05Avr 2017 by Andrei Kluska No Comments
Oris Big Crown Royal Flying Doctor Service

Oris Big Crown Royal Flying Doctor Service

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Oris is a reputed watch brand with a history starting from 1904. One of the most known collections of this brand is the Aviation Collection and the most known watch is the Oris Big Crown, which was introduced in 1938 – a pilot watch with calendar and an oversized crown that allowed pilots to operate the watch without removing their leather gloves. Recently, Oris continued the charitable work started in 2013 and together with Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service (which provides emergency and primary healthcare services to people living in rural areas) released a second edition of the Oris Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition. Based on Oris’ legendary Big Crown collection, the Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition II watch has an oversized 45mm three-piece stainless steel case covered…
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30Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 4 Comments
From Russia with love – The Indicator by Colibrica Design

From Russia with love – The Indicator by Colibrica Design

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On the shores of the Volga River, in an old Russian town named Uglich, there is a small watchmaking atelier, Colibrica Design Atelier, where a hand full of people with a big watchmaking heritage work in the shadows of the Chaika watch and watch parts factory, a factory that once had 10,000 employees and where the parents and grandparents of Colibrica’s team worked. The first idea came in 2013, when the Atelier’s team thought that they also could make their own watch. Thinking of the tools they had around them as children the team created the Indicator timepiece, following the lines of the beautiful dial and the construction of the micrometres and other fine measurement Tools. The Indicator watch comes in two sizes: 44mm and 38mm case diameter, both with 10.8mm…
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26Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska No Comments
Marloe Lomond Chronoscope

Marloe Lomond Chronoscope

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The Marloe Watch Co. is a young British company grounded by two guys, Oliver and Gordon, with a clear intention to revive the affordable hand-wound watches world. Their successful start-up started last year with the Cherwell watch and continue this year with another really nice project – the Lomond Chronoscope, which is available right now on Kickstarter. The Lomond Chronoscope is a manual mechanical wristwatch that includes a “stop-watch” feature, a ceramic bezel insert and exhibition case-back. It is 43mm in diameter x 11mm high (13.6mm to crystal zenith), 46.6mm tip-to-toe and has a 22mm strap-width. It is a lovely mix of old school and new age which comes in four bezel / dial version: the Classic White dial and the Classic Grey dial with matt ceramic Telemeter scale and…
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20Mar 2017 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
When Christopher Ward and Morgan Motor Company team up

When Christopher Ward and Morgan Motor Company team up

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Last November Christopher Ward and Morgan Motor Company announced their exciting partnership that gives the possibility to the British brand to take inspiration from the craftsmanship and engineering that sits at the heart of the Morgan philosophy. Mike France, Christopher Ward co-founder, said: “The form and performance of beautiful classic cars has always influenced the wider watch industry, but especially so for Christopher Ward”. The brand created in 2004 has already released several successful watches inspired by classic cars but now with this natural collaboration they can show their pride in their British heritage and design. It’s never easy to have one eye on the past with the elegant and classic designs, and one eye on the future with the cutting-edge engineering, but we can count on Christopher Ward to propose…
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16Mar 2017 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Miang – the highly customizable watch

Miang – the highly customizable watch

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This is your last chance to get a super early bird of the new and highly customizable Miang Copenhagen Bespoke as it is on Kickstarter until March 28th. With 20 Million design variations this watch is probably the world's most customizable watch. In 2015, the Denmark based brand launched their very first watch, the customizable Flash Automatic GMT which was a big success. As a proud owner of one of these, I can only say that I’m always impressed when putting it on my wrist about the quality of this piece. So right now, I’m thrilled to see this new release. The particularity of the brand created by Jens Ole Miang is that it gives you the freedom to create a truly personal watch. I mean, you have the choice in…
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14Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 1 Comment
Introducing the Brellum Duobox Chronomètre Black Edition

Introducing the Brellum Duobox Chronomètre Black Edition

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Only a few months of existence and already a big success for Brellum Swiss Watchmaking. The Duobox Chronometer has been officially unveiled in December 2016 with a blue and a silver version and was received by both watch enthusiasts and press with an extraordinary welcome. The ingredients are simple: a high-performance movement, a vintage design, quality finishes, the whole Swiss Made and made with great passion. Now, and just before Baselworld, it’s time for the brand based in Porrentruy to present a new version of its Duobox : The Black Edition. Since approximately 100 years, the wristwatches are, let’s say, the same: mainly, a round or quadratic dial and some hands rotating clockwise and I consider that it is hard to come with something new to bring originality to this.…
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13Mar 2017 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Introducing the Isotope Rider Jumping-Hour

Introducing the Isotope Rider Jumping-Hour

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A jumping hour watch for less than 2500$... Seriously is it possible ? Apparently yes and it comes from Isotope Watch. If you’re not familiar with the brand you have to know that it is run by North London based entrepreneur Jose Mendes Miranda. It was created in November 2015 but the idea came in mind 5 years ago. It’s not the first attempt of Jose because well before Isotope it had already created 2 brands which unfortunately did not have the success that he hoped. The interesting part of the story is that he learned how to create a movement from scratch… and when you know how complicated it is to assemble and disassemble a movement and to create a new one, we can just congratulate him. Today he…
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09Mar 2017 by Martin Green No Comments
Hands-on with the Memomem

Hands-on with the Memomem

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With some watches, you wonder how they look when you actually hold them in your hands. This is most certainly the case with Memomem, as they offer an incredible array of options to custom makes your watch. We had one made as well, to see how the result would be. In the flesh is still quite different from a render on a computer screen. We were not disappointed! First and foremost the build quality is exceptionally high. The watch could easily pass for double its price. Everything is a very tight fit, well decorated, and most importantly: thought through! The watch is full of clever details, many that you can give your own touch, but our favorite is the clasp. This one is purpose build for the watch and handles…
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07Mar 2017 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
The 3rd Re-Launch Edition of Lebois & Co Avantgarde Date

The 3rd Re-Launch Edition of Lebois & Co Avantgarde Date

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Already 35% funded and only 16 days to go… Will you be one of their proud backer and get one of the 100 Avantgarde Date (3rd re-Launch Edition) from Lebois & Co ? This piece is a Watchisthis favorite and it’s available right now on Kickstarter. Here we like watches of course but we also love beautiful stories, and Lebois&Co is one of them. Let’s have a look to this story before talking about their new release. The original brand was founded in 1934 by French watch manufacturer Raymond Dodane, who represents the third generation of the Dodane watchmaker family. In 1972 and almost 40 years after it was created, Lebois & Co ceased trading and stoped producing watches and so, the brand ceased to exist. Early 2014 Tom & Eveline…
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28Fév 2017 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Introducing the Edox Les Bemonts Shade of Time

Introducing the Edox Les Bemonts Shade of Time

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Swiss watch brand Edox introduces a striking addition to its Les Bemonts collection - The Les Bemonts Automatic Shade of Time. Note that “Les Bémonts” is a pictoresque forest situated just a few meters from the EDOX factory, and that’s why the brand decided to use this name. The timepiece collection features classical design with pure and timeless lines and they are all equipped with Swiss movements; from the automatic chronograph to Ultra Slim quartz movement. The brand created in the 1884 by Christian Ruefli-Flury in Biel presents today a new addition to this collection. But did you know that in 1998 Edox engineers and watchmakers developed the world’s slimmest calendar watch, named “Les Bémonts Ultra Slim” collection ? The movement of this piece had a thickness of only 1.4…
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