Glashutte just released a few nice Basel pieces including this beautiful Panorama Date Senator Sixties. This is the classic Glashutte style with a big date. Nothing earth-shattering but I’d definitely love to spend a weekend with this watch curled up eating bagels and reading the New York Times. More specs after the jump.
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Jeff Kuo designed these striking Xetum watches and I’m kind of in love. THey have all the austerity without the price and start at $995 for the black dial Stinson.
I’m not usually a fan of three handers but this is an exception. The face is clean and the watch is nice and thick. The watch was designed in San Francisco and Jeff added a 2895-2 movement to the Tyndall (an automatic, shown above, that costs $1,395.)
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We never get the good stuff! Casio in Japan just released this beautiful GW-3000 pilot in orange, blue, and white (I totally love that blue. It’s my favorite lume/color combo). It is waterproof and runs sets itself via radio. It is also a Tough Solar model and can survive masssive impacts.
It can display 29 world time cities and you can swap the home city with an away city. It also has a stopwatch and a calendar as well as a “Furuotokarenda” which is something Google seems to have translated wrong.
Listen in to learn how to win a great Vancouver Olympics Swatch chrono.
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Debaufre announced their latest today, the GMT Nav-B. The Nav-B is an ETA 2893 sitting in a 44mm stainless steel case, covered with sapphire glass. Not a bad looking timepiece, and if you hurry, the first 10 orders will get a presentation box and a leather strap.
Here’s your chance to win a watch from Tokyoflash. Crunchgear teamed up with the master of the impossible to read digital watch to do a Twitter contest. All you have to do is follow @tokyoflashnews and @crunchgear, and then twitter about why you think you should win and include the #iwanttokyoflash in your tweet. The winner of the contest will be able to select any watch from Tokyoflash’s current collection. The contest ends on Wednesday, so tweet hard people!
Ariel “Sass-master 2000″ Adams has some great shots of the new Panerai monster. This watch, just for reference, costs more than ten of my cars.
The watch is made of black ceramic and it uses Panerai’s tourbillon calibre behind a skeletonized face. You’ll notice a second’s hand, an AM/PM indicator, and a GMT hand front and center. It is 48mm wide and limited to 30 pieces.
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Timex launched a new GPS watch recently, and while it’s intended for athletes who require more exact data when training, the new Ironman Global Trainer uses some pretty high end GPS technology in order to accurately track pace, distance, and heart rate.
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In the vast pantheon of watches, the aviator is a timeless paragon of virtue and class. Traditionally given to folks who fly in planes (hence the term “aviator”), these watches were larger than standard watches and often had big crowns for easy winding. The IWC Big Pilots Watch is a classic in the form, with the clear, legible numbers and top triangular noon pip.
But, like great paintings, watches often stray from form, and often with positive results. If the Big Pilots Watch is “Whistler’s Mother” then the Praesto Modern Fliegeruhr is Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup cans. At once this watch is an homage, a little work of art, and a sly dig at the stuffy establishment.
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