To celebrate 50 years of James Bond, Omega has announced a new special edition timepiece - the Omega James Bond 007 Seamster 50th Anniversary. James Bond has worn a Seamaster in every 007 film since GoldeEye.

The 007 Seamaster will come in two sizes, 41 mm and 36.25 mm. The cases are in stainless steel and feature ceramic bezel rings with diving scales in matter chromium nitride with the number "50" in red to symbolize the anniversary.

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TAG Heuer has released a preview of their new Formula 1 collection which will be officially presented at Baselworld 2012 in March. The new collection consists of 3-hand, chronograph and alarm models.

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Maestro Phase de Lune video review produced by Raymond Weil.

The founder of Austrian watch brand Habring was at my hotel bar in Dresden, Germany a few nights ago and I had a chance to sit down with him to learn about the brand and shoot a short video clip (below) of the Habring Foudryante and Dead Seconds timepiece.

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The new Teutonia III Handaufzug features the first hand-wound movement from German watchmaker Mühle-Glashütte.

The classically styled grooved bezel, Breguet-shape hands, minute track and Arabic numerals are reminiscent of traditional Glashütte pocket watches. And the purist dial and case with its volute-shaped lugs are genuine Teutonia.

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The is the new Marvin Malton 160 Rectangular "Flying Hour."

Inspired by a 1970s Marvin Jumping Hour timepiece, the new Flying Hour features a jumping hour disc. Instead of displaying the hours with a sweeping hour hand, every 60 minutes a disc instantly jumps ahead to the next hour. Three hours are shown in the aperture in the center of the dial, with a red arrow pointing to the current hour. Minutes and seconds are displayed via their respective subdials at 12 and 6 o'clock.

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Earlier this year, at Baselworld, Israeli watch brand Itay Noy introduced the X-Ray collection. Its biggest selling point is an enamel painted dial that is made to look like an x-ray of the mechanical movement underneath. The X-Ray dial, which is available in four different iterations, displays hours, minutes and small seconds.

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Victorinox recently announced a sporty new mechanical chronograph, the Alpnach Black Ice Chronograph.

The 44 mm stainless steel case is treated with a scratch resistant "black ice" PVD coating. The case finish is brushed with polished lug edges. Inside is an ETA Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph caliber. The 7750 has 25-jewels, runs at 28,800 vph (4Hz) and 42 hour power reserve.

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