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Prestigious IWC Portuguese family is enriched by a new tourbillion watch- Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound which shows up at the SIHH 2010 together with the IWC Potuguese Tourbillon Mystere Retrograde.With a hand-winding pocket movement,  it represents a new tourbillon classic in this big family and is regarded as the diamond on the crown of the brand’s horological crown. Also, it pays a tribute to the company founder F. A. Jones.

The new  Tourbillon Hand-Wound watch inherits the refined face of Portuguese featuring nice feuille hands and railway-track chapter ring for minutes. The minute tourbillon at 9 o’clock occupies nearly one third of the dial. Not only it reveals the horological nobility, but also it offers a clear view into the escapement of the movement. As we know, the tourbillon represents highest horological expertise and sophisticated watch taste.  And there is a subdial at 6 o’clock for seconds

In term of watch making technology, the Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound carries on the tradition while having some innovations.Its mechanical IWC-manufactured 98900-calibre movement is revealed by the display case back of sapphire crystal. It is one of the best and most  famous pocket watch movements on this planet, and it is the No.1 choice for large-sized watches. As far as I know, the first Portuguese watches dated back to 1930s already housed pocket watch movement. The movement inside this new IWC watch is the finest fusion of the tradition of the  98000-calibre family that has nearly 90 years history and the latest watchmaking technology. The  three-quarter bridge of fine decoration is faithful to the design principle of the the earliest Jones calibres. The bridge for the minute tourbillon enhances the visual feast with a gold medallion. And the frequency of the movement has been increased 28,800vph-from the original 18,800vph.And the index-free balance oscillates four times every second as it rotates in the cage. Precision adjustment is carried out via four adjusting screws. The movement thus boosts great accuracy thanks to the faster frequency and improved escapement system.

The Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound is presented on a 18 carat red gold case that is 43.1 wide and 11mm thick. And it delivers 54 hours power reserves. Surprisingly, this exceptional timepiece does not come in very small numbers. It is limited to 500 pieces instead.

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Around three months ago, Casio released the Edifice Sebastian Vettel watch. As the name suggests, this watch is closely linked to the brand’s ambassador Sebastion Vettel and thus is regarded as a tribute to the Red Bull that the youngest Grand drives for. This special watch, limited to 100 pieces, features subtle use of sporty blue and red on the dial and Vettel’s signature and logo at the case back. While the appearance of this watch is impressively cool and handsome, the technology of the watch also shines.

The case, sized at 45mm, is water resitant to 100 meters. But I think few people will swim to that deep with such a handsome creature. And the watch itself can absorb solar energy thanks to the solar cell. The watch is also fitted with a radio signal receiver that applies Wave Ceptor technology. According the official saying of Casio, the watch renews six times per day to provide the most precise time reading. It achieves this via connecting to multiple global satellites based on your location. Further more, the watch has the world’s most important city names printed on the dial to help you know what time it is on Tokyo when needed.

The Casio Edifice special edition for Sebastion Vettel has a date window at 7 o’clock position and a full automatic calendar. The dial is protected by a mineral crystal glass which is scratch resistant. While the watch keeps very precise time, the timer function and stop watch provides even adorably accurate measurements. The measurement of the stop watch reaches an accuracy of 1/20 of a second, and the the timer records at a 1/1-minute and can be set to the nearest minute up to 24 hours in advance.

It seems that this sporty not only takes the cool design elements of the sport but also captures the spirit of the guy whose signature is engraved at the case back.

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Sarpaneva is a Finnish watch maker and and has the most special moon phase watch in its Korona K3 collection. Recently, the Korona K3 Black Moon Watch by Sarpaneva reveived another Good Design award from the Chicago Athenaeum, making this watch maker better know to the watch making industry and the world

It is reported that Stepan Sarpaneva get lots of inspiration from the long and and gloomy Finland winters to design his watches. And the 44mm cases, featuring mysterious dark tones, are really cool and stylish with not a few designer characters. I can not tell the moon face is happy or sad but I can feel it is rather powerful and purposeful. As located on the automatic rotor, the moon face is visible at the case back of the watch as well.

Stepan Sarpaneva uses modified automatic Soprod A10 movements to give these distinctive timepieces life. The dial is nicely skeletonized and reveals the inner structure of the watch. The case is done in stainless steel or coated with black DLC, and the movement comes with defferent tones to match the case.

