Today is, of course, the last day of February, a day before all madness will begin! As Rob highlighted we love a good competition! Thus last week we s ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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This month, we got the chance to handle two very interesting watches. The first is H. Moser & Cie?s Swiss Alp Watch Final Upgrade. At first glance, it ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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Welcome one and all to our new Sunday afternoon Pod-Column, Watching Sports (Or WASP, for short). To celebrate this new Fratello feature, host Rob Nud ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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Fine watchmaking has been part of the history of Glashütte, a small village from Germany, for 175 years now. And while NOMOS is one of the youngest br ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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In our Sunday Morning Showdown, two of our writers go head-to-head in an epic showdown for the ages. Strong opinions and hysterical hyperbole are welc ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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Oris chose its popular Aquis collection as the stage for its first in-house automatic caliber last year, and the brand continues to expand this stylis ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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For many of us, it?s been a long winter. As temperatures start to rise and cabin fever is at an all-time high, it?s time to start thinking about ge ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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“Bring your warmest clothing,” the message stipulated. Nearly one year into the global pandemic and my first opportunity to get out of Los Angeles ...
28-02-2021 19:41
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Rob dials in Maurice Lacroix HQ to speak with Thiébaut Bentz, International Product and Marketing Director of the brand to discuss Friday’s release ...
27-02-2021 19:39
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While the integrated bracelet, Gerald Genta-inspired sports watch trend is currently dominating the upper echelons of the luxury watch market, the sty ...
27-02-2021 19:39
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Few watch brands in the sub-$1,000 price range cause a stir among collectors quite like Casio?s G-Shock. With watches like the professionally targeted ...
27-02-2021 19:40
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Just yesterday, we reviewed the new limited edition Alpinist 1959 Re-creation. That watch was an expensive throwback to the original Laurel Alpinist. ...
27-02-2021 19:39
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The Japanese think of changing seasons differently than many in the west. In Japanese culture, each of the four seasons can be broken down into sho ...
27-02-2021 19:40
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We’re two days out from March. Normally, that wouldn’t get me so excited. I hate spring. It’s my least favorite season. My dear old mum used to ...
27-02-2021 19:39
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?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e ...
27-02-2021 19:40
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For 2021, Swiss Tissot is re-releasing an interesting neo-Bauhaus watch it originally debuted in the late 1980s as conceived by the creator of one of ...
27-02-2021 19:39
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We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. Where the daily routine is largely focused on the most recent developments in th ...
27-02-2021 19:39
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Today we bring you a Petrolhead Corner episode with a difference. Usually we stumble upon some interesting titbit of news or history and see if this i ...
27-02-2021 19:40
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Japan’s leading luxury watchmaker Grand Seiko turned 60 years old in 2020 and celebrated accordingly, with an all-new movement, new international bo ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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This year marks the 140th anniversary of Seiko?s founding in 1881 by a 21 year old Hattori Kintaro. In celebration of this milestone, Seiko is rele ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Today we\'re talking with someone who bought an MB&F. And while MB&F is already pretty much \'out there\' with their designs (remember the drop-dead-g ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Last year Grand Seiko celebrated the 60th anniversary of its foundation. This year, the entire Seiko Corporation, founded in 1881 by Kintaro Hattori, ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Here we are in the first part of 2021 and that means it’s watch release season! Both Seiko and Grand Seiko have brought their wares, so expect a lot ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Over the last few weeks, several new partnerships between prominent automobile manufacturers and high-end watch brands. After Porsche?s long-term par ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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For all the commotion around affordable GMT watches in the last few years, it?s frankly surprising that we haven?t seen a glut of them from Seiko. ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Welcome back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame, where, this week, we take a look at the IWC Portuguese Vintage. To consider this one, you’ll require a l ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Today, Canada-based professional-use watchmaker Marathon debuts one of its most highly-anticipated timepieces in a while. This is the white-dialed “ ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Following up on its successful WatchTime Live virtual panel series last fall, and its ongoing TimeOut discussions of 2021, WatchTime Magazine next wee ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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If there’s one thing (among others) that Frederique Constant is good at, it is to create classic and elegant watches at fair prices. Of course, the ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Oh boy, I am like a kid in a candy shop right now. This is the kind of stuff that really gets my horological spidey senses tingling. Lately, I have ma ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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In the latest collaborations, we have Braun and Virgil Abloh come together for an exclusive alarm clock. Inspired by the dieter rams design, the new ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Ceramic is a material that is now relatively common in watchmaking. It?s a nearly ubiquitous choice for bezel inserts on modern dive watches, and w ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Last year we brought you the Speedmaster World Cup; this year, we’re ratcheting things up a gear with Fratello’s March Mania… Here at Fratello, ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Remember the Franck Muller Encrypto watch that debuted in 2019 as the world?s first functional Bitcoin timepiece" There?s a good chance that you migh ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch by advertiser For most brands, anniversaries tend to be an opportunity to release a precious metal version of ...
