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Lasting Luxury: Porsche Design Heritage P6530 Watch
Posted by Max Stone in Watch News on February 26, 2010
In some people’s eyes, luxury may mean being kind of fragile and need to be protected with extra care. But for Porsche Design, luxury may be first of all being kind of eternal existence that can withstand the test of time. Such character is successfully inherited by the new Porsche Design Heritage P6530 Watch.
With its case and bracelet entirely constructed in shot-blasted titanium, Porsche Design Heritage P6530 is highly resistant to corrosion of time. Since titanium is very light and easy on the skin, the watch will give you comfortable wearing experience.
It is worth mentioning that 30 years ago, Porsche created the world’s first first chronograph in titanium. The new Porsche Design Heritage P6530 inherits the great tradition by faithfully keeping most of the original styles.
Driven by a Swiss Valjoux 7750 caliber with a 48 hour power reserve, the Porsche Design new Heritage P’6530 Titanium Chronograph features common functions of sports watches, namely a 30-minute counter at 12 o’clock, small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock, and a 12-hour totaliser at 6 o’clock and a tachymeter scale outside the baton hour-markers. The watch also indicates day and date at 3 o’clock and is water resistant to 60 meters.
Although the watch cannot to be called as very expensive, estimated price ranges from $3,000-5,000, it comes in an edition of only 911 pieces. So it may not be easy for you to buy the watch. This number sounded very strange. I thought it was connected with the terrorist attack. But later I found it may probably in connection with Porsche’s famous sports car, Porsche 911.
Each Heritage P6530 Titanium Chronograph will be packaged in a black wood box with a certification indicating the production number. Combining clear and pure lines with durable and hard-wearing material, the watch really carries great heritage of Porsche Design watches. If you are a big fan of Porsche or Porsche Design, you may be excited at our extensive collection of replica Porsche Design watches.
Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica (Panerai PAM335): Stick to Tradition
Posted by Max Stone in Watch News on February 26, 2010
Clear and no-frill as usual, the recently introduced Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica watch (reference PAM335) gives us the familiar feeling with Panerai styles that we get used to.
Although it may look a bit conservative and understated, I am sure that this traditional Panerai style will be always welcomed by Panerai fans, because that’s what originally attracts them.
The watch feature very simple design. There is only two color on the watch: black and white, which ensures the exceptional legibility of the watch hands and hour markers. It incorporates a date display window at 3 o’clock, a 10-day power reserve indicator at 6 o’clock and a small seconds subdial and 24h indicator at 9 o’clock.. The watch is water-resistant to 100 meters.
Like the PAM348 we introduced earlier, the 44mm case of Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica is made of zirconium oxide ceramic, which is an exceptionally hard, corrosion and scratching resistant material.
I heard that the ceramic material gave Panerai some technical troubles before. At last year’s SIHH, the Panerai unveiled the PAM 317, which is a Panerai GMT 8 Day chronograph very similar to PAM 335. The production of PAM 317 were delayed because the ceramic is so hard that the craftsman found it difficult to drill holes for the crown and the mono pusher. Fortunately the Panerai technicians solved the problem finally. And they learned to reduce the trouble by omitting the chronograph functions, which means they can drill one less hole. Similarly, to avoid the PVD coating problem happened during the production of PAM 317, Panerai made a little compromise by offering a “smoked crystal” for the case back, which reduce the aesthetic feature of the watch a little bit.
(The case back of Panerai Pam317 and Panerai Pam335)
As many other Panerai watches, the Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica is in limited production, with only 500 examples available in the market. The price is around $20,000 US.
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Wearing the Nigh Sky on Wrist: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication
Posted by Matthew in Watch News on February 26, 2010
When talking about luxury, the most common things we could think about are those glittering stuff set with gold, jewelery or diamonds. But Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre thinks much bigger, they offer you the whole night sky in the form of a dedicated timepiece. That’s the new Grand Complication watch from the Master Grand Tradition watch line.
A Grand Complication generally consists of three complications: a perpetual calendar, a minute repeater and a chronograph or a tourbillon. The JLC Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication is mainly such a standard model but is animated with slight modifications and innovative designs.
Sky-chart Dial
Like other watches, it attracts me by its unique watch face. It’s hard to not praise the dedicated craftsmanship of its galactic dial that depicts the constellations of the northern hemisphere. This is really a brilliant interpretation of luxury. After all, what would be more luxury than owning the whole night sky full of stars? I think Jaeger-LeCoultre should really consider launch another watch with simliar designs for ladies because that would be a killing present for ladies – they are always looking forward to picking the stars, aren’t they?
