Friday, Mar 14 2014
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The New Versus Tokyo Animalier Watch Collection
by Meehna Goldsmith Versace presented its first Versus line in Milan in 1990. Shepherded by founder Gianni Versace’s sister, Donatella, Versus is the younger sibling of the signature Versace haute couture line. Though at a lower price point, don’t expect to lose any of …
The Versus Tokyo Watch Collection
by Meehna Goldsmith The Versus collections are the diffusion line of the Versace fashion house. The second tier of a haute couture house, a diffusion line offers products at a lower price point than the signature collections. In this way, the exclusive Versace look …
F.P. Journe Stars In His Own Manga Comic
I wouldn't have believed it until I saw it but watchmaker Francois-Paul Journe is starring in his own Japanese manga comic. Written and illustrated by actual Japanese. Yes, it is weird, but totally true. The article F.P. Journe Stars In His Own Manga Comic first appeared on …
A Tokyo Flash for the Environmentally Conscious Data Smuggler
TokyoFlash has been creating unusual digital watches for a while. They have a variety of different ways to represent time on the watch, some straight forward and inventive, some a little tougher to read. The Kisai Upload walks between the line between the two, using the …
BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends March 14, 2014
As spring approaches, we visit Rolex in Switzerland and find out what makes them tick and how they make their highly-regarded watches. We also find out how time is kept and measured and also check out new watches from Christophe Claret, F.P. Journe, Panerai and more. The …
BaselWorld 2014 Novelty – Grönefeld Parallax Tourbillon
The advantage of being a watch blogger is that you get to see novelties or prototypes before the actual introduction takes place. This was also the case with the new line-up of the Grönefeld collection for Baselworld 2014. The two brothers Bart and Tim Grönefeld will …
Fortis Art Edition Mattern Watch Collection
by Meehna Goldsmith In continual existence for over a century since 1912, Fortis specializes in watches for use in space, aviation and maritime. To hold their composure in these environments, you know these watches need to be tough. Fortis proved the watches metal in 1994 …
Fortis Men’s Official Cosmonauts Automatic GMT Watch Collection
by John Sealander A Space Proven Watch with a 24-Hour Display Fortis has spent the past 40 years perfecting the space rated watch. As early as 1962, a Fortis Spacematic was selected for use by several of the original Mercury astronauts. In 1994, the sophisticated and …
OMEGA Seamaster Basel 2014 TEASER
By TLex Omega have revealed a cheeky little teaser on their Facebook page with the words ''DIVING SOON''! But what is it? Too easy, Omega! Vintage fans can look forward to a 2014 re-edition of the iconic Seamaster 300! Wow! Stay tuned for more soon . . .
Mühle-Glashütte M29 Classic Watch Review
We first brought you word of the M29 Classic from Mühle-Glashütte back in the fall, and I wrote at some length about the various gauge-related references that the model draws inspiration from. I had also stated that, of the variants in the collection, the cream dial on the …
