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01 October 2018 |
OMEGA,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
Its name is Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch CK2998 Limited Edition and that particular alphanumeric code indicates that Omega decided two years ago to rewrite their history backward, going from 1969 back to 1957, with the very same intensity and enthusiasm that they used to project the Speedmaster into the future. The year 1969 represented ...
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22 September 2018 |
Rolex,
Watch Photography,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
The Yacht-Master 40mm 116621 Two Tone Everose Steel Chocolate Dial: the unconventional choice While focusing on a policy aimed at continuously improving models and collections, with the aid of Jean-Frèdèric Dufour’s energy and leadership, Rolex has come up with a new Yacht-Master 40mm collection that didn’t exactly represent the first buying option ...
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21 September 2018 |
Rolex,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
Rolex Cellini: Rolex is not just about the Oyster models. When it comes to Rolex, imagination runs wild towards the various Oyster models; the Deepsea 126660, the Sea-Dweller 126600 and this year the GMT Master II “Pepsi” 126710 BLRO too. There are also the stainless steel Daytona and the gold Daytona, or even the stainless ...
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11 September 2018 |
Blancpain,
Diving Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
The origins of diving. It took me a while to understand the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, both the timepiece itself and Blancpain’s choice to insert the modern re-edition of this watch in their Fifty Fathoms collection. The classic Blancpain Fifty Fathoms with its sapphire-made bezel was originally crafted as a ...
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02 August 2018 |
Tudor,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
The Tudor Black Bay’s upgrade to an in-house built caliber and the presentation of the Black Bay Bronze, the Black Bay Steel & Gold last year and the GMT this year, somehow cast a shadow over the Black Bay 36. The Tudor Black Bay’s qualitative leap brought along two main consequences; ...
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27 July 2018 |
OMEGA,
Diving Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
The Master Co-Axial. Omega turned up at Baselworld 2016 with lots of novelties and an innovative technical background motif; an upgrade to the Master Co-Axial Chronometer calibers on many of their new collections. This time it happened to the Speedmaster Master Chronometer Moonphase, to the Constellation Small Seconds and even to the Omega Seamaster ...
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14 July 2018 |
Rolex,
Watch Photography,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
The Naming of a Rolex timepiece. Is there a reason why some of Rolex’s new collections added a digit at the end of their model name that designates the diameter of the timepiece? There could be different answers to this question and this rule is, however, not always applied: take for example ...
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06 July 2018 |
Rolex,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
Some years ago, I almost bought a Rolex Air King reference 114234 but the 34mm-diameter case represented (and still does) a psychological limit I couldn't possibly overcome, probably because of the size of my wrist that equals 20cm approximate. That blue dial with its big applied Arabic numbers in an ...
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15 May 2018 |
MIDO,
Diving Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
The team managing the Mido brand is doing a great job. They started interacting with their customers on Italian communication channels two years ago, and the brand owns, among its pros, a spotless and no-frills image based on a very few inspirational principles, like a reference to modern and neoclassic architecture and ...
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06 May 2018 |
Rolex,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2016,
March is always a month focused on new beginnings and celebrations; the kick off of the Formula 1 championship, Baselworld and, this year, the reveal of the new Rolex GMT Master II in steel or steel and gold, you will read about on the blog pretty soon. Two years ago, in May, the ...
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