Category: Watch News
Linde Werdelin Comes To Australia + We Profile The SpidoSpeed Gold!
In yet another exciting development for the Australian watch market, sources tell me that the high quality timepieces – and associated instruments – from specialist watchmaker Linde Werdelin will soon be available in-store Down Under! To celebrate we’re taking a closer look at the brand’s latest release, the SpidoSpeed Gold Chronograph.
Three Svend Andersen Watches To Be Offered At Auction This Saturday!
Earlier today I was browsing through the on-line catalogue for the upcoming “Important Watches” auction by Swedish auction house Kaplans Auktioner. After glancing through the usual offerings of vintage Rolexes and IWCs, I was quite pleasantly surprised to discover not one but three timepieces on offer from one of the founding fathers of modern independent watchmaking, Svend Andersen!
MB&F To Open Second Retail Point In Australia!
East coast Australians rejoice! Following their unprecedented success with Perth’s pioneering Swiss Time Machine boutique, the masters of mechanical machines for your wrist, MB&F, have decided to open a second retail point in Australia and will soon be available through the Hour Glass in Sydney!
Hublot and Blancpain In Unofficial Partnership?
It’s no secret that Hublot’s Chairman and former CEO Jean-Claude Biver is a marketing genius, renowned for embracing even the most controversial of strategies to great effect (such as the Bernie Ecclestone black-eye affair.) Still, getting another luxury brand to spend big bucks promoting your product for free? Now that is truly a level above.
Urwerk’s Highly Limited UR-1001 Zeit Device Has Arrived In Australia!
We have just received official confirmation that Perth-based Swiss Time Machine – Australia’s only authorized retailer for Urwerk – has just taken delivery of one of only eight UR-1001 Zeit Devices to be made available world-wide. This will be the one and only Zeit Device to be offered by the brand in Australia, so if you’re thinking about adding this incredible piece of haute horology to your collection you better act fast!
Biver Steps Down As CEO Of Hublot, Steps Up As Chairman
It was officially announced yesterday that industry heavy-weight Jean-Claude Biver has stepped down as CEO of Hublot effective from 1 January 2012 and has been succeeded by Mr. Ricardo Guadalupe, the former Managing Director of the Company and a long-time friend of Biver’s.
Devon Tread 1F Rolls Into Australia – Big, Bold And Totally Badass!
In 2010 Devon Works – a California-based creative design lab – set chins wagging when they unveiled their new concept timepiece, the Devon Tread 1. Over-sized and unconventional in every way the Tread 1 became an overnight sensation, baffling some with its complex inner workings and wooing others with its cutting edge design.
Only Watch 2011 Raises EUR 4.5 Million For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy!
In what can only be described as a fantastic outcome the 2011 Only Watch Auction held in Monaco on the 23rd of September has raised a staggering EUR 4.5 million for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy!
Define Watches Have Announced A Special Sale – Check Out Our Picks
It’s sale time! As you may have seen on our Facebook page already Australian-based Define Watches is giving you the rare chance to purchase some ex-display and run out models at significantly discounted prices.
Please Welcome TWL’s New Asia Correspondent – Ming Thein!
Last week we brought you the first in what we hope will be a series of phenomenal articles by the incredibly talented Ming Thein! If you missed this photographic essay on Jaeger Le-Coultre’s Tribute to the iconic Deep Sea Memovox please click here to read it as it’s definitely a must see (please be warned though, it contains some serious watch porn!)
Independent Watch-Makers Finally Available In Australia!
Well, it’s official, the timepieces of some of the best independent watch-makers in the world will soon be available in Australia with the all new Perth based luxury watch boutique, Swiss Time Machine, officially announcing today the brands it has to offer Australian aficionados. Suffice to say, there were a few pleasant surprises in there!
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