Instead of showing a perpetual calendar, the watch shows a zodiac calendar outside edge of the sky-chart dial. A small sun is rotating along the zodiac signs with a month indication.
Tourbillon
Different from the general tourbillon that counts 24 hours a day, or the Solar time, the flying tourbillon on Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication counts the sidereal time, which is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.091 seconds. This is the first time a haute horlogerie indicates the celestial time through the tourbillon.
Minute Repeater
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication incorporates an innovative minute repeater results from five years of research. With the innovative crystal gong and “trebuchet” hammers, the minute repeater is able to produce a louder and more euphonious sound with improved water resistance.
Overall, the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication can be called true by true horology art. However, it is limited to only 75 examples, with an estimated list price over 100,000 dollars.
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TechnoMarine Watches Unveil New TechnoMarine Cruise Sport Finally
Posted by Matthew in Watch News on February 23, 2010
Haven’t heard of TechnoMarine for so long. Now we finally have some news from the Swiss watch maker. Recently, they are going to issue an entry level dive watch, the TechnoMarine Cruise Sport, at the BaselWorld.
It is said this was the first watch that come out from the company in the past 6 months. It seems their new CEO, Vincent Perriard, has spent much time to make preparation for re-positioning the brand after he took over the company last August.
The new TechnoMarine Cruise Sport features a nice-looking face: the bezel, the chapter ring and one of the sub-dial all apply the two-tone color scheme, which animate the watch with changes and fashion sense. This design , although not fresh and innovative, is contemporary enough to catch people’s eyes and be welcomed by the youth. In addition to the blue version, the Cruise Sport is available in 3 other black & color combination, that is white, green and orange.
As for the specs, there is no noteworthy highlights. Citizen FS20 Quartz movement, plus 45mm 316L stainless steel case with mineral crystal protection, all or very humble deployment. But the watch has all the basic functions to be called a dive watch. It is water resistant to 200 meters and its watch hands and hour markers are luminous.
The list price of the new TechnoMarine Cruise Sport is about 440 US dollars. It’s really an entry level timepiece. I guess this watch would not be interested by replica watch maker as most people would probably choose to buy a genuine watch when there is no much difference in price. However, there are some TechnoMarine watches that are no longer on sale from normal sales channels. For example, the TechnoMarine Hummer is one such watch series. We still have a few Hummer replica available for watch fans, if you are a Hummer or Techno Marine fan, you cannot miss them out.
Rare from Panerai: the Panerai Mare Nostrum PAM300 Watch
Posted by Matthew in Watch News on February 21, 2010
In addition to the PAM 348, Panerai has another eye-catching model unveiled for this year’s SIHH: The Panerai Mare Nostrum PAM300.
As we know, the most often mentioned name of Panerai watches are the Ferrari series, Luminor Marina, Luminor GMT, and Radiomir. This is a rather rare model from Panerai. Before, I didn’t heard of the name Mare Nostrum from Panerai.
Although the watch looks a bit different from other Panerai watches, the impressive brushed steel bezel with ridged edge is no doubt one of the characteristics of the Panerai Radiomir collection. And this is clearly proven with the word “Panerai Radiomir” written on the dial.
Panerai Mare Nostrum was originally designed as a deck watch for the Italian Navy during the World War II. But the subsequent historical events terminated the further development of the prototype.
Now Panerai reintroduce the watch as a limited edition of just 99 items, with a price tag of $36,000. The watch comes with a king size case that measures 52 mm wide, which makes the watch special as 44, 45 and 47 mm seems to be the standard size of Panerai watches.
Although the watch looks lusty like a military watch and it is completed with luminescent Arabic numerals and hour markers like all other Panerai watches, the re-edition Mare Nostrum is by no means a diver’s watch. As it is orginally designed for use on ships instead of underwater operation, it is only water resistant to about 30 meters. This is again very special as Panerai watches are known for their high performance under water.
Other notable points of the watch include the transparent case back and the olive green canvas strap (some said it’s made of fabric and leather). As for the two sub-dial at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, it’s not of much practical use.
Overall, the Panerai Mare Nostrum PAM300 successfully creates a handsomely clean image of a military watch. It’s definitely a nice watch that should not be missed out. If it’s not such an expensive limited edition watch, I guess many men would snap up one for themselves.
Skeleton is Hot: Impression on Panerai PAM00348 Radiomir Tourbillon GMT
Posted by Max Stone in Watch News on February 3, 2010
It seems watch designers this year made a tacit agreement to make skeletonized dial a popular element for luxury limited watches. Just as Cartier and Omega successfully captured our eyes with their skeleton design watches earlier this year, Officine Panerai’s PAM00348 – Lo Scienziato Radiomir Tourbillon GMT 48 mm – is also an attention getter soon as it is unveiled.
