Wednesday, Apr 24 2013
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Baselworld 2013: Tag Heuer, the Jack Heuer Special Editions
2013 is the 50th Anniversary of the Carrera watch, and while the other Carrera models are nice, nothing beats the stand out vintage vibe of the Jack Heuer Special Editions. This pair of watches celebrating famed Honorary Chairman of Tag Heuer, Jack Heuer, the Heuer Carrera …
BaselWorld 2013: Tudor New Fastrider Black Shield Watch In Ceramic
Tudor has announced a new chronograph model at BaselWorld and it is called the Fastrider Black Shield. This new model expands the Fastrider line and features a matte black ceramic case and is part of the continuing relationship between Tudor and the motorcycle brand Ducati. …
BaselWorld 2013: Rolex Announces New Colors for the Day-Date
For Rolex, BaselWorld 2013 seems to be all about color. Not only has the brand introduced new color variants for both the GMT-Master II and the Daytona, but they have also announced a series of new colorful versions for the Day-Date range. Spanning six different colors …
What We Have been Waiting For!
2ed Just a tease till I get over to Switzerland tomorrow, the new offerings from Rolex seem to be outstanding this year. A commemorative Daytona, a new color GMT and a steel Yachtmaster II. There are many others, which we will cover, but for the “Watch Guys” these we’re the …
Baselworld 2013: Breitling Emergency II
If you were an owner of the original Breitling Emergency watch, then you're probably the sort of person that engages in dangerous activities that leave you with a higher than normal chance of being stranded in the middle of nowhere. For the people that need this watch, and …
REVIEW: HMT Pilot
Every now and again, you’ll see something pop up on the watch forums, and you think “Why not? I’ll take a flier on that one.” That’s what happened to me when I ran across someone selling HMT Pilot watches, direct from the factory in India. HMT (also known as Hindustan …
BaselWorld 2013: Rolex Launches New Black and Blue GMT-Master II and Platinum Daytona
We're here at BaselWorld 2013 and Rolex has shown off a couple of new model iterations, including a platinum Daytona and this black and blue colored GMT-Master II. Essentially just a new color variation of the current GMT-Master II range, this new version employs a two …
AQUADIVE Bathyscaphe 100 GMT
By TLex Proudly introducing the new AQUADIVE Bathyscaphe 100 GMT, an original 70s design combined with today's dive watch technologies. The 70s gave us arguably some of the most iconic divers watches ever made. OK, it's true to say that I was a just a bouncing baby in the …
HAMILTON Khaki Navy Sub Auto CHRONO (a glimpse at)
By TLex Here's a sneak peek at a new diver from HAMILTON called the Khaki Navy Sub Auto Chrono. The watch will be officially released at Basel later this week. We haven't seen a new Hammy diver in quite some time, so expectations are fairly high. I will wait for more …
Baselworld 2013: Omega Speedmaster ’57 Co-Axial Chronograph
Baselworld 2013: Welcome yet another Omega Speedmaster for you Omega fans out there. It seems several items to be unveiled at Baselworld were posted on Omega's site yesterday a bit prematurely and quickly taken down...... read more »The article Baselworld 2013: Omega …
VintageVDB CHRONO Q'n'Ds
By TLex Here are the first images of the new Vintage-VDB CHRONO plus the 'Nordic Nightmare' SE made for Robert HELENIUS. Shots taken from the Vintage-VDB workshop in Erfurt, Germany. The watch looks looks like a real beast! Special features include: a massive 55mm x 57mm x …
Tudor Heritage Chrono Blue Watch For 2013
The Tudor Heritage Chrono Blue (ref. 70330B) is among the Swiss brand's new watch releases for 2013 at Baselworld. Released a few years ago as Tudor was re-imagination their place as a brand next to parent company Rolex, this is a blue and orange version of the quite …
Mühle-Glashütte RASMUS 2000 1stLook
By TLex Introducing the all new RASMUS 2000 from Mühle-Glashütte. There's a back-story on the development of the watch in particular the diving features executed according to DIN regulations for a divers watch. I will discuss these in a later post, but for the moment these …
Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 GMT Watch
As part of Zenith's focus on their Pilot watch collection for 2013, one of the new models is this Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 GMT watch. Also new for 2013 is the Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 Annual Calendar. Both the Annual Calendar and the GMT use existing …
Exclusive: MB&F MusicMachine Made With Ruege Plays Star Wars And Star Trek Music
MB&F releases their first non time-telling creation with the MusicMachine music box style desk piece. Produced in partnership with Reuge, the last high-end music box maker in Switzerland, the MusicMachine is an auditory journey through the inspirations that MB&F founder Max …
Review: IWC Ingenieur Automatic
The Ingenieur is undeniably one of IWC Schaffhausen’s most iconic designs. And so, without a major redesign in a number years, it came as no surprise to us earlier this year when they launched multiple new versions at SIHH. In fact, the collection is their main focus for …