26-02-2021 19:35
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It is rather surprising to see how some items have gained cult status years after their discontinuation, while when they were widely available, almost ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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This year is set to be a big one for Seiko, as the brand celebrates their 140th anniversary. They?ve got a ton of new watches in the works, and as ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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This new IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph ref. 387905 is a tribute to the famous and highly collectible 3705 from the 1990s. This “IWC Fliegerchronog ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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We recently published an article on the Yacht-Master 16622 that I bought last October. I used to have one in 2007, but it had to pave the way for anot ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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2021 is a big year for Japan’s Seiko given that it is the 140th anniversary of the major watchmaker. The color theme of the year is horizon blues, m ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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Somehow inspired by Grand Seiko?s design cues and offering a nice combination between elegance and casualness, the Seiko Sharp Edged Series was presen ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch by advertiser The world’s very first wristwatches were for women, and now, 200 years later, the timepiece i ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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The story of Seiko and dive watches started in 1965 with an important watch, the 62MAS. Five years later, in 1970, the brand launched a model with a f ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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In case you didn?t get the memo, it appears that this is the unofficial limited edition collaborative chronograph week in the land of new watches f ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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After I finished last week?s TBT about the Heuer Monaco, I immediately thought of this watch. The original copycat is what I call my lucky Alpina “M ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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The natural beauty of Japan has been at the heart of Grand Seiko?s design inspiration for the past several years, with models inspired by everything f ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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The original IWC Fliegerchronograph Keramik Ref. 3705 performed like a true stealthy pilot’s watch: It flew right under the radar of watch enthusias ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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As longtime readers of WatchTime well know, Grand Seiko is a brand that has become known for turning to nature as an influence for its timepiece desig ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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The Aikon is Maurice Lacroix?s interpretation of the luxury sports watch, a collection of watches with a solid build, a distinctive style and refreshi ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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We often argue about the real-world practicality of complications around here. What do you actually use that chronograph for" The HEV" Let’s not ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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When it comes to sports watches made by Seiko, we all have in mind diver’s models and, specifically, the first of its kind for the Japanese brand, t ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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Yesterday and today, Grand Seiko’s and Seiko’s Media Experience is taking place. Digitally, of course. Where this is used to be a separate journey ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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I’ll be honest. Given the importance of the original Seiko “Laurel” Alpinist from 1959 and its position as the brand’s first truly purpose-bui ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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In March 2020, Grand Seiko celebrated the 60th anniversary of its foundation by introducing a newly designed watch featuring a cutting-edge and advanc ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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The last several years of Seiko Prospex dive watches has been studded with recreations of their own iconic watches from the ?60s and ?70s. From Tur ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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I’ve written quite extensively on the new Grand Seiko 9SA5 Hi-Beat 36,000 movement before and indicated that it could (as I think many of us hoped i ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph GMT 140th Anniversary SBGC240 debuts as the latest rendition of Grand Seiko’s mighty impressive Spring Driv ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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Hello to all,
Greubel Forsey is launching a new version of their very spectacular GMT Quadruple Tourbillon coming now in a lighter titanium case and ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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It?s going to be a big year at Seiko as the company celebrates the 140th anniversary of its founding by Kintaro Hattori. Although the higher-end Grand ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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When Grand Seiko released the new Caliber 9SA5 Hi-Beat movement last year, the brand debuted it in the sunburst dial yellow gold SLGH002 and followed ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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The year was 1994. Bill Clinton was in the White House, Major League Baseball was on strike, O.J. Simpson was a murder suspect, and grunge ruled the p ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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Yesterday, Grand Seiko unveiled a jewellery timepiece during the Seiko summit that officially kicked off the 140th-anniversary celebrations of the bra ...
25-02-2021 19:41
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I’ve often said that the real skill in watch design is creating something that is new that initially looks familiar. True art can and perhaps should ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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The 1970 Seiko 6105 is one of the most enduring and revered references in the brand?s long history. The wide, rounded cushion case and classic Seiko d ...
25-02-2021 19:40
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Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch by advertiser Jason Wilbur is a name known among the wristwatch collector intelligentsia, but until recently, ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Except if absent from the surface of the Earth for the last couple of months, all watch enthusiasts are now aware of the fact that Omega has launched ...
24-02-2021 19:35
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Luminox is adding a new collection to their collaborative Bear Grylls Survival family called the Air series. The newest collection features a GMT s ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Russian NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin, winner of the 2018 Stanley Cup as captain of the Washington Capitals, joined Hublot’s star-studded stable ...
