May 18, 2012
Just in case you didn't get a chance to see our videos of the Harry Winston Opus 12 (above), Christophe Claret Xtrem-1 (after jump), HYT H1 Liquid Mechanical (after jump) or the Harry Winston Opus 12 (after jump) - here you go.
May 13, 2012
After the successful launch of the Victorinox Swiss Army Original collection last year at Baselworld, Victorinox decided to make a chronograph version.
The chronograph version has the same - 40 mm nylon fiber middle case, stainless steel back and center, anodized aluminum bezel and laser cut out markers - with the addition of a chronograph. The movement is a Swiss quartz (ETA G10.211); functions include hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph (1/10th of a second precision) and date (at 4 o'clock). Shock resistant mineral crystal, screw-in caseback and locking crown. Luminous hour and minute hands. Water-resistance 100 meters. Nato strap made of 80% Japanese cotton and 20% polyester matching the dial. Available in green/black (shown), black, grey or gold.
May 8, 2012
At Baselworld 2012, Victorinox unveiled the redesigned Dive Master 500 collection.
The Dive Master 500 comes in either 38 mm or 43 mm diameter stainless steel cases - treated with either Black Ice of gold PVD. There are four 38 mm quartz models: black, burgundy, khaki green (with gold PVD coating) or white; two 43 mm quartz models in white or khaki green; and three 43 mm mechanical versions: grey, red or brown. The quartz models are powered by Swiss made Ronda 715.5 calibers and the self-winding models are powered by the ETA 2892-A2 caliber (automatic has clear case back).
May 4, 2012
The Grand Seiko GMT Anniversary Edition celebrates the tenth year of the GMT timepiece. The GMT uses the caliber 9S66A, which is the same movement originally used a decade ago. It features striped bridges, 35 jewels, a frequency of 28,800 vph (4Hz) and a 72-hour power reserve. A circular blue titanium/tungsten blue rotor with cut-outs is visible through the clear caseback and is signed with the Grand Seiko logo. According to Seiko, the rotor has high elasticity which absorbs vibration and shock "ten times better" than brass. Functions include hours, minutes seconds date and second time zone (GMT). The bright blue dial has applied steel indexes, Dauphine-shaped steel hands and a gold-toned GMT hand.
April 30, 2012
The Corum Admiral's Cup Legend 46 Minute Repeater Acoustica is the first minute repeater with 4 gongs that produce 4 notes - two chords at the same time for hours and two for minutes. Read full description.
April 29, 2012
Longines unveiled a number of interesting new vintage inspired timepieces at Baselworld 2012. We already showed you the Longines Heritage 1942 last week, and here is the Longines Heritage 1940. As its name suggests - it is based on a model from 1940. The round steel case is 38.5 mm in diameter with a lacquered dial (available in white or black) that features a railway-track minute ring and 11 Arabic numerals. The hands are of blued steel in the white-dial version and rhodium-plated in the black version.
April 25, 2012
At Baselworld 2012, Longines revealed the vintage inspired Heritage 1942 chronograph collection.
The 40 mm diameter circular steel case houses a self-winding column-wheel chronograph movement. Vintage style round pushers are consistent with timepieces from the 1940s. The lacquered dial, available in white or black, features 9 Arabic numerals, a railway-track minute ring and a tachometric scale around the rim of the dial (white markings on the black dial and black on the white dial). The white-dial version has blued steel hands; the black dial version has rhodium-plated hands.
April 18, 2012
One of our favorite new timepieces that was unveiled at Baselworld 2012, was the Breguet Tradition 7047BR. The Tradition collection, originally introduced in 2005, is very unique in that the movement mechanics are on the dial side of the mainplate. This configuration allows the wearer, or any lucky onlookers, to admirer the timepiece's finely hand decorated components, in action, without having to take the watch off.
The Tradition 7047BR comes in a 41 mm 18k rose gold case, fully polished with Breguet's signature finely fluted caseband. A tall domed sapphire crystal help ensure an excellent view of the mechanics up front.
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