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Only Watch 2013 Auction Winners & Losers
Yesterday in Monaco, the Only Watch 2013 auction was held and the results are in. The event is meant to raise money for a medical charity, to which 100% of the proceeds go. Each of the watches submitted are totally unique and donated by the participating brands. People get very interested in the results, as…
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ONLY WATCH 2013: See What Brands To Expect Wild Watches From
We love the ONLY WATCH auction that takes place every other year in Monaco for the support of charity. Why do we love it? Well a range of participating watch brands produce totally unique watches that are auctioned off for charity (Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophy). The pieces are sometimes mere color variations on existing…
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HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 128 – Did We Mention SIHH?
We talk turkey about SIHH 2013, some of the watches, a lot of the people. And what it is like as a watch blogger to be there. Oh, and more… Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 128 here. Download the MP3 Given the chance, some time into our conversation I asked Gregory if…
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Roger Dubuis Excalibur Quatuor Watch Hands-On
“Quatuor” is a name I can hardly pronounce but represents a piece of fun from Roger Dubuis that is wonderfully and most exquisitely deranged. Day one at SIHH 2013 is over and I am trying to wrap my mind around all the people I saw and faces I inadvertently forgot. Always good to reunite with…
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HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 94 – My Megalodon Ate Your Panerai
Guess what everyone, we have yet a new podcast host! The technical drama continues and so does the watch love. Goodbye, Mevio – hello Podbean! The Benerus Megalodon Titanium, 4 (four) inches in diameter – okay, wait, maybe it’s only 47mm, but seems like 53mm – is discussed, along with the topic of social interaction…
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Roger Dubuis Kingsqaure Column Wheel Chronograph Watch & Friends
Some of you will like this watch, some of you won’t like this watch at all, and still some of you want this watch so badly you can taste it. Welcome to one of the most polarizing types of designs out there, and it is over a year old already. Personally I am very intrigued…
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Roger Dubuis Excalibur Flying Tourbillon Monopusher Chronograph Watch & The Return Of Roger
Roger Dubuis (the brand) has had a very interesting history over the last 15 years or so – and none of what I am referring to has anything to do with their watches. The man Roger Dubuis started it 1995. He was later ousted from his own brand by a guy who I heard sort…
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Roger Dubuis Pulsion Watches Hands-On
“Where am I?” I wondered as I checked out Roger Dubuis’ SIHH 2012 booth. It feels like I am looking at a scene from the Borg mothership. Over the last few years the Swiss brand has changed its identity a few times, reinvented its watches, distanced itself from the man Roger Dubuis, re-hired the man…
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Full Pave: A Collection Of Diamond-Studded Swiss Watches
It wasn’t until I needed to go ring shopping did I really learn to appreciate diamonds. As a guy, I just always assumed diamonds were for women. Sure some men have diamond rings and earrings – but that hardly represents the norm, at least here in the United States. Diamonds are a sure-fire sign of…
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Roger Dubuis Excalibur Table Ronde Watch Fulfills Your Arthurian Dreams
It was only a matter of time before the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Watches Price Excalibur watch connected itself a bit more with Arthurian legend. For 2013, the high-end Swiss watch brand and movement manufacture will produce a limited edition version of the Excalibur watch called the “Table Ronde.” Somehow I feel that given the super…