To my knowledge, the Sarpaneva Koronoa K3 watch collection was given the prestigious Red Dot Design Award. This time, the Sarpaneva Korona K3 Black Moon from the same collection won the Good Design award Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. And as far as I know, this exceptional is limited wot just 20 pieces world-wide. It is completed by a matching black leather strap. I expect more adorable watches from Stepan Sarpaneva.

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Just few days ago, famous watch maker Tag Heuer stated that they would stick with Tiger Woods despite his extramarital affairs. But now, it seems that this brand may have to change their position. As far as I concerned, the is the second time in Dec that Tag Heuer make the restatement for a previous announcement. Earlier this month, Tag Heuer admitted that the new Caliber 1887 movement was based on Seiko Seiko 6S37 rather than being independently designed and assembled by themselves as they claimed before.

At present, Tag Heuer try to hint that they may not use Tiger Woods as the face representing their brand in a near future. And the fact is that Tag Heuer has already removed not a few Tiger Woods starred ads to get out of the side effects rising from the tons of reports about the athlete’s sexual infidelities like many other sponsors.

What is more, it seams that Tag Heuer is now taking a very serious thinking about abandon. The endless scandals are of course part of the reasons. But more importantly, they are dramatically influenced by the superstar’s announcement to disappear from the golf course for indefinite time.

As we all know, for most sponsors, Tiger’s value is based on the vast attention he gains on the gold course. And his withdraw will definitely lead to the big drop in exposure rate and commercial value. In the foreseeable months, Tiger Woods is just a man of lots of money and scandals rather than an eye grabber on the greens. His endorsement career, like his family and public image, is in an embarrassing status.

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German watch maker Lange & Söhne has enriched its most recognizable watch line Lange 1 with a brand new watch housing a new automatic movement with a central rotor. It is reported the new watch, Lange 1 Daymatic will made its debut at the upcoming SIHH 2010.

Not a few watch lovers have been obsessed by the fabulous manual-winding movements applied on the entire Lange 1 line. So it is not wonder that Lange & Söhne’s decision to introduce an automatic movement-the calibre L021.1 with a centrally placed rotor-to the line caused quite a stir. According the official saying, this introduction turns a new page for Lange 1 line that has been so well-received for 12 years.

The rotor of calibre L021.1, featuring a platinum winding mass, almost take all space of the 61.6mm movement. The outer rim of the rotor is responsible for transferring every move of the wrist into the kinetic winding energy. And the mainspring stores 50-hour power reserve when fully wound. Like movements applied on other Lange 1, calibre L021.1 beats at a frequency of 21,600 vph

Except the manual-winding movements with a twin mainspring barrel for a power reserve of three days and the three quarter plate, the Lange 1 also well-known for its beautiful off-center dial designs and the over-sized date window which is patented. Lange 1 Daymatic obviously carries on these merits. Considering the fact that most people like to wear their watch on the left wrist, the hour hand and minute hands are off-center placed at the right side of the dial. And the left side(from top to bottom) has a over-sized date window, display, , the retrograde day-of-week display, and the small seconds subdial.

The Lange 1 Daymatic is sized at 39.5mm. And it will be made in three material: yellow gold, pink gold or platinum. Personally, I think this watch is a true a true revolution for this brand of Lange & Söhne and I love it very much.

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It is obvious that Tiger Woods, world’s greatest golf player, can not enjoy  a great holiday season this year suffering from the huge amount of news about his extra-marital affairs. It seems that the  sports world has no clean man or moral models since Tiger woods falls down after Eddie Jordan and many others. Anyway, Tiger woods, in my humble opinion, handled the media conference better than others had in the past.

As know to all, Tiger Wood is one of the world’s richest athlete due to those big sponsorship and endorsement deals from the world’s most significant brands and companies. But considering the side effects from the exposure of his dishonorable extra-martial affairs, many sponsors have Tiger-starred advertisement removed from television. And that is not a surprise to the public.

As scandals happen every day, Tiger woods’s scandal will hopefully blow over by forgetful public in several weeks or months. But I am afraid his family may suffer from the scandal much longer. And the side effect on his business will likely last even longer. Regardless of Tiger Woods used to be and is still the world’s most influential athlete, conservative advertisers.sponsors will likely shut the doors for Tiger Wood to keep the brand image clean.

But luckily not all take the same action against him. For example, Famous watch brand Tag Heuer, Tiger’s biggest sponsor, has claimed that they will work with Tiger Wood despite the unexpected affairs considering Tiger’s great contribution to the brand’s business in the past.

