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25 February 2021 |
IWC,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
If I had to choose an executive who managed to bring IWC to new heights in the past, I'd pick Mr. Günter Blümlein without any doubt. His portrait is in the foreground as you're stepping into the brand's new manufacture, in Schaffhausen. Under his leadership, IWC has rocked the watchmaking …
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07 October 2019 |
Hamilton,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
We drove around Italy to find the proper photo-set to introduce the 2019 Hamilton Khaki Pilot Pioneer Mechanical (and its quartz sibling, the Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer Chrono Quartz). I reckon the perfect place would have been an abandoned Royal Air Force military base since we are in front of …
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09 August 2019 |
IWC,
Aviator Watches,
Do you remember the 1 to 1 scale Spitfire MK IX aircraft placed just amidst the IWC booth at SIHH 2019? The "Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight" project has this week officially started. Initially built in 1943 and fully restored by a team of specialists, the aircraft has undergone …
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28 November 2018 |
Aviator Watches,
Today we host, on our Top 5 column, friend and Watchuseek's Senior Editor, Bhanu Chopra, a die-hard fan of Pilot Watches, who introduces us to the five most expensive Pilot watches of 2018. By Bhanu Chopra - Senior Editor at Watchuseek Modern pilot watches are quintessential to watch collector’s portfolio. We will present to you the most expensive …
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18 September 2018 |
IWC,
Aviator Watches,
If you were to ask me which two key points of the 2016 SIHH fair I am going to remember for a long time, I would reply with two nouns; details and tradition. Those two nouns, when applied to IWC, mean a revamping of the Pilot's collection, especially the Big …
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08 August 2018 |
IWC,
Aviator Watches,
In watchmaking, success is all about details. "The details are not the details. They make the design" the US designer Charles Eames used to say and Christian Knoop's team must have thought about this exact quote and also listened to the requests of the big collectors when they decided to …
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25 April 2018 |
Citizen,
Aviator Watches,
Japanese Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Buying Watches,
The 2013 Citizen Promaster Altichron - a new beginning for Citizen. This is the way any normal watch aficionado behaves: while very young he’s attracted by digital and quartz watches. As the years go by he begins to dream of mechanical watches (and Swiss ones)…then, when he starts earning some …
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23 March 2018 |
Oris,
Aviator Watches,
When Oris presented its 110 caliber several years ago, it started off its own path as a watch manufacturer we have been following it step by step the letter from its origins to today's achievements. Whether Oris could be considered a 100% integrated manufacture is hard to tell, but truth …
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30 December 2016 |
Longines,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
The Heritage collection best represents the testimony of the brand's history and, on paper, it is the collection that probably produces the lowest sale volumes if compared to all the other collections; nevertheless, Longines keeps coming up with new releases at a steady pace year after year. In a process …
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10 January 2016 |
Alpina,
Aviator Watches,
Watch Reviews,
Buying Watches,
Hand Winding Watches,
Alpina produces aviators' watches since the 1920s Do you own a diver's watch, a three-counter, a timepiece with retrograde indications, a Reverso and a Sixy-Nine but you are still not the proud owner of real aviator's watch? No problem; the Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage MK III that you can see in …
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