“Lo Scienziato” is Italian, meaning “the scientist”. I can’t find any explanitions about this special name on Panerai’s website. But I am sure this is not a watch design for the scientists: First of all, the Radiomir Tourbillon GMT 48 mm is absolutely not a watch that falls into the understated category. You will certainly be people’s focus if you are spotted to wear such a watch – This is not suitable to the scientist’s style as they tend to lead a simple life in order to allocate more time on their work.
Besides, the PAM 00348 Radiomir Tourbillon GMT is limited to only 30 units worldwide, which makes it not affordable for most scientists. And scientists just don’t need such a luxury watch.
Enough for its name. Now let’s take a closer look at the watch itself. The Panerai Radiomir Tourbillon GMT 48 mm watch features a handsome matt black case. It did not reflects the metal luster because it is made of ceramic. Notice, that’s not just your ordinary ceramic. It’s called zirconium oxide ceramic, which is an exceptionally hard, corrosion resistant material.
I love the skeleton design very much as the charmingly refined mechanical parts can be clearly appreciated from the dial: the 24h indicator is at 3 o’clock, the small seconds and tourbillon indicator is at 9 o’clock., and the tourbillon regulator is at 10-11 o’clock. As this is a GMT watch, it shows the second time zone by a third central hand, which is not quite noticeable at first sight.
The dial is protected by sapphire crystal made from corundum (1.9 mm thick), with double anti-reflective coating, which is so invisible that at first I thought there is no sapphire crystal on the front.
Turning the watch up side down, you would be amazed that it utilizes the see-through sapphire crystal to satisfy your curiosity to see more of its fabulous skeleton structure. And there is a 6-day power reserve indicator on the back.
Overall, the watch looks masculine and rugged. The water is water resistant to 100 meters and can show two timezones simultaneously. It combines both functionality and fashionable aesthetics. However, it is well known that Panerai watches are ridiculously expensive. To enjoy the brand without shelling out a fortune, replica Panerai is always your good option.
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The Omega Skeletonized Central Tourbillon Watch Surprised Me Twice
Posted by Max Stone in Watch News on February 1, 2010
The competition for novelty and complication of watches among luxury watchmakers often brings lots of creative timepieces that redefines people’s perception on watches. A recent example is the Omega Skeletonized Central Tourbillon Watch.
Just look at its photo, you will be stricken by its pearlescent appearance. The watch is handcrafted by Omega’s horologist and takes about 540 hours to make such a watch. Its sleek De-Ville-style case is made of platinum, presented with a black alligator bracelet. But the highlight is the the central placement of the tourbillon.
The Omega Skeletonized Central Tourbillon is said to be the first watch with a central tourbillon. I am pretty surprised to know that it can be boasted as an innovation to move a tourbillon from noncentral place to the central. I wonder if there will be some other watches claiming that they are the first watch to place the tourbillon at the 1 o’clock or 2 o’clock. But later I found the reason why few watches have central tourbillon.
Take a careful look at the photo, you’ll find that the hour and minute hands are actually printed on sapphire discs instead of connected with the movement. That’s because the Central Tourbillon’s hands cannot be mounted on a central shaft in the conventional way.
I was shocked by this finding. So does it mean that the watch hands are just fake and still? If that were the case, then I would say Omega really goes too far to make an eye-catching watch as they sacrifice the basic function of a watch. Fortunately, Omega is not that stupid. The sapphire crystal disks are made to rotate around the dial. This makes the watch very mysterious as the watch hands appear to float above the movement without attaching to anything. Interesting!
Although the Thomas Prescher Mysterious Automatic Double Axis Tourbillon also claim be the first watch with central tourbillon, but the OMEGA Skeletonized Tourbillon Co-Axial Platinum obviously looks much better. It is not only an assertion of Omega’s cutting-edge watchmaking technology, but also the demonstration of Omega’s deep understanding about the design aesthetics.
The Omega Skeletonized Tourbillon Co-Axial Platinum is limited to only 18 pieces globally and will be on exhibition at the Baselworld Fair next month. Apparently this is not affordable for you and me. For us, Omega replicas are more reasonable choices. See our replica Omega collection
Beauty of Decentralization: Glashutte PanoMatic Lunar XL
Posted by Matthew in Watch News on January 31, 2010
In the past month, many watch manufacturers keep unveiling their watches for this year’s Basel World exhibition one after another. Recently the focus is converged at Glashütte Original’s new watch, the PanoMaticLunar XL.
