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Girard-Perregaux Launches WW.TC Chronograph White Ceramic Character with Contrasts

Girard-Perregaux Launches WW.TC Chronograph White Ceramic Character with Contrasts

As the Girard-Perregaux website states, their latest timepiece, the WW.TC Chronograph is the last word in intelligent engineering.  The white ceramic case is contrasted by black rubber detailing and the light-colored dial is juxtaposed delightfully with dark counters that emphasize the time indicators; furthermore, the sapphire glass is smoked to provide an extra layer of detail highlighting the uniqueness of the contrasting yet esthetically pleasing details. All time zones are displayed on the watch; functioning with flyback, the timepiece also displays the date and small seconds.  Inside a protective casing of titanium, the chronograph’s manufacture movement GP3 300-0028 can be READ MORE

Girard-Perregaux Launches WW.TC Chronograph White Ceramic Character with Contrasts

Girard-Perregaux Launches WW.TC Chronograph White Ceramic Character with Contrasts

As the Girard-Perregaux website states, their latest timepiece, the WW.TC Chronograph is the last word in intelligent engineering.  The white ceramic case is contrasted by black rubber detailing and the light-colored dial is juxtaposed delightfully with dark counters that emphasize the time indicators; furthermore, the sapphire glass is smoked to provide an extra layer of detail highlighting the uniqueness of the contrasting yet esthetically pleasing details. All time zones are displayed on the watch; functioning with flyback, the timepiece also displays the date and small seconds.  Inside a protective casing of titanium, the chronograph’s manufacture movement GP3 300-0028 can be READ MORE

Olympian Ben Ainslie to Appear at Salon QP November 8

Olympian Ben Ainslie to Appear at Salon QP November 8

Famed Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie CBE who has thrice won the British Olympic Association’s Athlete of the Year Trophy for Sailing will be attending the Salon QP’s opening champagne reception which will be taking place this coming Thursday. Corum, the Swiss haute horlogerie brand founded in 1955 by watchmaker René Bannwart and his uncle Gaston Ries which has been supporting the Olympian for almost ten years, will be presenting their star athlete with a steel Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 Tourbillon Micro-Rotor, of which only 72 will be made. The 60-hour power reserve timepiece will function with an astounding mechanical automatic READ MORE

Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin Partner Up

Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin Partner Up

Harrods presents “Aston Martin and Jaeger-LeCoultre team up” Luxe watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre and luxury automobile maker Aston Martin have teamed up to produce a stunning example of haute horlogerie combining the expertise of the two industries, the AMVOX2 DBS Transponder. This is not the first time the two companies have collaborated; early in the 20th century the watchmaker and the automaker teamed up; in the 1920’s and 1930’s Aston Martin dashboards were composed of Jaeger precision instruments.  However, after the death of Jacques-David LeCoultre and others in the aviation and automotive instruments industries, ties became weakened between the two companies READ MORE

Hublot and Arturo Fuente Announce Partnership to Celebrate 100 Years of Fuente Cigars

Hublot and Arturo Fuente Announce Partnership to Celebrate 100 Years of Fuente Cigars

Luxury watch manufacturer Hublot of Switzerland and manufacturer of the now-legendary Opus X cigar  Arturo Fuente launched their partnership recently in Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic and both companies announced that $150,000 of the proceeds of Hublot’s  exclusive limited edition King Power Arturo Fuente timepiece, made specially for the occasion, will be donated to the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation which provides a safe haven and home for orphaned or abandoned children in the Dominican Republic.  To mark the unveiling of the watch, Arturo Fuente has created a special edition of their Opus X cigars destined for Hublot, adorned with READ MORE

IWC Unveils Exclusive Father and Son Pilot’s Watches

IWC Unveils Exclusive Father and Son Pilot’s Watches

International Watch Co. Schaffhausen of Switzerland have released an exclusive special edition of watches called “Pilot’s Watches for Father and Son” which will be made available as a double edition featuring one “Father’s” watch and one “Son’s” watch or as a several-piece set for the Dad who has more than one son . The larger sized timepiece in the set is for the father and is based on IWC’s Big Pilot’s timepiece.  Featuring a week-long power reserve and date display, the watch is also water resistant to 6 bar and has a 46 mm diameter.  The smaller watch, made for READ MORE

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