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13 September 2017 |
Longines,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
There is a sense of eternity that surrounds watches like the Longines Heritage Legend Diver. It seems like yesterday when I first photographed it and wrote about it and now, three years later, I have found it again and I have experienced the exact same feelings as three years ago; ...
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09 September 2017 |
OMEGA,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
“It’s Speedy Tuesday!” This was the comment appearing under one of Robert-Jan Broer’s Facebook pictures (he is the founder of the Fratellowatches website) in May 2012. From that moment onwards, every Tuesday, the members of the Speedmaster fan community have been publishing pictures of their Moonwatch on social media using ...
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03 September 2017 |
Jaquet Droz,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
Is it really possible to combine tradition and innovation? Today, this is the most used – if even not the most abused – catch-phrase you can hear throughout the industrial world, it stands at the basis of the continuous research efforts to come up with the latest technology, without losing ...
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28 August 2017 |
Hamilton,
Diving Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
The Khaki collection comes from Hamilton’s experience in the military sector and, without a doubt, it is the brand’s iconic collection; it was born with the goal of fulfilling soldiers’ war needs, when the sturdiness of a watch is constantly being tested, with the passing of time, however, the collection ...
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21 August 2017 |
Bell & Ross,
Diving Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
At Horbiter’s we love new ideas, a pioneering spirit, and all those brands that are able to come up with something different in the world of watch-making, whether it's a new aesthetic language or some new technical innovation. In the 90s, Bell & Ross had some sort of an intuition ...
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18 August 2017 |
Oris,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
Oris’s series of historical reproductions goes on. After adding new pieces to its Divers Sixty Five collection, it was high time the manufacturer focused on the Chronoris collection inspired by the world of motorsport. Oris clearly shows that it is taking things slowly by tackling one collection at a time ...
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13 August 2017 |
Louis Erard,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
What is a "Regulator" watch? It is a rare complication that allowed timepieces from the past to be precisely adjusted using large pendulum clocks as a reference, at a time when pocket watches had not yet been invented, and the precision pace of mechanical clocks actually affected most industrial and ...
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29 July 2017 |
Mido,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
As time passes by, I have come to realize one thing about MIDO; the brand actually boasts the largest collection of three-hand-watches on the market. When I use the term "large" I am not talking about the number of references - there are bigger brands that boast an enormous amount ...
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17 July 2017 |
Rado,
Watch Reviews,
Baselworld 2017,
At the end of the 60s, Rado (founded in 1950) entered the world of watch-making with a mission of a sort of materials laboratory and reinterpret products in an original manner. The time of powders sintering - the first step that led towards the creation of ceramic cases – was still far ...
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16 July 2017 |
Eberhard & Co.,
Watch Reviews,
Capri by Horbiter®,
Baselworld 2017,
Capri is an island that does not need any further presentations, it is a state-town located in the Gulf of Naples that is visited by American tourists (many of them) and Arab princes, who invite the band Duran Duran for their wedding reception in a unique atmosphere. You will find ...
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