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Ng Tjeng Jaw Wednesday 16th of May 2012 
More than ever an instrument clearly cut out for competition, the new Mille Miglia GMT Chrono 2012 ensures exceptional readability thanks to its oversized counters. Its mechanical self-winding movement chronometer-certified by the COSC also provide an extremely practical dual time-time function. This sporty and sophisticated watch is issued in two limited editions of 2,012 in steel, and 250 in rose gold.
Consistently reinvented perfection: that is exactly what Chopard is determined to offer in annually unveiling new limited editions of its Mille Miglia collection. This prestigious historical car competition, acknowledged by connoisseurs as “la corsa più bella del mondo” (the most beautiful race in the world) continues to inspire what has become a watchmaking classic. At once sporty and elegant, the new Mille Miglia GMT Chronograph is now enriching the Chopard Classic Racing line that encompasses all watches paying tribute to the automobile world. An instrument that will more than ever prove an indispensable companion for all devotees of fine mechanisms.
The Mille Miglia covers a 1,000-mile (1,600 km) stretch from Brescia to Rome and back. Formerly a speed trial (1927-57), it is now the worldwide rendezvous for connoisseurs of collector’s cars. Each year in May, several hundred aficionados come to  Moderator Tuesday 15th of May 2012 
A quarter mile offshore and 80 feet below the surface of Lake Superior, my friend, Chris, and I found the Madeira’s pilothouse — standing upright, its compass binnacle still intact, belying the violence of the ship’s demise. The rest of the wreck is strewn over an acre of lakebed — twisted bollards, winches torn free and the bow facing upright, its nose only 40 feet below the surface. November has always been a cruel month for sailors on Lake Superior, but November of 1905 was perhaps the worst since the big Lake was opened to navigation in 1855. Seventy-eight lives were lost and 19 ships sunk in storms that month, including the infamous “Mataafa Blow”, which packed 60mph winds and sank a dozen ships. It was during this storm that the 436-foot steel schooner barge, Madeira, was driven against Gold Rock cliff on Superior’s rugged North Shore. Battered by short-frequency freshwater waves, Madeira quickly filled and sank, and her bones were scattered at the base of the cliff by ice and wave action over the ensuing decades. It is fitting, then, that on a chilly November morning, over a century later, I found myself exploring this historic wreck site, with an Moderator Wednesday 9th of May 2012  Dead cool? It’s a rock’n’roll rebel watch! With its playful and slightly tongue-in-cheek air, this impudent piece rebelliously thumbs its nose at anyone who takes themselves too seriously. A totally "kick-ass" watch, it wouldn't look out of place on the wrist of any number of rock stars on stage or out and about in the city.
This surprising watch from Hublot is the perfect fusion of a rebel spirit with a deft and daring sense of elegance, never losing sight of the "vanitas", the symbol of the transience of life which remind us how fragile and brief our time is, and that we must live each moment to the full…
This is the Skull Bang, a piece made entirely from black ceramic and featuring an attractive stylised skull on its dial. It is already a collector's item, limited to just 100 pieces worldwide, and has been specially developed by Hublot for the brand's friend and long-term partner in Paris, Laurent Picciotto, a man whose flair has made him a legend in the watchmaking world, and one of the first to demonstrate his belief in Hublot by opening the Swiss watch brand's first boutique in the world in 2007 at 271 Rue Saint Ng Tjeng Jaw Monday 7th of May 2012 
Sincere Fine Watches, Asia’s premier watch specialist has unveiled its latest boutique featuring an all-new retail concept.
Spanning a massive 12,000 sq ft of exquisite retail space, and located in the heart of city’s prime shopping belt, Sincere’s new flagship spots an elegant yet avant-garde Victorian design that enhances the luxury buying experience by fully engaging one’s sense of sight, sound and touch.
Renovated with a speculated huge budget of 8 figures*, the boutique’s main entrance is lined with a state-of-the-art audio visual theatre that simulates the traditional windows of conventional stores. Here, technology and the world of haute horlogerie combine to create a unique brand and experiential showcase.
Wood paneling and soft leathers are juxtaposed with marble and wrought iron finishes in creating the perfect contemporary retail environment where objets d’art serve to complement and accentuate the world’s most celebrated watchmakers of the 21st century.
