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12 December 2018 |
Atto Verticale,
30 minutes on the wrist,
It's a great sign for the industry when new brands of watchmakers are introduced for it means that the market is alive. Even more so when they are born from an Italian designer. They are usually small companies, commonly known as "micro-brands" and their creators make use of today's communication ...
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04 December 2018 |
Rado,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
The presentation of RADO's Original Captain Cook MKII and MKIII is sweet tasting. In the early '60s ceramics, in watchmaking, was but a mirage however a young Swiss watch company made its debut with steel watches hardened with a special treatment making them resistant to scratches and shocks. It was the ...
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01 December 2018 |
Hamilton,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
After positive marketing tests, in 2017 and 2018, where Hamilton has relaunched the historical Intra-Matic Chrono, the brand has now dedicated its efforts in its "simply time" collection. Hamilton American Classic's Intra-matic is nothing new, it is however new its smoked dial variation moving the brand of U.S. origin to ...
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24 November 2018 |
Jaquet Droz,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon Black Enamel is the only example, in the last two years, where a Jaquet Droz timepiece had not yet gone under the lens of one of our photographer's camera. The watch was launched at the beginning of the year as a preview for their ...
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17 November 2018 |
MIDO,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
Mido's roadmap towards the full distribution of movements equipped with a Chronometer's certificate throughout the whole range, continues at a fast pace and after the launch of the Mido Multifort Chronometer One, it's up to the Commander collection, the same one that, for its first 100 years has gained three different smoked ...
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13 November 2018 |
Longines,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
If we were to strictly abide by the rules governing anniversary celebrations then Longines should have presented the modern edition of its Skin Diver in 2019, so as to precisely mark the sixtieth anniversary of the presentation of its first diver's watch, but the manufacturer decided to anticipate the times instead. ...
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11 November 2018 |
Rado,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
Do you remember the first Rado HyperChrome Ultra Light? In 2016 Rado launched an ultra-light version of the HyperChrome which is still, to this day, the lightest mechanical Rado, because it stops the scale's needle at 56 grams. It is also the most minimalist HyperChrome: the brand's designers have reproduced ...
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03 November 2018 |
Rado,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
The skeletonized dial is a decoration or an ornament that considerably raises the price of a watch without necessarily bringing along any real mechanical complication, even though the market already features skeletonized complicated and highly-refined timepieces crafted by haute-horlogerie manufacturers, some of which come from the same group that includes ...
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29 October 2018 |
MIDO,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
Do you still remember how expensive it was to buy, a few years back, a watch with a Chronometer certificate? Forget about it because the COSC brand has officially left the luxury sector to join a world of much more accessible products. Some consider this certification to be obsolete (and ...
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26 October 2018 |
Seiko,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Go deeper!,
Seiko’s aggressive product strategy in Italy is continuing fast and we are the first magazine to show you - as an exclusive Italian preview - two new limited series of the Prospex collection. I have often stressed that the launch of the Italian branch of the brand is finally bringing ...
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