24-02-2021 19:35
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“Oh, no. Not another article praising the new Speedmaster,” I hear you say, as your eyes snap to the title of my article. Without a doubt, this pi ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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The world of collecting watches has changed drastically in the last 10 years or so. While the Nautilus and Royal Oak were considered ugly and over-exp ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Australian lifestyle brand Deus ex Machina has carved out a loyal global following since 2006, offering enthusiasts a laid-back hand-drawn aesthetic a ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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The understated Adamavi is Carl F. Buchererâ€s classic collection, which completes other ranges from the brand, such as the sporty Patravi or the hig ...
24-02-2021 19:35
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It is a testament to the individual ingenuity of watch designers the world over that I come to work every day and find something to be excited about w ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Zodiac?s Grandrally chronograph gets a refresh today with four new colorways that represent both contemporary and classic takes on the brand?s vint ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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This one’s going to be really interesting. For the first time ever on Fratello, we’re giving you the chance to design your very own watch and then ...
24-02-2021 19:34
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Hodinkee has once again teamed up with TAG Heuer for a limited edition Carrera. This new edition, available today, is a follow up to the hugely suc ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Omega inaugurated its role as official timekeeper of the 36th America’s Cup last year with the launch of a special edition from its Seamaster Planet ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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We’re back with a look at two Grand Seiko watches. One happens to be brand new, but it’s already gaining loads of attention. Does the new Grand Se ...
23-02-2021 19:35
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Aston Martin has announced a wide-ranging partnership with the Girard-Perregaux, making the Swiss luxury watch brand its official watch partner. As a ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Last year, Rolex introduced a new 41mm size into its Oyster Perpetual family. Known as the Oyster Perpetual 41 (reference 124300), the new 41mm diamet ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Karina and RJ talk about the Grand Seiko SBGJ201, also known as the Mt. Iwate, due to the structure of the dial. A beautiful stainless steel 44GS case ...
23-02-2021 19:35
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Today, I go hands-on with the “red metal” version of the popular Casio G-Shock GMWB5000 watch collection known as the GMWB5000RD-4 (aBlogtoWatch d ...
23-02-2021 19:35
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Since its foundation in 1994, Ikepod has always been about design. Megastar designer Marc Newson was the key figure behind the design identity of Ikep ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Picture this; you?re clutching four aces in a game of Texas hold ?em poker. It?s down to you and a single opponent with all other players either foldi ...
23-02-2021 19:35
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Ikepod returns to the art world with their latest collaboration with Tom Christopher. The new watch represents the third such collab, with Ikepod f ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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Longines has started rolling out its new releases for 2021, and as in many years prior, much of the brand’s focus is on expanding its vintage-inspir ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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March 6 to March 21, 2021 marks the 36th running of the prestigious America?s Cup yacht race, set to be hosted in the waters around Auckland, New Zeal ...
23-02-2021 19:35
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Time and time again various attempts have proven it is extremely difficult to launch a new, exciting new brand from scratch, regardless of the technic ...
23-02-2021 19:36
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I have a weak spot for gold Speedmaster watches. According to some, a Speedmaster doesn’t belong in gold, it’s a tool watch after all. However, I ...
23-02-2021 19:35
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Some of you might not know about it but Girard-Perregaux?s link with the automotive world has been long-lasting. Following this tradition, the La Chau ...
22-02-2021 19:39
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Last week, I shared my journey to owning the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 116520. This time I’m looking at the references of the illustrious Dayton ...
22-02-2021 19:38
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One of the things that brings me a lot of joy as I approach nearly 15 years of writing about watches is when something from the past comes back to gre ...
22-02-2021 19:38
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As well you all know by now, my ties to NOMOS Glashütte run deep. For three years, I lived on the road for the brand, explaining its ever-evolving cat ...
22-02-2021 19:38
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For a new brand aiming to produce watches at, or under, the $500 mark the safest route is often to make a dive watch. To narrow it down one step fu ...
22-02-2021 19:39
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G-SHOCK has unveiled the latest update to its popular G-STEEL series, the Black X Gold GSTB100GC-1A, which follows up on the success of the initial GS ...
22-02-2021 19:39
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About 6 months ago, Omega announced the renewal of its role as the official timekeeper of the America?s Cup, with the 36th edition to be held in Auckl ...
22-02-2021 19:39
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Mechanical watches are expensive. At least, that’s the general impression. But still, there’s a lot to choose from, even if your budget doesn’t ...
22-02-2021 19:38
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Few automotive brands can muster the kind of immediate emotional reaction that Aston Martin does. Just those two simple words conjure up images of the ...
22-02-2021 19:38
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To celebrate its role as the official timing partner of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Junghans launches a groovy GMT compressor-style model ...
22-02-2021 19:39
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The best ideas often come from the heart. Artem Straps began its journey when its founders couldn’t find the watch straps they wanted for the watche ...
22-02-2021 19:38
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