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James Bond Has ‘No Time To Die’ With His Latest Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer 007 Edition

September 21, 2021/2 Comments/in Highlights, Divers' Watches, Omega/by Martin Green

In ‘No Time to Die,’ James Bond once again saves the world, this time with an Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer 007 Edition on his wrist. Martin Green has all the details.

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Konstantin Chaykin Wristmon Minotaur: Ingenuity At The Center Of The Labyrinth

September 19, 2021/0 Comments/in Highlights, AHCI, Independents, Konstantin Chaykin/by Joshua Munchow

Konstantin Chaykin is widely known for incredibly complicated horology and the amusing Joker collection. Here he decided to honor the myth of the Minotaur with a variation on the Joker line, which instantly became Joshua Munchow’s favorite iteration to date: the Konstantin Chaykin Wristmon Minotaur represents a mechanical and aesthetic shift that reignites Joshua’s […]

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Richard Mille RM 40-01 Speedtail And McLaren Speedtail Hypercar: Tales Of Speed

September 17, 2021/5 Comments/in Highlights, Cars, Richard Mille/by Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr recently had the extraordinary opportunity to spend some time with the McLaren Speedtail hypercar and the Richard Mille RM 40-01 McLaren Speedtail watch, both of which are very rare. Her experience with these two cult objects was exhilarating!

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Complete List And Photos Of All Shortlisted Watches In The 2021 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)

September 11, 2021/3 Comments/in Events, Fairs & Exhibitions/by Ian Skellern

The 2021 edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has just published its list of shortlisted (“nominated”) watches in the runup to the eagerly anticipated red-carpet event in Geneva on November 4, 2021. Ian Skellern shares all of the finalist watches in each category here. Let us know your favorites!

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Corum Bubble X-Ray: It Glows Inside!

September 4, 2021/0 Comments/in Highlights, Corum/by Joshua Munchow

No one buys a Corum Bubble to hide underneath a jacket sleeve; it‘s a watch that makes its presence felt. And with a luminous layered x-ray image of the human skull smiling out from under the bulbous sapphire crystal dome, the Bubble X-Ray is no exception.

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Wrist Watching: Rolling Stone Charlie Watts (A Discreet Watch Collector) Knew It Was Only Rock And Roll (But He Liked It)

August 25, 2021/5 Comments/in Wrist Watching, Carl F. Bucherer/by Elizabeth Doerr

[…] at the age of 80 after having been hospitalized for heart problems. He had been the beat-keeper for the Rolling Stones for half a century. Unlike his bandmates, the famed drummer of the Rolling Stones kept a low profile, and so identifying his watches wasn’t easy . . . but we managed to spot one.

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Larcum Kendall And K1: The Greatest Watchmaker And Watch You Have (Probably) Never Heard Of

September 11, 2021/7 Comments/in History, Clocks/by Ian Skellern

[…] Mudge, George Graham, John Harrison, the Longitude Prize, Captain James Cook, and the mutiny on the ‘HMS Bounty.’ However, you are less likely to have heard the name of a horologist who played a pivotal role in all of the above: Larcum Kendall (1719–1790). Come with me on a worldwide adventure involving timekeeping and history.

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Louis Roederer Collection 242: Heralding A New Future For NV (Non-Vintage)

August 30, 2021/1 Comment/in Highlights, Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

The Louis Roederer NV champagne is to be discontinued and replaced by a new NV dubbed Collection 242. Ken Gargett thinks that this new Roederer is a joy to drink, immaculately balanced, and delightfully fresh. But that’s not all.

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‘The Persistence Of Memory’: Online Museum And Ode To Independent Watchmaking

August 20, 2021/1 Comment/in Highlights, Events, Fairs & Exhibitions, History, Independents/by Elizabeth Doerr

The “great lockdown of 2020” gifted us with something outstanding: from the depths of an anxiety- inducing existence arose an online exhibition called “The Persistence of Memory,” which can be described as an !online museum” honoring some of the most influential and important independent watchmakers of the modern era. Here Elizabeth Doerr speaks with […]

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Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Red Bronze: Channeling The Past With Warmth And Color

August 22, 2021/1 Comment/in Highlights, Bell & Ross/by Joshua Munchow

With its bronze case, deep red dial, and dark brown strap, the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Red Bronze captures the essence of the aesthetics of the best of 1970s design: dark richness. It’s also why Joshua Munchow loves it and thinks it may be his favorite BR 03-92 to date.

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