Garmin’s Foretrex 201 looks like a beeper. Measuring two inches wide, this beast is a little hard to get used to as a wristwatch, but I guess that’s the point. After all, the Foretrex is really a GPS unit with a monochrome LCD that fits on your wrist and weights lass than 2.75 ounces.
EZTEEM is a new Swedish watch brand with watches made in Switzerland. Looks like standard ETA fare with MSRPs hitting $550 for quartz and $990 for automatics.
New watch brand from Sweden and “Swiss Made” [WatchUseek Watch Forums]
Oh, Velociphile! Behave!
Chances of me being impressed by a new watch coming out at Basel or SIHH is equal to:
(vph^2 X balance wheel inertia X power reserve)
divided by
(watch diameter X daily rate) ^2
Velociphile’s Journey into Watches: Finally! A Formula for Rating Watches
Hokey smokes! It’s breeding!
The case, in polished and brushed black ceramic, measures 44.5mm. It features H-shaped titanium screws, Kevlar lateral inserts, double AR coated sapphire crystals and a titanium back. The crown and push-buttons have rubber inserts and it is water resistant to 100 meters.
Movement is the automatic HUB44 caliber developed with LaJoux-Perret (the old Jaquet Baume). It has 252 parts, a rhodium-plated sandblasted mainplate, polished bevelled satin-brushed bridges a Tungsten oscillating weight (dimpled surface with black PVD coating) and a 42 hour power reserve.
The dial is black, done in a sunray motiff, with applied hour-markers and Superluminova hands. The strap is black rubber with a black PVD folding clasp.
TimeZone: Industry News: N E W M o d e l – Hublot Black Magic Big Bang [TimeZone]
Orsa just released a new model – a dark, massive diver in the Sea Angler range – and there are only 30 left of this limited-edition series. I’m going to say “hotness” and suggest you get over there right now.
Product Page [Orsa]
My imagination sometimes get the better of me and I can easily while away hours daydreaming. Today, my thoughts turned to those eight meat processing workers who split at $365 million powerball jackpot recently. From there, I jumped to the Mega Millions lottery, which today, stands at $42 million for the next drawing on Tuesday. From there, amid images of rolling around in cash, naturally my thoughts went to watches.
If you suddenly came into millions of dollars, what would be the first watch you would purchase? The lotto check has just cleared and you’re ready to spend. Tell me, what would be your first choice?
I think I would go with something a little odd, a little unusual. Something that I wouldn’t normally buy. For example, it’s conceivable that some day I’ll save up enough tips from my job as a Chippendale dancer and I’ll buy a Rolex or a Panerai. And although I would certainly purchase those timepieces with my lottery earnings, I still think my very first puchase would be something different. I’m leaning towards the Graham Chronofighter. Unusual, off-beat, yet still timeless and classy. I’m sure I could come up with tons more alternatives, and certainly more expensive ones, but that’s the first off the top of my head.
Let’s hear your lotto dreams… what’s the first watch you would buy with your winnings?
Robert Jan over at the always informative Fratellow Watches featured an interesting new Dunhill timepiece. The Wheel Watch is inspired by old motors and the crown is hidden by the bezel.
Very intriguing piece. Learn more about it at the A. Dunhill LTD Timepieces website
The informative Productdose explains that James Bond was the model for someone who could turn “dorky into dapper at the flick of a wrist.” And although his watch gadgets were decidedly deadly, they unfortunately remained fictional instruments. But channeling the spirit of 007, the website chose The Top 10 Geek Watches
In addition to the always enjoyable Equalizer High Frequency LED watch from TokyoFlash, I think my favorite was the tape-a-licious Vestal Microdat timepiece.
Writing about a watch like the Reveal is like writing about music. You can make a few educated statements, but it all comes down to taste. Hopefully, I’m tapping into the general WWR feeling towards this piece when I say it’s a fascinating watch and very cool even if it’s a bit to austere for my complication-happy taste.
It may be ugly, but it kind of shows where we’re all headed. This watch reacts to your phone like a Bluetooth headset. It vibrates on calls, tells you who’s calling, and allows you to set phone configurations from your wrist. It’s also huge.
I’m going to be in Hanover next week for CeBIT and tomorrow I have to ride to Boston to be interviewed for the local Fox News affiliate—I know! Anyway, I’ll be reviewing the Reveal watch and the amazing new diver from D.Freemont as soon as I have 5 minutes to myself.
Interesting design-ware watch. It’s not in production yet, but soon? Never? Who knows.
Non permanent, self-gumming watch “timeflex” designed for using in situations when individual time control is necessary, but personal watch is difficult to access (swimming, sunbathing, working in laboratory, during going in for sports) & other situations where man uses working clothe. You can just stick it on your clothe or skin and use until you need.
Timeflex by Igor Solovyov & Maria Solovyova [YankoDesign]