Yet this major investment into another new concept outlet is not in the sunny city of Singapore, where free-spending Indonesian, Chinese and Vietnamese formed a big portion of their clientele nor in the bustling Hong Kong, where Mainland Chinese with briefcases of cash are eager to buy up every luxury timepiece you are willing to sell - Rather George Cramer Friday 4th of May 2012 .jpg) A pocket watch is something every collector should have in his collection and I wonder, when I consider the upcoming
interest in pocket watches, if this is not a time piece that we will see back in daily life.
It's a very discreet and really stylish object for a man to have and use.
At the upcoming Antiquorum auction in Geneva, May 13th. there will be five very interesting pocket watches
by Cartier, that are not seen very often.
CARTIER LOCKET PENDANT WATCH, GOLD Cartier, movement No. 837109, case No. 150808. Made circa 1960.
Very fine and rare, 18K gold lady’s pendant watch with concealed dial.
C. Four-body, circular, the back with radial faceting and central small engraved monogram “CRD”, fl at band, hinged and
sprung front cover with sunray faceting released by depressing the pendant, hinged inner case with sunray faceting
around the dial. D. White painted with baton indexes. Blued steel epee hands. M. Tonneau-shaped, rhodium plated,
fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel fl at balance spring,
index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 40 mm
Estimate: 4,500 CHF - 6,500 CHF
Estimate: 5,000 USD - 7,000 USD
Estimate: 3,700 EUR - 5,500 EUR
CARTIER RUSSIAN RED CROSS IMPERIAL PRESENTATION MINUTE-REPEATING SHUTTERED DRESS Ian Skellern Thursday 3rd of May 2012  From the press release
MOONMACHINE by Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva is both the first of the MB&F Performance Art pieces by a watchmaker and the first to endow a Machine with a new complication. With MOONMACHINE, Stepan has taken a specially configured HM3 Frog and transformed it with his iconic moon-face moon-phase indicator set in a scintillating firmament of northern stars.
The MOON: Around 4.5 billion years ago when the young Earth was still forming, Theia, a proto-planet the size of Mars, is thought to have struck our planet and disintegrated in a ‘Giant Impact’. Some of the debris was attracted by the Earth’s gravity and the rest – consisting of material from both Earth and Theia – went into orbit around the Earth. Within 12 months this orbiting debris coalesced to form the Moon.
Over the next 4.4 billion years, the Earth’s tilt in relation to the sun was stabilised by the gravitational pull of the Moon, which provided regular relatively mild seasons over much of the planet’s surface – ideal conditions for life to form and evolve.
Without that cataclysmic event, we would not be here. You might say we are all Children of the Moon.
And no sooner did Ng Tjeng Jaw Wednesday 2nd of May 2012  Contents are images are as supplied by Lange Uhren Gmbh.
Lange on the Rocks
Timepieces from A. Lange & Söhne on rocks and minerals from Saxony provide a reminder of the origins of the Federal State’s wealth and culture.
A long way below the Ore Mountains – the homeland of A. Lange & Söhne – hidden treasures await discovery. At present geologists are exploring probably one of the largest tin deposits in the world. As early as the Middle Ages enormous silver finds triggered the “First Mining Rumours” – the first silver fever – in the Federal State. The Earth’s treasures formed the basis of an unprecedented cultural and scientific period of blossoming and also the wealth of the Saxon Sovreign Electors (Kurfürsten). Major innovations such as the discovery of European porcelain in Meißen and masterpieces of craftsmanship occurred in this period such as those which can still be admired today in the “Green Vault” of the Dresden Royal Palace. The Saxon precision watchmaking industry of the 18th century also has its roots in this development.
Amongst the many famous Dresden watchmakers of that period, there was one who stands out because of his forward-looking thoughts and actions: it is Ferdinand A. Lange, who Zach T Monday 23rd of April 2012 
As an indisputable leader in the Swiss watchmaking industry, Hublot has never slowed its pace of innovation and progress, boldly and constantly challenging the so-called limits of watchmaking expertise. The new Big Bang Ferrari, officially launched at BaselWorld 2012, integrates the innovative watchmaking technique of Hublot and the unparalleled racing spirit of Ferrari in an unprecedented product that is set to become a legendary and unique timepiece.
