Category: New This Week
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Pre-Basel World 2011 – Hublot Big Bang Black Caviar
A few years back Hublot created somewhat of a sensation when they unveiled the One Million Dollar Black Caviar Bang, a stunning piece literally covered in almost 550 rare baguette cut black diamonds, 34.5 carats in total.
Things You Didn’t Even Know That You Didn’t Know!
The best kept secrets are the ones you’ve never even heard about. The ones that concern information that you didn’t even know that you didn’t know! Some industries are aware of this and use it to their advantage, but the watchmaking industry has taken this concept to the next level, establishing it almost as a golden rule. Here at The Watch Lounge we always try to offer you some new perspectives, going beyond just the pure product approach.
Define Watches To Hold Watch Auction For Queensland Flood Appeal
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of months you would undoubtedly be aware of the mass devastation caused in the state of Queensland, Australia by severe flooding and cyclones. A number of charities and government programs have been set up to help raise funds for those affected and now Brisbane based Define Watches are doing their part too, with the announcement of a special, one-off auction to be held later this month.
Xetum Launches Limited Edition Tyndall
At the start of last year we wrote about an ambitious newcomer called Xetum and their highly attractive, minimalist inspired Tyndall timepiece. We followed this initial write up with a hands-on review of the Tyndall, which you can read here. Thanks to its good looks and reasonable pricing, the Tyndall was extremely well received by the market. Building on this success Xetum has recently announced the release of their very first limited edition timepiece, the aptly named Tyndall Limited Edition.
Marvin Watches Gives TWL’s Ian Ellery Center-Stage At GTE (Video)
A few weeks ago at the Geneva Time Exhibition the ever innovative Marvin Watch Co. invited several prominent watch bloggers (including TWL’s very own Swiss Correspondent, Ian Ellery) to share their thoughts on the changing face of the industry in a series of short videos shot on-site. In the video above Ian identifies a couple [...]
Raymond Weil Maestro Moon-Phase – Take A Second Look
This year Raymond Weil celebrates their 35th anniversary and, as CEO Olivier Bernheim told us earlier this week, the brand will introduce a new collection at Basel World including a limited edition timepiece to commemorate this historic year. Giving us a taste of things to come is the wonderfully understated Maestro Moon-Phase, the latest addition…
Wow Watch Wednesday: Rebellion REB-5 Tourbillon
One of the standouts from the recent Geneva Time Exhibition was Rebellion Timepieces and in particular one of their latest creations, the uber sexy REB-5 Tourbillon. It looks great, has a sufficient level of technical complexity to attract the well-trained eyes of connoisseurs and, according to the brand, authoritatively stamps Rebellion’s mark on…
Wow Watch Wednesday: UR-110 Torpedo – Urwerk Strikes Again
Our focus here on The Watch Lounge is, and has always been, primarily on high-end mechanical, time-telling masterpieces. As such, it should come as no surprise that we are completely taken with Urwerk’s newest creation, the UR-110 Torpedo.
MB&F Announces Final Editions Of The Remarkable HM No.2
It was a day of mixed emotions yesterday when luxury machine makers MB&F announced they would be ceasing production of the superb HM No.2. After three incredibly successful years of production and a number of unique incarnations, the time has come for us to bid farewell to this modern day legend and what more fitting [...]
Meet Mr Green – The New Man In Ladoire Genève’s Life
If there was an award at this year’s Geneva Time Exhibition for the most risqué advertising campaign, Ladoire Genève would definitely be the hot contender. For the last few weeks now they have teased us with seductive, suggestive and perhaps even a little sadistic images which depict the personality of their new collection; dark, dangerous [...]
Urwerk UR-110 – Sneak Preview (Video)
Recently we published some of the first images of Urwerk’s highly anticipated new model, the UR-110. Now we have this fantastic video to share with you which gives the best indication yet of what the movement actually looks like and how it might function! So far the Swiss watch-maker has been very secretive about the [...]
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