Viewing entries in the category 'men-s-watches'
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Ballouard's Upside Down Watch Wins Hands Down
By Angus Jenkins on February 23, 2010
Here at Time² we're always on the look out for the most intriguing and, yes, outlandish watches. So imagine the fun in reading a recent installment of the The Watch Lounge's Weird Watch Wednesday featuring the "Upside Down" watch, "the super cool first creation of newly independent master designer watch maker Ludovic Ballouard." Ballouard may not be a household name but he has a fine pedigree having served a high-end watch manufacturer…
Read this article | 23 February 2010
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Brand History: Bell & Ross
By John McLaughlin on February 22, 2010
There can be a thin line between a trademark feature and a gimmick, but Bell & Ross has had no trouble at all winning a sizeable following for its characteristically square-bezelled watches. It is all about consistency. For almost 20 years – ever since designer Bruno Bellamich and finance whizz Carlos Rossillo launched the brand in 1992 – Bell & Ross has focussed unerringly on designer watches built for professional use, and…
Read this article | 22 February 2010
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Omega's Olympic Dream
By John McLaughlin on February 16, 2010
You would think that getting behind the winter Olympics would a no-brainer for a sports watch brand: all those ruddy-faced athletes cavorting in the pure white air in a sporting celebration that is almost endearingly small-time, with none of the grotesque hype and very little of the scandal that dogs the summer games. Omega certainly thought so when it signed on as official timekeeper for Vancouver 2010. Its giant ads – showcasing a new…
Read this article | 16 February 2010
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Brand History: Gucci
By John McLaughlin on February 10, 2010
Gucci and glamour go hand in hand, but for fashionistas of a certain age, Gucci is also a byword for the kind of internecine warfare that gave the Borgias a bad name.Founded by Guccio Gucci in 1921, the Florence-based House of Gucci reached such giddy peaks of chic through the ‘60s and ‘70s that it was championed by the three biggest female celebrities of the era – Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy Onassis –…
Read this article | 10 February 2010
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The Wonder of the Welder Watch
By Tom Clarke on February 4, 2010
If you want to stay on top of your trends, you’ll keep your eyes peeled for the new range of Welder watches. From the designer of U-Boat watches, Italo Fontana has created the ‘Welder’. With exactly the same design concepts, the main difference between the two ranges is that the U-boats use Swiss movement, whilst the Welders house Japanese quartz movement – a slightly cheaper alternative!!Military-inspired, the original…
Read this article | 4 February 2010
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Brand History: U-Boat
By John McLaughlin on February 3, 2010
There are those who think U-Boat a less than felicitous name for a watch brand. Whatever one’s feelings on that score, the identification with one of the brand leaders of German militarism does not seem to have done U-Boat watches any harm at all. Oddly enough, the brand’s genesis was apparently not with the German Navy at all, but with the Italian Navy pilots of the Second World War. The story…
Read this article | 3 February 2010
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Guy Ritchie's Chopard Prince of Wales' Chic
By Michael W. Smith on February 1, 2010
Okay, so we're a bit late on this celebrity watch sighting but we feel it's still worth noting the power and panache of director, Guy Ritchie who stepped onto the red carpet at the premiere of his latest film ‘Sherlock Holmes’ wearing Chopard’s Prince of Wales watch featuring 271 diamonds (5.61 carats) and a white gold buckle with a further 24 diamonds. Must have been one hell of a divorce…
Read this article | 1 February 2010
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Hamilton's Elvis Anniversary Homage
By John McLaughlin on January 22, 2010
Celebrity anniversaries are made for watchmakers. After all, what product could be better suited to marking the passage of time (and to appropriating the feel-good associations that come with celebrating the success of a legend).What anniversaries can also do, of course, is allow watchmakers to revisit the scenes of their own greatest triumphs. So it is that this year, Hamilton is celebrating the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley with the release of…
Read this article | 22 January 2010
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The Coolest Watch at Geneva 2010
By Adrian Maronneau on January 21, 2010
Earlier this week we raved about the forged carbon and black ceramic finish on the Audermars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore. Now having just returned from Geneva's Salon International de la Haute Horologerie there's no doubt that the latest edition to the Royal Oak series, the Offshore Grand Prix stole the show. But if you want one you'd better hurry. Only 1,750 have been made worldwide....and they are selling fast.
Read this article | 21 January 2010
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Breitling Double Vision
By Michael W. Smith on January 15, 2010
The Taking of Pelham 123 has just been released on DVD. Starring John Travolta and Denzel Washington, it's roughly about a disgruntled ex-con (aren't they always?) who hijacks a New York subway train and holds the city to ransom. Featured heavily throughout the movie are close-ups of his Breitling SuperOcean, however in every other scene he's sporting a Breitling Chronomat Evolution. Continuity not being a strong point. I guess they didn't figure…
Read this article | 15 January 2010
