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10 January 2020 |
Jaquet Droz,
30 minutes on the wrist,
The timepieces that currently lead in "Haute Horlogerie" are a handful, and they all have a long history. It is hard that a dress watch, for instance, even if it comes from a respected brand, will quickly become highly sought-after if the collection it belongs to, has no recognized foothold, ...
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31 December 2019 |
MIDO,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Between a Mido watch and the Big Date complication, there's a long-lasting "love affair", it seems, at least since the Baroncelli Big Date, the most classic yet mechanically complicated wristwatch from the Swiss brand, has hit the market. Another Mido watch, the Commander, has this year celebrated sixty years of ...
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24 December 2019 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
I've always been known for not buying a wristwatch exclusively for its resale value. Nowadays, it's so common to include a new watch into an investment portfolio, that love for watchmaking is gradually losing credibility; there's a growing bunch of people who are not driven by passion when looking for ...
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17 December 2019 |
Hamilton,
30 minutes on the wrist,
When I first saw the Hamilton Chrono-Matic 50, it suddenly reminded me of Ron Howard's movie Rush and the old-school Grand Prix racing, the legendary 24 Hours at Daytona, and the AMA's motorcycle racing. If Hamilton Watch were willing to reinforce the brand's American foothold, I believe they hit the ...
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16 December 2019 |
Frederique Constant,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
A product variation or a new product code is, by definition, a new edition of an already existing one, and such is the 2019 green Frederique Constant Worldtimer Classic Manufacture. That timepiece means a lot to us; it is our chance to introduce to our audience one of the most ...
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10 December 2019 |
Rado,
30 minutes on the wrist,
By introducing the Golden Horse collection, Rado keeps traveling back in time and discovering timepieces that marked the early years of its journey as a watchmaker. Rado is the youngest high-volume Swiss watchmaker to ever appear in the headings on any magazine, and talking vintage in an industry where its ...
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30 November 2019 |
MIDO,
30 minutes on the wrist,
By launching the Mido Multifort Patrimony, the Swiss brand plays the vintage-watch theme, as it did when it introduced the Mido Ocean Star Tribute, earlier this year. The new Patrimony is not apparently playing any tribute to an old Mido watch; it just draws inspiration from those ones so popular ...
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27 November 2019 |
Hamilton,
30 minutes on the wrist,
If we take a look at Hamilton's new product launch in 2018 and 2019, it seems the Khaki Field collection has taken center stage. New automatic timepieces, exclusive Limited Edition collectibles like the Khaki Field Murph along with oversized and bold ones like the Khaki Field Mechanical 50 (I own ...
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23 November 2019 |
Jaquet Droz,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Usually, I'm not too fond of a sporty take on an original classic watch, and I admit I was a bit skeptic when the first official picture of the 2019 Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic was released. Although I believe the premium brands belonging to the Swatch Group have ...
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14 November 2019 |
NOMOS Glashütte,
30 minutes on the wrist,
A few days ago, while winding the NOMOS Glashütte Tangente Midnight Blue, an ironic and romantic old-school ad came to my mind; that ad states as follows: "This man is dangerous. He winds his watch by hand". Back in the days, I reckon that ad was (and still is) pure ...
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