Information For Watch Lovers

Swiss Legend… Back with a Vengeance.

Swiss Legend just released three new collections and THEY ARE EPIC. 100% Swiss-made and 100% badass. Let’s check ’em out… Time Traveler I’ll start with this incredibly crafted collection. It lives up to its name with dual-time-zone subdials that allow the traveling man to keep time in two places at once. The multi-layered main dial is marked “HOME” with hour, minute and second hands as well as a large date disc. The smaller, rotary-style dial functions as the second time zone with stationary hardware and two rotating discs that display the hour and minutes. Another unique feature is that each subdial has a corresponding asymmetrical crown…

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Watch Collection Essentials: Women’s Dress Watches

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With Mother’s Day taking place this weekend, our Watch Collection Essentials today is focusing on essential wristwatches for women, specifically Women’s Dress Watches. A woman’s dress watch is designed for more formal and dressier occasions, however it can be worn in more casual settings as well. Numerous women’s dress watches feature dazzling diamond embellishments on the bezel, case and dial. Others are crafted in luxurious high-end materials such as 18K gold or platinum. Understated glamour triumphs with the Cartier Santos Demoiselle women’s watch is 18K yellow gold. The brand is renowned and revered for its luxury timepieces…and this graceful and…

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The I-Force Awakens…

Today is May 4th and it is celebrated as an international Star Wars holiday for legions of fans of the force throughout the globe.  The phrase May The Fourth Be With You, a play on the legendary Star Wars term May The Force Be With You, actually dates back as a congratulatory notice published in the London Evening News on May 4, 1979 to celebrate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s victory on her first day as Prime Minister. The ad published by her political party, stated, “May The Forth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations.” The month of May holds great…

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Michael Kors For Mom…

When it comes to ready-to-wear fashion, handbags, accessories and fine fragrances this Mother’s Day, fashion designer Michael Kors is a top favorite. The designer’s fashions for women are among the most-sought after in each of these luxury categories and are also currently ranked in the top five of each. The designer’s timepieces have captivated and energized the fashion watch market for over fifteen years for both their generous, oversized silhouettes and innovative use of materials since they were introduced in the early 2000’s. There’s still time to give Mom a popular Michael Kors watch this Mother’s Day with one of…

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Minimalist Rado & Skagen Timepieces…

Rado and Skagen Watches

Minimalist modern timepieces have been in vogue ever since the introduction of the Movado Museum wristwatch in 1947. With a slim, slender polished yellow gold case presented on the black leather strap and a black dial with just two polished gold-tone sword hands along with the signature gold tone cabochon dot at the 12 o’clock hour, the Museum watch set the trend ultra-sleek, minimalist design timepieces for generations to come. Popular watchmakers Rado and Skagen have both followed Movado’s lead with their own interpretation of minimalist modern timepieces for men and women. In the 1960’s, Rado introduced the DiaStar wristwatch…

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Chat Time – Scott Rosen Interview, Former Hublot President

Doron Basha sits down and discusses the watch industry with Scott Rosen, former Hublot Watches president. Mr. Rosen discusses the evolution of the Hublot Big Bang, which came about from an attempt to partner with Ferrari.  While back then Panerai won the bid, Hublot went on to modify the design for their own use, and the Big Bang Collection was born. The conversation shifts to the merits of end-to-end in-house watch manufacturing, and concludes with how quartz movements impacted global and Swiss watchmakers. Thanks for joining us, Mr. Rosen!

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His & Her Watches To Share

His and Hers Watches

Unisex designs for men and women came to the fashion forefront during the mid 1960’s with ultra-modern, futuristic apparel collections from Pierre Cardin and Paco Rabanne taking the fashion world by storm with high-tech, space inspired outfits suitable for both men and women. In the early 1970’s both Yves St. Laurent and Halston reinterpreted men’s fashions for women to great success with their androgynous ready-to-wear fashions for women featuring men’s inspired tuxedos, suits and shirts in modified, feminine silhouettes. Designer Calvin Klein took the unisex format one step further in 1994 with the debut of the fragrance CK1, which was…

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Raymond Weil Must-Haves…

Raymond Weil watches have long been associated with creativity and innovative design since the brand was founded by its namesake watchmaker in 1976. Weil, who previously held the reigns as President of the Geneva Watchmaking Union and Vice President of the Watchmaking Industry Training Centre sought out at the time to create impeccably crafted Swiss-made timepieces of distinction, artistic in design, yet highly accomplished in precision and craftsmanship. Forty years later, Raymond Weil is one of the most respected and revered Swiss watchmakers in the world. The brand’s ultra-thin and classically elegant timepieces for men and women have been heralded…

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TechnoMarine Techno Dreams…

TechnoMarine watches founded in 1997 in Geneva Switzerland by French entrepreneur Frank Dubarry created quite a stir in watch industry during its very first years. In late 1999, TechnoMarine introduced one of the very first chronographs for women named the TechnoDiamond. With an unheard of 39mm diameter sized case in polished stainless steel, mother-of-pearl chronograph dial, pave diamond-set rotating bezel and an interchangeable translucent gel strap in a wide variety of fashion colors along with water-resistance to 200 meters, the TechnoMarine TechnoDiamond wristwatch revolutionized the watch industry and became a fashion phenomenon by the summer of 2000. TechnoMarine not only started…

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Video Review – Lucien Piccard Sofia Collection

Video Review Lucien Piccard Sofia Collection

Video review of the Lucien Piccard Sofia Collection, new for 2015. Megan Harris from WorldofWatches TV has a closer look at this women’s style. Exquisite contours from the Lucien Piccard Sofia collection. Contemporary women’s watch is sleek and sophisticated with a highly polished round case presented on a lustrous multi-link bracelet. The stationary bezel encircles the captivating dial with guilloche outer dial, mother-of-pearl center, polished Dauphine hands, Roman numeral and baton hour markers. Select from popular styles in polished stainless steel, rose or yellow gold-tone stainless steel.  

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