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13 February 2019 |
Jaeger-LeCoultre,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
With the 2019 Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual Enamel, Jaeger-LeCoultre has added this year a new attractive variant to the Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual collection. Personally, I have a soft spot for perpetual calendars, be them big and sporty like a Big Pilot's Watch Spitfire Perpetual Calendar or classic and ultra-thin. The Swiss brand is ...
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09 February 2019 |
Cartier,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2017,
The very first post I wrote last year was about a Cartier, namely the Cartier Drive de Cartier Moon Phase, and 2019 is no different. After having discovered pros and cons of the new Santos de Cartier Chronograph, let's jump back to SIHH 2017 for a while and discuss one of ...
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05 February 2019 |
Hamilton,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
It's hard to find, in the brand's catalog, a Khaki Field that exceeds 42mm in size, as it is with a Day Date or a Khaki Auto Chronograph for example, yet Hamilton released its biggest Khaki Field Mechanical ever when it launched the Khaki Field Mechanical 50mm, earlier last year. It ...
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02 February 2019 |
Cartier,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
The year was 2007 and an authorized AD for Cartier at the time, Monetti Jewelry and Watches, based in Naples, put one day a Santos 100 Chronograph XL on display, while I was just passing by. Those days, Cartier came with the boldest Santos ever conceived, at a time when big watches were ...
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27 January 2019 |
Baume et Mercier,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
Last year, I wrote a long post on the Clifton Baumatic collection. Of all the brands belonging to the Richemont Group, Baume et Mercier is the one that launched the most innovative automatic caliber, the result of an ambitious and revolutionary project, whose aim was to focus customers' attention on ...
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22 January 2019 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
Montblanc presented the most exciting line up of new watches at SIHH. I perceived a widespread feeling of disappointment, at last week's SIHH. Generally speaking (high-end timepieces excluded), the product novelties looked not as striking as in previous editions of SIHH. However, if we had to rank the brands that stood out, ...
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20 January 2019 |
Audemars Piguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
During a fair that saw Audemars Piguet launch the CODE 11.59 collection and will be long remembered for the harsh comments of collectors, enthusiasts, and journalists alike that have then followed, the brand confirmed it is not going to increase its production volumes any further, but it will change the product mix instead. We ...
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19 January 2019 |
IWC,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
A spectacular booth The IWC's booth in Geneva was without a doubt one of the most appealing. The Brand and Communication team at IWC managed to create a space capable of conveying a feeling of greatness never seen before. Merit goes to the bright hangar-like design and to the magnificent Silver Spitfire aircraft placed just in the middle ...
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14 January 2019 |
Panerai,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
Since Jean-Marc Pontroué joined Panerai as new CEO last year, many things have changed. The man who has revolutionized Roger Dubuis, transforming it into the most technologically advanced brand of the Richemont Group, has made his mark on the Italian brand too, in terms of product offering and communication strategy. Two ...
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04 January 2019 |
IWC,
30 minutes on the wrist,
There are few times in life in which it is possible to see a “Grande Complication” watch: for example if you are a collector like David Lee, you take part to a press conference at SIHH, or you're lucky enough to visit the factory that realized it. Among the sports ...
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