The Big Bang Ferrari Limited Editions were formally unveiled in China at the opening of the Shanghai F1™ Grand Prix on April 11th, 2012. This momentous occasion once again saw Hublot and Ferrari celebrating the unique strategic cooperation between the top Swiss watchmaking brand and the Italian manufacturer. Chinese customers were treated to a presentation by Ricardo Guadalupe, Hublot’s CEO, of this extraordinary tour de force whose three breakthroughs in technology and design have once again accomplished Hublot’s ambitions in its ultimate pursuit of the “Art of Fusion.”
“Art of Fusion” I: Creating Excellence Together With Ferrari
Since its creation, the Big Bang Ferrari has had the most prestigious DNA in its blood. The beauty of Ferrari excellence and the exquisite expertise of Hublot come together in an uncompromising spirit, one that embodies Moderator Friday 13th of April 2012  April 12, 2012 marked the grand opening of the Italian watchmaker Officine Panerai’s new boutique, located on Singapore’s renowned Orchard Road. Panerai has found in the ION Orchard mall the perfect environment to launch the first Panerai boutique in the Asia Pacific region inspired by a new design concept.
“It is our honor and pleasure to celebrate the opening of the new ION flagship store in Singapore. This boutique will play an extremely important role in the retail expansion of the brand in the region. I invite all those who love watches and Panerai’s history to have a unique experience in this new boutique,” said Mr. Jean-Sebastien Gerondeau, Managing Director Asia Pacific of Officine Panerai.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony, witnessed by watch collectors, connoisseurs, business partners, VIPs and media from the Southeast Asia region, was hosted by Officine Panerai executives as well as Ms. Soon Su Lin, CEO of ION Orchard and Mr. Andrea De Felip, Deputy Head of Mission from the Italian embassy.
After the ceremony, guests were ushered into the largest Panerai boutique in the world (120 square meters) to immerse themselves within the Panerai values through different areas in which simple and classic Italian designs expressed the DNA of Wei Koh Wednesday 21st of March 2012 
No one brand on earth has more legitimacy in the creation of diving watches than Rolex. Rolex invented the waterproof watch in 1926 and proved its mettle a year later on the wrist of Mercedes Glietze as she swam across the English Channel; Rolex invented the diving watch with the Submariner model 6204 in 1953 (pristine models of this watch trade for a quarter-million dollars today); and Rolex created the world’s first deep-saturation diving watch with the Sea-Dweller in 1967, the first of its kind to feature a helium release valve.
The current-production Deepsea replete with Ringlock technology, which shifts the burden of pressure experienced at depth to a special highly stressed nitrogen-alloyed steel ring (think of this as the diving watch’s equivalent to Notre Dame’s flying buttresses), is a supreme statement of the brand’s unrivaled achievement in deep-diving mechanical watches. But if you think Rolex is content to rest on these laurels, think again!
Just when you thought we would see a respite in innovation at Rolex following the launch of the ingenious Sky-Dweller at the Basel Fair, the mighty "green giant" demonstrates that this was only the first shot in a lethal double tap meant to demonstrate its unparalleled innovation Wei Koh Tuesday 13th of March 2012  BREAKING NEWS FROM BASEL!!! REVOLUTION WORLD EXCLUSIVE --THE TAG HEUER MIKROTOURBILLON, PRESENTED BY TAG HEUER CEO JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BABIN AND REVOLUTION FOUNDER WEI KOH
TAG Heuer unveils an incredible double tourbillon. This is NOT a double-axis tourbillon, but two tourbillons. The first regulates the time of the watch and is a one-minute tourbillon, beating at 4Hz. But the second tourbillon regulates the 1/100th-of-a-second chronograph and beats at an incredible 360,000vph. It rotates at five seconds per revolution, or a dizzying 12 times per minute, and it also can be stopped and started. This tourbillon has no cage, but still ascribes to the basic technical blueprint of the tourbillon. The time-only tourbillon has a power reserve of 45 hours, while the 1/100th-of-a-second chronograph has a power reserve of 80 minutes.
See REVOLUTION DIGITAL’S EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREVIEW LIVE FROM BASEL 2012
Wei Koh Monday 12th of March 2012 
Several years ago, I asked Louis Vuitton’s brilliant Hamdi Chatti if the Spin Time complication that he had created in collaboration with La Fabrique du Temps (now owned by Louis Vuitton) had applications for other complications. Spin Time replaced the traditional hour indices of the watch with small square apertures. Within each of these was a rotating cube, all of which would show a “blank” side except for the one cube for the current hour. Chatti replied enthusiastically, “You will see.” This year, he presents the brilliant Spin Time Regatta Chronograph.
