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

News
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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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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08Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 1 Comment
The new classic – Straton Syncro

The new classic – Straton Syncro

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I see, more and more in the last years, a comeback of the classic watches designs. I could not be happier to have the opportunity to choose between a wide range of new, modern ideas and reiterated classic designs, most of them iconic, especially when these come with an affordable price tag. A modern watch with a classic design comes from the Straton Watch Co., a company that already had two successful campaigns on Kickstarter and made a new one which raised more than 250,000CHF with a watch named Straton Syncro. Following a classic chronograph design, inspired from the successful names from the 70’s as the Seiko Speed-Timer, Bulova Deep Sea or Breitling TransOcean Blue Dial, this watch has the advantages of the modern technique and a warm, vintage look.…
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07Oct 2015 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
The Collector’s Experience : Oris Air Racing Edition III by Guillaume J.

The Collector’s Experience : Oris Air Racing Edition III by Guillaume J.

Opinion
Happy owner of a Bell and Ross model BR03-92 (which ruined my bank account when I bought it), it was five years ago my first purchase in terms of an automatic Swiss watch. I told to myself that for my 30th birthday, I wanted a second automatic watch, but not necessarily a model so expensive than the BR03. One of the important criteria for my future acquisition was that the watch must have something to do with the aeronautics and feature a pilot style. I did some research on the Internet and my choice was at moment pointed towards a Hamilton Khaki Aviation. But (because there is always a but) when I went to the watch store where I had bought the B&R, which is also a Hamilton distributor, I…
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