Tag Heuer , owned by French luxury group LVMH, is in fact a Swiss-Based watch maker. It is reported that they may temporarily temporarily set aside or delay the Tiger-related advertisements. But they will sure have Tiger Woods starred more their ads in the near future .

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the latest Antiquorum auction, one  Patek Philippe Ref. 3974 calendar watch created a new record amount for the sale of a specific Patek Philippe watch. This white gold Ref.3974 featuring black dial and black strap was auctioned off at a huge amout of $1.2 million , which was truly stunning. Once again, the unparalleled collectible value of Patek Philippe was proved at the famous auction. And it is reported that under the haze of bad economy, Patek Philippe watches have a boom time. And according to the Antiquorum action, when there is a specific Patek Philippe watch available, there is a new record. Before this Ref. 3974, there have been not a few Patek Philippe watched with offering price above one millian dollar.

In fact this Ref.3974 is just 10 years old, meaning that while this is not so rare a Patek Philippe watch that it does not come up for auction often. And it is regarded as one of the the most desirable modern Patek Philippe watches, The record-making watch houses an automatic Patek Philippe movement offering the time, perpetual calendar, moon phase indicator, and a minute repeater complication. All that and the watch is small at just 36mm wide.

In celebration of the famous Hong Kong retailer King Fook Jewellery Group’s 60th anniversary, Officine Panerai has created two special limited edition watches, the Luminor Marina automatic and the Luminor 1950 10 days GMT. To fit the theme they are made, Panerai just provides 60 pieces of two watches totally.

The GMT version (PAM00354) is done in stainless steel with a black dial, while the automatic version(PAM00353) is presented in titanium with a very dark brown dial which is make it instant recognized from black dial versions which are much more tradition.

The GMT version is powered by in-house manufacture movement P.2002, and the automatic model has the made-for-Panerai OPIII movement.

The GMT version is limited to 40 pieces, and the automatic is limited to 20 pieces.

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Saint Honore has unveiled its new Coloseo watch collection that includes models for men and women.

As I am a women, I will begin with Coloseo Lady models that feature elegant round steel case coupled by either leather strap or steel bracelet.

Each lady moel sports the dazzling crown protector paved with diamonds and a luxurious bezel composed of brilliant small trapezoids with white lacquer finishes. And the luxury continues onto the crown that is set with a precious onyx. The dial is available in either dark black or white mother-of-pearl with or without diamonds as hour markers.

Beating inside the elegant lady watches is a Swiss-made quartz movement.

The Coloseo men models, either the chronograph version or the three-hand version, are done in stainless steel with warm rose gold coating. And all models are uniform sized at 44mm. The hands and hour markers are also plated with rose gold to complement the tone of the case.

Compared with the three-hand model, the chronograph version is much more versatile. Thanks to the quartz chronograph movement, it offers central chronograph seconds and 30-minute chronograph at 9 in addition to the standard hours,minutes and date display. And the reading of the dial is highly adorable even in darkness due to the luminous application on the hands.

And all men models are coupled with a high quality leather strap featuring a deploying buckle.

In a word, Saint Honore Collection is a perfection choice for people who seek for high-end watches with unique characters.

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Black in classic and permanent color either in fashion world or in watch-making industry. In recent years, watch makers try to create new “black” for their timepieces. And only few taste the success at the end. Well, it was not until Bell&Ross launched the BR-01 Phantom limited edition that we knew the all-black was the best new black for watches. The mainstream watch lovers was so into the all-black watches that BR-01 Phantom always had the problem of supply. People were crazily fighting into the queue of getting one out the 1,000 pieces(half basic model,and half chronograph)

Now, Bell & Ross already has the BR-03 92 Phantom created to comfort those who have been long waiting for a be-loved all-black watch. Compared with BR-01 Phantom, BR-03 92 Phantom is smaller at size (42mm, which fits into most men’s wrist in this planet ) and is the same attractive dressing low-key and low contrast all-black,which is particularly popular in today’s watch fashion. Since BR-03 92 Phantom meets genuine military specifications, it is wonderful experience when you secure it to your wrist with Bell & Ross vinyl and Velcro strap.

The dial of BR-03 92 Phantom is understate and elegant with impressive legibility. It has thick and wide hour markers that feel raised on the dial. Both hands and hourmakers are painted with black photo-luminescence that can takes energy during the day and grow enchanted green in places of poor lighting. 

Bell & Ross will make just 500 pieces of BR-03 Phantom per years. It is very well-received and hard to get one piece now. You can have the info of  BR-01 Phantom replicas and BR-03 92 Phantom replicas at the profession replica watches site.

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