Viewing entries tagged with 'Designer Watches'
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When Watches Go Green
By John McLaughlin on March 3, 2010
Whatever the climate-change sceptics say, going green, (or at least waving in a vaguely hopeful way in the direction of greenness), is no longer a choice for watchmakers or for anyone else in the corporate world. The customer expects, and even if it is only signing up movie stars for their “environmental commitment”, or adding a “green” watch or two to its collection, the watch industry is at least beginning to…
Read this article | 3 March 2010
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Blancier's Crazy Planet Watch
By Angus Jenkins on February 25, 2010
German designer watch brand Blancier are known for their slightly off-kilter approach to timepiece making. After all they started a virtual build your own watch showroom back in 2005. But it's their specialty Crazy Planet watch, first produced in 2008, that really catches the eye not least because, by designing the face with visible planetary gears, Blancier's designers have decided to let it all hang out so to speak. And as the Retro Thing blog…
Read this article | 25 February 2010
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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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Giving the Skinny on Thin Watches
By Adrian Maronneau on February 9, 2010
One of the new trends to emerge from Geneva 2010 is the return of the ultra thin watch. Inspired from the 50s and 60s, always presented in a round case, with classic crisp white or black dials, those watches clearly cater for a classic market but also sign the return of the vintage look in fine watches. It shows understated elegance at its finest. The prime example of this trend is the new IWC Portugese hand wound, which comes in stainless steel…
Read this article | 9 February 2010
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Who Needs the iPad When You Can Have a Gadget Watch
By John McLaughlin on February 8, 2010
In a year that opens with the launch of the Apple iPad, which does everything except make you breakfast (trouble with the beans, apparently), it is worth pondering just how much gadgetry the ordinary decent citizen can stand in a single device. Watchmakers have certainly never been immune to the thrill of multi-tasking. They may be a traditional bunch in many ways, especially at the luxury end of the market where art and engineering meet, but the…
Read this article | 8 February 2010