Suzanne Wong Saturday 10th of March 2012  The Tudor Heritage collection first debuted in 2010 as part of the Brand's ongoing efforts to reintroduce its historically iconic models back into the current collection. The Black Bay watch of 2012 takes reference from a model first seen in 1954. Its domed dial, oversized hour markers, snowflake hands, Big Crown with red aluminum ring and unidirectional burgundy bezel pull together features of older models that immediately mark out the Heritage Black Bay as a timepiece of vintage provenance. Adding to this are design touches such as the pink gold rims of the hands and indices that, combined with the Superluminova coating, mimics the effect of the faded luminant on vintage timepieces. The Heritage Black Bay also comes with a choice of straps, including one of aged leather that perfectly complements the aesthetic of the watch. Together with the spectacular Pelagos diving watch, the Heritage Black Bay is yet another strong signal that Tudor has stepped out of the shadow of its sister brand and truly come into its own.
Wei Koh Thursday 8th of March 2012  It’s just the beginning of the 2012 Basel Fair and already Tudor has launched two of the most exciting sports watches of the fair. We’ll start our coverage with what I believe is one of the world’s best dive watches.
TUDOR PELAGOS
This is what all diving watches should be. Designed with a clarity of vision and a design purity that is simply charming but combined with some of the most useful innovations we’ve ever seen assembled in one watch.
1) Titaniun: The entire case and bracelet of the watch is fabricated from titanium, a material, which is not only incrediblly strong and lightweight but is extremely resistant to the corrosion of seawater. For a long time, Titanium has been our preferred case material for sports watches because, when scratched, an oxide forms on top of the exposed metal, ‘healing’, so to say, the scratch. Combine that, with its feather-light weight, and you can craft a muscular sports watch that is also incredibly comfortable. (Too bad Rolex’s Deep Sea doesn’t come in a titanium version)
2) Ceramic bezel: Using the Cerachrom technology pioneered by Rolex, Tudor creates a remarkable new look by micro-ball blasting the surface of the ceramic to endow it with a Wei Koh Wednesday 7th of March 2012  Rolex continues its tradition of pragmatic, intuitive complications with the incredible new Sky Dweller, which features a second time zone display as well as a fantastic new annual calendar. Home time is read off the 24-hour disc located on the dial. Local time is read using the centrally mounted hands. The date is read off the familiar date aperture at 3 o’clock. But where things get really interesting is the way in which the month is subtly but legibly displayed. Between the ring of 12 hour indices and the periphery of the dial is an outer ring of 12 small rectangular apertures representing the months, in line with each hour index. These boxes all remain empty except the one aperture representing the current month, which is filled with a contrast color indicator. The aperture beside the index for 1 o’clock therefore indicates the month of January while the window beside the 11 o’clock index represents November and so forth.
While we’ve seen displays similar to this that use the hour indices to number off the month indications — such as in Moser Perpetual Calendar watch designed by Andreas Strehler — the placement of the month aperture directly beside the 12 hour indices Suzanne Wong Wednesday 7th of March 2012  The new Patek Philippe ref. 5204 perpetual calendar chronograph with split seconds function improves on the current iteration of the Patek Philippe 5004 with a fully in-house movement instead of the Lemania base that was previously used. The Lemania CH 27, an industry workhorse which has been used by numerous brands and is still used by Vacheron Constantin, was never meant to support a split seconds chronograph complication. In a previous interview, Patek’s Philippe Stern explained, “We had to create an isolator mechanism to enable the us to create a rattrapante, because with its slow vibrational speed, the CH27 would experience a drop in amplitude each time the split seconds function was activated.” As such, the current movement, the CHR 29-535 is a clearly superior beast, which comes through when the chronograph is activated. There are two new technical innovations which accompany the calibre CHR 29-535.
