Tag: "luxury"
Wow Watch Wednesday: A. Lange Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Mérite “Handwerkskunst”
A. Lange & Söhne have recently unveiled a special edition of the superb Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Mérite timepiece they introduced earlier this year at SIHH and it is stunning to say the least! Limited to just 15 pieces worldwide and available exclusively at the five A. Lange & Söhne boutiques in Dresden, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, and Hong Kong, this is definitely one for collectors.
Richard Mille RM 051 Phœnix Michelle Yeoh
Collaborations are common-place across the luxury industry, and the exclusive world of high-end watch-making is no exception. Admittedly these partnerships are not always successful and the end result sometimes lack-luster at best. Sometimes though things just fall into place and two exceptional individuals come together to create something truly breathtaking, something that makes us say ‘wow’.
Interview With Xetum Founder Jeff Kuo – The Journey So Far
In the past few years the global economy has taken somewhat of a battering. Ongoing uncertainty in the global financial markets, increasing levels of unemployment and rapid declines in retail spending have all taken their toll. Invariably small businesses often suffer the most in these tumultuous times.
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.
Wow Watch Wednesday: IWC Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia
Meet the best watch IWC Schaffhausen has ever made. Period. The all new Portugese Sidérale Scafusia, stunningly complex, breathtakingly beautiful, this is the timepiece that truly elevates the brand into the world of haute horology.
Louis Vuitton Tambour Minute Repeater – LV Gets Serious
It’s no secret that the watch industry has experienced somewhat of a renaissance over the last few years, and with sales surging ever upwards, many brands are clamoring to get their proverbial ‘piece of the pie.’ Among them are some of the best known fashion labels in the world, Chanel, Dior, Gucci, just to name a few. The success of each has varied as has the level of watches they’ve produced. Every now and then however…
Wow Watch Wednesday: Urwerk UR-1001 Zeit Device
When you’ve broken as many rules and blurred as many lines as Urwerk has, you really need to do something special to make your fans sit up and go ‘wow!’ And this is exactly what the innovative watch-maker has done with the official unveiling of their mind-blowing UR-1001 Zeit Device, a time-telling device that at first seduces you with its apparent simplicity and then completely baffles you with its stunning complexity.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Limited Edition (Warning: Contains Serious Watch Porn!)
Jaeger-LeCoultre has a history of making ultra thin calibers – including the world’s thinnest pocket watch movement in 1903, at just 1.38mm. The current incarnation, available in the Master Control line, is the Cal. 849 – somewhat fatter, but still measuring a scant 1.85mm in height. The Master Ultra Thin was recently made available in a larger sized case – 38mm, up from the incredibly petite original 34mm.
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!)
On The Wrist Review – Marvin Sebastien Loeb Special Edition Chronograph
A few weeks ago I wrote an ‘on the wrist review’ of the Clerc Hydroscaph and so it seemed like a good idea to follow it up with a watch I have been looking forward to trying for some considerable time, Marvin Watches’ Sebastien Loeb Special Edition Chronograph.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Tribute to Deep Sea Memovox (Warning: Contains Serious Watch Porn!)
They say fashions go in cycles; it seems classy retro is in these days. Not 60s psychadelia or 80s electro pop, but more along the lines of the elegant art deco period and slightly more restrained postwar period. This year at SIHH 2011, hot on the heels of the Reverso 1931, JLC introduced homages to their first, and the world’s first, underwater alarm – the 1959 Deep Sea.
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