Appreciated by critics for their originality of line and form, Glashutte Original watches exemplify fine German craftsmanship. The new PanoMatic Lunar XL watch sticks Glashutte’s principle of “Less is more” and strikes me with its cool looking face. The watch features a matt gray dial with sleek beveled edges and matching gray alligator strap, which creates an understated elegance and maturity feeling right for businessmen.
The name “Pano” comes from the word “panorama”. The panorama date design means both digits of the date can be displayed in a single “panorama” aperture, which is Glashutte’s iconic design and can also be seen on another German watchmaker A. Lange & Sohne.
The Glashutte PanoMatic Lunar XL features a decentralized design: On the right of the watch, there is a moon phase display at 2 o’clock and the panorama date window is located at 4 o’clock. The hour and minute display and the small second subdial at 7 o’clock are positioned at the left bigger part.
Personally, I don’t like the asymmetric design very much. I am not used to see such dial as it seems to waste a lot of room of the watch face and make the dial a little bit small. But as most watches are in well symmetric design, this decentralized design is certainly special and distinct. If you have unconventional mind, this watch can be your ideal accessories.
The watch also features anti-reflective sapphire crystal on both sides, so you can enjoy seeing the German handiwork – the Calibre 90-02- via the exhibition crystal on the back.
Glashutte PanoMaticLunar XL is about to selling at around $20,000. Although some online retailer is offering a discount, but it still cost you no less than $15,000. Since most online dealer are not authorized by Glashütte Original, so why not just take a replica Glashutte that would cost about $100 – 300? See if you can find your ideal model of Glashutte watches from our Glashutte replica watches.
Review of Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar Limited Edition Watch
Posted by Matthew in Watch News on January 27, 2010
When more and more luxury watches are trying to catch people’s attention with complicated and novel designs, the The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar Watch is almost going to the opposite. Yet its stylish simplicity is not capturing less hearts.
As its name indicated, the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar Watch is in honor of GP’s achievement in the sixties of the last century, so it features some retro style. In 1966, Girard-Perregaux received the Centenary Prize of the Observatory of Neuchâtel for their accomplishment in introducing the groundbreaking movement oscillating at a frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour whereas the highest frequencies at that time did not exceed 21,600 vibrations per hour.
The new GP 1966 Full Calendar looks handsome, elegant and modern. It displays the date, day, month, moon phase as well as the hour, minute and seconds on the 40 mm case in an uncluttered way. I love this extreme clean style. But I found the sweep seconds hand somewhat too long. And I found it a little bit strange to place the day window right next to the month window while the moon phase window is surrounded by the date display. I think these design may makes the date display less visible. Maybe that’s because I am used to my watch that shows the day next to the date. So I would suggest Girard-Perregaux put the month window around the moon phrase window, and put the date display next to the day window.
The 1966 Full Calendar comes in two versions, what we discussed above is the palladium version, which is a limited to only 199 pieces. The unlimited edition is in red gold, but looks much worse. And there is a diamond-paved variant of the red gold version that is so meretricious that I doubt why it could even exist. But funny thing about that it is said that both version are sold at the same price.
Despite of some minor design oversight, the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar limited edition watch is a very nice looking watch. If you can spend $19,800 on a watch without a blink, then you should not hesitate to put on this gorgeous watch. But if that’s too hefty for you, you can always satisfy your luxury desire by checking our replica watches.
A Lange Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous – Annotating Time in Different Ways
Posted by Matthew in Watch News on January 20, 2010
When I first saw this watch, I think it is so special that I would like to write about it. It’s called Zeitwerk Luminous from A. Lange & Sohne.
I really appreciate the watch designer who figure out such a creative disply of time for the Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous. As we know that the watch dial is just about 15-20 cm2, there is only little room for the watch designers to impress the watch collectors. Besides, there are so many watches unveiled to the market each year, it’s really hard to figure out something totally different.
But the watch designers at A. Lange & Sohne made it. The Zeitwerk Luminous presents time in an interesting new way. It’s a mechnical watch, but what it shows to us is like a digital watch. The hour and minute is shown in the two windows at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock repectively in digit format. As the numbers is on a rotating plate, so there is no need to have watch hands to indicate hour and minute. This interesting design leave you only the essential infomration. You won’t see other numbers as they are only shown when it’s time for them to show up. But I guess it may take you some time to get used to such “handless” watch as it shows the time too straight.
Maybe to make you feel at ease, the watch designers introduce two watch hands as compensation. These two watch hands indicate the power reserve and seconds. They are located at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock respectively, which match the two digit window harmoniously.
The watch will make its debut at this year’s SIHH. I anticipate to see it personally.
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