Hublot just earned access to in their recent acquisition of Mr. Bryant as their newest mega-popular athlete brand ambassador.The article …
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GoodPlanet GMT Watch
The long anticipated new Omega Planet Ocean GMT is here for 2013. Before settling into being a major part of the Seamaster Planet Ocean collection, Omega has debuted the Planet Ocean GoodPlanet GMT, as part of their collaborated efforts with the Good Planet Foundation …
