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  "Métiers d'Art Tribute to Great Explorers"   Four years after inaugurating its first series, Vacheron Constantin presents two new models, this time paying...

URWERK's affinity with Black   Geneva – September 2008 The traditional presentation of the year's limited edition series «Black» URWERK is an event awaited wit...

Métiers d'Art "Les Masques"         Some partnerships, like the one between the Manufacture Vacheron Constantin and the Barbier-Mueller M...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANDRE AGASSI AND LONGINES ANNOUNCE THE LONGINES ELEGANCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND   WEEHAWKEN , NJ – August 22, 2008 – Longines recently teamed up...

Dear enthusiasts, GP is about to open a new boutique, which makes for another great place to encounter the brand and it´s lovely watches! The new premises are located in Hong Kong.To be ...

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ThePuristS - The Right Information, All the Time: Offshore Bartorelli "Scuba" Ref. 15702AU.OO.D002CA.01 Black Coated stainless case and BRONZE bezelLimited Edition of 50Cal. 2325Black-coated stainless steel case, bronze bezelDiameter: 42mmThickness: 12.55mmCaseback engraved (see picture)Water Resistent to 300mDial: Black with Mega Tapisserie patternLum indexWhite NumeralsPink Gold Superluminova-coated hour, minute, seconds handStrap: Black Rubber with black coated SS AP folding clasp ... more

19 August 2008, Singapore 17:00 Fortis embarked on the inaugural Fortis Heroes Search 2008 where entries are open for the public to nominate their own heroes in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.This is Fortis' initiative to acknowledge the extraordinary qualities of our everyday heroes and allow them to be recognised and celebrated.5 chosen heroes who have displayed outstanding contributions to the betterment of others and society will receive a Fortis B-42 Flieger Chronograph each worth SG... more

  View from Conrad Hong Kong, Pacific Place   Check out the Audemars Piguet - iW magazine (Chinese Edn) - ThePuristS GTG in Hong Kong 17 Aug 2008: click here  at our sister site ThePuristS . com Thanks, MTF ===For ThePuristS GTG HKG Part 2 report, please CLICK HERE ... more

13th August 2008 (Wednesday), 7pm, Sincere Watch Academy (SWA) CORUM was established in 1955 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. This forward thinking company strives to be refreshingly different and bring collection which conveys excitement and passion. The collection is based on four key pillars  - Admiral's Cup, Romvlvs, Golden Bridge and Artisans.Today, the topic was on one of the CORUM Icons -  the Golden Bridge . Entrance to SWA... Deepa Chatrath (Regional Managing Director of... more

A few weeks ago I posted photos of a gentleman’s collection of Lange chronographs (click here to see the thread). The post has since received over 1000 hits, which surely must be a record for one with only two pictures and barely any text.   As it turns out, this gentleman is not just a nutty collector of Lange Datographs, he is a nutty collector of all sorts of watches. In a moment of sanity, he agreed to share with us some of his thoughts on his Datographs as well as his collection. Click... more

This is how the new Glidelock Ref.98210 works.   And some info about Rolex dials. ===For Axelzon's original post in Rolex forum, please CLICK HERE ... more

Here is a simple contest. Answer three simple questions release to earn a shot at winning this:     Question#1: How old was Pierre Jaquet Droz when he opened his first workshop in La Chaux De Fonds? Question#2: Vacheron Constantin was founded how many years after Pierre Jaquet Droz established the first watchmaking school in Geneva? Question#3 :What is your favorite Jaquet Droz Basel 2008?   Answers for the first two questions can be found in previous posts on the Jaquet Droz forum.&nb... more

It's our new Club Watch. Current price is USD 1300 plus shipping for orders taken before the first production pieces start shipping in mid-September 2008. New orders taken after the 1st numbered pieces start shipping will be priced at USD 1500 plus shipping. There are 178 numbered pieces of the PuristSPro All-Black Rescue watch made by St Gallen Horology.  The final design was revealed at the results of a contest to guess the number of PuristS' changes to the regular St Gallen Rescue wat... more

