Man alive: look at this monster. It’s the DualTow watch by Cristophe Claret. This watch has a single-pusher chronograph and striking mechanism to chime when you activate the chronograph. The coolest additions are the two belt displays showing the hours and minutes. Then you’ve got a tourbillon to round things out.
It’s a manual-wind movement with 50-hour reserve and only 68 will be made.
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Diesel, what were you thinking? Admittedly you don’t make the prettiest watches around, but I find it amazing that you are responsible for this abomination. This is like trying to cross an elephant with a pig, it might seem like a good idea, but no good can come from it.
This is not a photo-chop, just a poor design decision; even down to the half-leather, half-steel band. Retail on this ugly POS is $219.00, but honestly, you shouldn’t buy it even if it was available for $10.00.
Just say no to bad design! This is how the Edsel came to be, people!
First off, why didn’t anyone tell me about TimeTV? These guys have created a video blog about watches and the production quality is excellent. They just came back from Basel and I’ll try to share a few videos with you guys once I dig through their mess of video.
Second off, this is the Blu MT3 Majesty Tourbillon, a watch that uses an amazingly small and light Tourbillon movement to reduce the total weight of the watch to mere grams. The bugger doesn’t even really have a face, just a little hand that rides the Tourbillon wheel. Very cool.
The watch costs 205,000 euro. Just sayin’.
Debaufre, a watch company that uses great movements inside cool cases, has redone their line to reflect a more personal touch – a great move considering their Aviator-8s were just on the edge of copyright infringement. The new models have a curved case with a different, more attractive marker font and come in all of the Aircraft-8 colors. The new models also have an exhibition back and run a hand-wind Unitas movement.
Pop over to their store right now to grab the watch for $485. More specs after the jump.
I recently developed a burning need for a watch that displays tides. No, not the University of Alabama Crimson Tides, the ocean’s tides. High tide, low tide, slack tide, whether the tide is coming in or going out have much more import for me than ever before.
This calls for a new watch.
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We liked the original Phosphor e-ink watch and these two new models, one complete with calendar.
The Digital Hour model has two views – a digital view and and a “regulator” view with circular hour register as well as a minutes register. It starts at $175.
The Calendar model is a bit weirder. The full calendar appears on the face along with the current time. It starts at $185. All of the watches come on leather, rubber, or steel bands.
Both models are are available now.
Not content with making me happy with their GMT, Bell&Ross has just released this weird piece for Colette, some sort of artsy shop in Paris. This is some kind of tribute to Airborne Rangers, I suspect, with a little skull and two sword hands. Not sure how much it would cost in Earth money but I’m willing to bet a few grand.
The Eins B from Kazimon Watches in Netherland is a handsome watch with a little extra flair. This 39mm watch with a black face, white markings and hands, and red highlights has a good balance of class and color. An ETA 2824-2 movement in a stainless steel case, with a sapphire crystal, and rated to 100m water resistence. The watches are made in Germany for this Dutch Company. It is available directly from the manufacturer for 790 Euros, a fair price for a European made watch with a Swiss movement.
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Who says mom doesn’t appreciate a nice time piece too. Just in time for Mother’s Day, Watchismo is offering 20% off all of their ladies wrist watches. Browsing their catalog, it looks like there’s something there for pretty much anyone, and what better way to show Mom just how much you care? There’s even a handy guide on their site that’ll show you which shipping to pay for to make sure the watch you choose gets there in time to show mom how much you love her.
To take advantage of the deal, just enter coupon code “LADYWATCHISMO” during checkout. You know mom will appreciate the fact that you’re frugal, and you bought her that Nixon Rayna.
Casio announced the latest addition to their Edifice line, the 3D Chronograph. This new arrival features one of Casio’s latest design features, the see through complication. This provides a rather unique appearance for a watch already loaded with features.
Like most of Casio’s new timepieces, the 3D Chrono is not light on the features. It’s solar powered (and thus, eco-friendly) with a large rechargeable battery, automatically syncs with the atomic clock regardless of where you are in the world, and even tells the time!
We’ll be getting one for review soon, and we will be following this up with an in depth review at that later date. For now, we can tell you that it should be available at your favorite retailer, and expect the price to start at $450 MSRP.
