Monday, November 3, 2014

Be Afraid, be very afraid: Why smart watches will decimate the Swiss watch industry

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Most watch enthusiasts are aware of the quartz crisis, a dark period of the 70's when quartz watches became commonplace and affordable. ...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Loupe System - High End Horology Loupe Review

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Loupe System is quite an interesting company. Effectively a small startup company who came to BaselWorld in 2013 with a few handmade loupes,...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Unapologetically plastic: Swatch Sistem51 Review

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The Sistem51 is probably the most interesting watch introduced at Basel 2013, unfortunately it's not until almost SIHH 2014 that we act...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

The Most Important Sub-$1000 watch of 2013: Tissot Powermatic 80 Review

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The PowerMatic 80 represents that ultimate democratization of a practical mechanical watch. Coming in at around 600 USD for the steel, non-C...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Attempted Scammer Alert!!

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I believe that most people are good, but in buying and selling watches one can never be too careful. An individual imitating someone I'd...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Sotheby's Jony and Marc's (RED) Auction shatters estimate (featuring a unique JLC Atmos and Memovox)

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Sotheby's charity auction for Bono's RED charity just concluded tonight. Selling a collection of 43 superbly designed objects ei...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The results of the 2013 Concours international de chronométrie

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The concours ended with somewhat disappointing results. Interestingly, Tissot beat everyone (and even many of the previous tourbillons) to w...