The Hour Glass and Hublot pledge support for charity with Make A Wish Foundation   Singapore, 7 August 2008 – The Hour Glass and Hublot SA have joined hands in the name of charity, launching “Project F Bang”, an original collaboration between the Swiss luxury watch brand, its exclusive retailer and local charity organization, Make A Wish Foundation... Click here  to find out more.   ... more

My City, My Olympics, My Omega    - A Photo Review of the Omega Beijing 2008 Olympic Limited Edition Aqua Terra Chronograph.    These are truly exciting times... I still remember vividly that humid evening of July 13th 2001 in Beijing , when I was just a wee college student in the States back home for the summer. When IOC's Samaranch announced that Beijing had won the bid for the 2008 Olympics, I let out a shriek, then immediately grabbed the phone, and with violently t... more

Memovox watches are very interesting watches, but the problem is that when you begin to pay some interest to them, you understand that you will open more doors than you will close.From 1950 to the beginning of the 80ies, there were a lot of different versions which were made, with different dials, metals, and even sometimes funny complications ( The Memovox Parking! ), sometimes esoteric, like the WorldTime Memovox, which is not in fact a Worldtime, but a decorated dial with the names of the cities of the ... more

Background Bernhard Lederer learned his trade in Germany but relocated 7 years ago to Switzerland and formed blu – 'Bernhard Lederer Uhrmacher' with his wife, Ewa. (Uhrmacher=Watchmaker in German)  Now the company is called 'Bernhard Lederer Universe' .   The flagship of the blu line is the MT3 or Majesty Three-Speed Tourbillon . The half-flying tourbillon has the lowest cage mass of all the tourbillon types. More of the mainspring energy can be used f... more

A few weeks ago I posted photos of a gentleman’s collection of Lange chronographs (click here to see the thread). The post has since received over 1000 hits, which surely must be a record for one with only two pictures and barely any text.   ...... more

PuristSPro Interviews Thomas van der Kallen "Reconstruction Update" By Dr. Melvyn Teillol-Foo © June 2008        Thomas van der Kallen, President of EBEL, last spoke with PuristSPro in 2007 to share ...... more

Substantial sections of this article were published in iW magazine (June 2008). This unabridged version appears by courtesy of FineLife Media Inc.   INTERVIEW:  KARL-FRIEDRICH SCHEUFELE – CHOPARD DRIVER AND WATCHMAKING MARATHO...... more

From Swiss magazine L'Hebdo:   The ramp-up of watch collectors Often based in Asia, they have hundreds of pieces of fine watchmaking. For brands, they are not just good customers, but also valuable advisers. With the Internet, their influenc...... more

  PuristSPro Interviews Jerome Lambert by Nicolas "amanico" Fondaneche © May 2008  Q: What is your personal take on Jaeger-LeCoultre? R: I would define Jaeger-LeCoultre as a brand of beautiful horology tradition and espec...... more

It was a dark and stormy night......some PuristS had drunk mayhaps "a jar too many" and we started thinking about what the PuristS wanted to know but were too afraid to ask. "More about PuristS", someone slurred into the night......... I am now proud to ...... more

Patek Philippe is most well known for its horological competencies, as we saw them at work in the 5450 Advanced Research and the 5207 instantaneous perpetual calendar with minute repeater and tourbillon.   Still Patek Philippe is also a long time, very long time producer of some more artistic watches, among them the most looked after enamelled world time models brought back this year by the new 5131. But there are other options.   Patek Philippe 5180/1 W Here is the full... more

Baselworld 2008 was a rich show for Patek Philippe. We certainly had enough new offerings to please all Patek Philippe lovers. The simple watch amateurs got the marvellous 5124 Gondolo as a subject of admiration, the white gold version being a very appealing homage to the 5101 tourbillon. The serious collectors have to choose (if necessary) between the blue 5070P, the yellow 5970J or the pink dialed 5450P! Did we talk about the highly complicated pieces aficionados? Not yet! Oh sorry! Here it ... more