Saturday 13th March, 2010: Formula One Paddaock, 2010 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRADN PRIX.
Luxury Swiss watch brand Hublot is proud to announce that it has been appointed the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1 and as part of this multi-year agreement will produce a range of high tech, limited edition, luxury Formula 1 watches and exploit the additional designation Hublot - The Official Watch of Formula 1 on an exclusive and global basis.
Housing an ultra-exclusive movement - the very first made entirely in the Armin Strom workshop and boasting a 7-day power reserve - the One Week collection embodies the brand's high level of excellence. The movement is partially engraved, chamfered and hand-polished in the purest Armin Strom tradition to highlight the richness of its mechanism. The visible crown wheels and hand-setting mechanism, the main elements of the three-part dial, give this highly recognizable timepiece its technical and innovative style. The series is available in four versions - Earth, Water, Air and Fire - and limited to 100 of each.
I have not confirmed the details on this new Chanel timepiece, the J12 Retrograde Mysterieuse. But apparently Giulio Papi (of AP Reaud & Papi) headed the team that created this unique watch to celebrate the anniversary of Chanel's iconic J12 collection. The resulting limited edition timepiece is surely the most desirable J12 watch ever. And most complicated. The case is made of ceramic (a signature of the J12 collection), but the open-worked dial, tourbillon and retractable vertical crown are the standout features of this watch.
Next month, at Baselworld 2010, the Invicta NOMA IV Diver will be officially unveiled. It features a swiss automatic chronograph, is water-resistant to 500 meters, comes in a stainless steel case with black ion plating. It also features a Flame Fusion Crystal (Invicta's hybrid sapphire, mineral glass crystal is supposed to combine the shatter resistance of mineral glass with the scratch resistance of synthetic sapphire.) A hinged crown guard prominently protects the crown and features an Invicta logo. The dial features a cutaway. The case is 50 mm in diameter. (Thanks Andy!)
Titanium offers many extraordinary characteristics. Its colour, its strength, and mainly its light-weight are the material's main advantages. The low density of the metal makes it particularly useful when manufacturing large watches. It is therefore not surprising that U-Boat, a company very familiar with large watches, is accustomed to using titanium. Thanks to the metal's structural properties, and to U-Boat's advanced Italian manufacturing capabilities, the Classico Titanium is as robust as it is stylish.
The Black Piste, an Aspen One Special Edition.
(Aspen, Colorado, USA) - A new design titled The Black Piste has been added to the Aspen One timepiece collection. This new model has already been dubbed "The Understatement Watch."
Aspen One is the first luxury timepiece introduced by the Swiss-based company Aspen Jewelry and Watches. Aspen One is a limited edition, Swiss-made timepiece, and is a tribute to Aspen and its crown jewel, Aspen Mountain.
Black, robust and highly technical. The most remarkable feature of the Breitling Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel, its magnetic pushpiece system, is hidden inside its case. With this exclusive, patented device, the watch can be activated through the metal case without any direct mechanical contact. As most chronographs cannot be used when diving, this device means that the Avenger Seawolf Chrono is the only instrument of its kind that is totally water-resistant and functional to a record depth of 1,000 metres. Its SuperQuartz TM movement - another exclusive Breitling creation - guarantees a precision ten times greater than ordinary quartz movements; it measures times to 1/10 of a second and indicates intermediary times. Limited series of 2,000.
Hamilton will be releasing a new Railroad collection at Basel next month. The Hamilton Railroad collection comes in three different case diameters: 38 mm, 44 mm and 46 mm. All sizes are available in stainless steel. The 46 mm version is also available in PVD coated stainless steel (pictured). Inside the smaller version is an automatic ETA 2824 movement and inside the larger two versions are automatic ETA A07-211 movements. Each is available in either leather strap or steel bracelet. Water-resistance is 100 meters.
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