Dan O’Rourke To an older and more likely wiser person of the 21st century, the watch is an integral part of their day. From putting it on and taking it off in the morning, and before and after showering, the practical piece of jewelry is a common part of the daily routine. However, to the…
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Every year, a handful of the finest watch brands create timepieces celebrating the Chinese zodiac just in time for the Chinese New Year. Harry Winston is one of those brands, and this year, for the Year of the Ox, the Swiss brand goes all out – unveiling bold red, beautiful métiers d’ arts and more.…
Time Capsules: News – Omega Watch Co. & Arthus-Bertrand Planet Ocean Exhibition Opens in Shanghai
Omega has long been a friend of the Space program. It is the watch that went to the moon; it is the watch that timed the re-entry in a near-fatal Apollo mission. The brand has also long been associated with the Earth’s Oceans. Its watches have gone on expeditions with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the late…
Time Capsules: Product — Ritmo Mundo Watches – Solve the Puzzle
It isn’t every day you get to find a really cool, different and fun watch on the market – unless, of course, you are looking at Ritmo Mundo watches. This creative, almost 10-year old watch brand is ripe with innovation and has an awesome following of celebrities and watch collectors because it offers unusual timepieces…
News: Hublot Watches – Liberty Bang — Offers words of Freedom Celebrates US Liberty Medal Award with Liberty Bang
Even if you are not the most patriotic American, this watch just sort of gets under your skin. Close up- you realize you are really wearing actual words from our Founding Fathers or about them — some of the words inscribed on the dial and composing the red, white and blue flag colors, are even key statements…
Time Capsules: New Product — Officina Del Tempo Watches — See the New High-Tech Racing Chrono
It isn’t every day we cover Italian designed and made watches, but this new Racing Chrono from Officina Del Tempo is worthy of note. The brand’s first sport watch to house a Swiss-Made Ronda Caliber 5030 – the bold RACING CHRONO GEL, Ref. OT1051, features an unusual and complex construction concept for the case that was more than a…
Weekend Sojourn: Breaking News — It’s Here – Jewels of Time, The World of Women’s Watches
Yes, opened my mail last night and received the first copy in the USA of the new 300-plus page, hard cover book curated and written by our own Roberta Naas. The book includes hundreds of pages of photographs of women’s wristwatches from the 20th century to date, as well as interviews with top executives, designers,…
Video: Rado Watch Goes High Fashion, Brings Ceramic Ultra Thin
Rado is the brand credited with being first in the world of high-tech ceramics, bringing its line of ceramic watches onto the playing field decades ago. Today, however the brand has mastered the most incredible feat: the world’s thinnest high-tech ceramic watch. The True Thinline was almost three years in the development stages, as the…
Breaking News: Only Watch 2011 Auction Results — Antiquorum Lures Top Buyers; Patek Philippe Goes for Nearly $2 million
Patek Phillipe Today in the Principality of Monaco, the world-famous charity watch auction ONLY WATCH was held under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II. Forty unique timepieces donated by top brands were sold by Antiquorum, the entire proceeds of which are donated to support research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A few watches fetching…
Around the World: Parmigiani Watch Cases in the Making
How many times a day do you glance at the watch on your wrist? Generally, while you most likely purchased it because you love the look of it, you don’t regularly think about how the case was made. All cases are not created equal. Certain watch brands go above and beyond when it comes to…
Time Capsules: Perrelet Watches Releases Turbine Poker
Reeling, dealing and wheeling take on all new meaning in this newest Perrelet watch—the Turbine Poker. Those of you familiar with Perrelet—inventor of the automatic watch back a couple of centuries ago – are familiar with the brand’s famed double rotor watch. The Double Rotor is a design the brand has used – offering two…
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