The split second hand lever is traditionally reset with a hammer that contacts the heart cam on the chronograph seconds wheel and brings the two rattrapante hands back into alignment. In practice, there is often a slight, undesirable, vibration of the split seconds hand when it is brought back to catch up with the chronograph seconds Brian Jones Monday 5th of March 2012 
Last week in Los Angeles, Richard Mille chose to pay homage to Hollywood and the 84th Oscars ceremony by participating in two flagship events: the cocktail party in honor of Martin Scorsese and the Film Foundation, and the 2012 Academy Awards party organized by the Weinstein Company for the Oscar winners, including actor Jean Dujardin and director Michel Hazanavicius representing the film The Artist.
The festivities began on Thursday, February 24th in the prestigious Hotel Bel-Air, where Richard Mille co-organized a private reception evening with Vanity Fair magazine to honor both the multi-award-winning director and the Film Foundation, the organization he founded in 1990. The evening also celebrated the success of his latest film, Hugo, which was nominated for eleven Oscars and took home five, for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
A large number of celebrities, prestigious actors and film-industry executives attended the event, alongside Richard Mille and John Simonian, CEO of Richard Mille Americas. The guests included Martin Scorsese, naturally, the reception’s guest of honor, as well as Helen Scorsese, Demian Bichir, Executive Director of the Film Foundation Margaret Bodde, Lorraine Bracco, Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter, Jessica Chastain, Wei Koh Monday 27th of February 2012  French actor Jean Dujardin received an Oscar last night as Best Actor for his role in the film “The Artist” at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
On this memorable occasion he chose to wear a Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea watch.
On the picture above: Jean Dujardin, Best Actor, and Meryl Streep, Best Actress for her film “The Iron Lady”, photo by Jeff Kravitz / Wireimage Before attending the ceremony, Jean Dujardin posed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Jean Dujardin at Jaeger-LeCoultre Fitting (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/WireImage)
Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea (picture to the left) is a reedition of the world’s first diver’s watch equipped with an alarm function.
This iconic diver’s timepiece became a legend of which only a rare few collectors were able to glimpse the reality.
The Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea on the wrist of Jean Dujardin is a limited edition of 959 pieces. Ng Tjeng Jaw Sunday 19th of February 2012 
To broaden their popular El Primero Chronomaster line of models, Zenith will be launching 2 more models, the El Primero Chronomaster 1969 and the El Primero Chronomaster Open Grande Dae Moon & Sunphase.
The El Primero Chronomaster 1969 is inspired by what Zenith termed as "world's most accurate mechanical calibre beating at 10 vibrations per second" (36,000vph) which "gave rise to the legendary El primero Chronograph". Cased only in Stainless Steel and measured 42mm in diameter, the new Chronomaster 1969 will feature the same "colour code" as that of the original 1969 version in midnight blue and also in anthracite dial.
Zenith also boasted an entirely new El Primero movement "entirely developed, fine-tuned and produced in-house" in the form of 282 parts Calibre 4061 - beating at 36,000vph with a power reserve of 50 hours.
Combining what Zenith termed as "an alliance of useful complications", the new El Primero Chronomaster Open Grande Date Moon & Sunphase features a chronograph measuring up to 1/10 of a second, indicating hour, minutes, small seconds, big date and by means of two concentric discs, displays the "moon and sunphases" at 6 o'clock.
While I think it is interesting to display 24 hours Day/Night together with moonphase in Ng Tjeng Jaw Sunday 19th of February 2012 
The James Bond 007 50th Anniversary Collector's Piece Classic Seamaster Co-Axial 300 M Commemorating 50 years of James Bond in films
To celebrate fifty years of James Bond films, OMEGA is releasing a special update of the incredibly popular Seamaster Diver 300m James Bond watch which has been worn by 007 in every adventure since GoldenEye. The James Bond 007 50th Anniversary Collector's Piece has been created in two sizes, 41 mm and 36.25 mm.
The cases of the watches are made of stainless steel and they feature ceramic bezel rings with diving scales in matt chromium nitride with the number "50" in red as a reminder that the watch is celebrating a very special anniversary.
Each version of the watch is presented on a classic brushed and polished OMEGA-patented screw-and-pin stainless steel bracelet.
The lacquered black dial features a 007 monogram. The 41 mm version has 11 applied indexes; the 36.35 mm watch has ten with a diamond index at the 7 o'clock position – a reminder that this watch was created to honour the film history of agent 007. The indexes are coated with white Super-LumiNova with a blue emission, allowing ease of reading in all light conditions. There is a date |
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