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A New Baume & Mercier Executive

In June last year four new Baume & Mercier watches were added to their Classima Executives collection. The new models were all-steel variations with polished/brushed-satin bracelets that complemented previous models in the collection, which were available exclusively with alligator leather straps. To see in a new year, and a new decade, Baume & Mercier have [...]

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Christian Dior's Mystérieuse

Christian Dior has a new addition to their Dior Christal Collection, the tribute collection to the late Christian Dior himself. Of all the Christian Dior watches, it is the Dior Christal watches for women that are as much a piece of haute couture as they are a luxury timepiece. The Dior Christal Mystérieuse, pictured here [...]

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Tattoos & Ed Hardy Watches

There are two key figures behind Ed Hardy watches – Don Ed Hardy himself and Christian Audigier. Don Ed Hardy is widely known as the ‘godfather of the modern tattoo’. Hardy has been fascinated with tattoos since his childhood, and now he brings together American, Japanese, Cholo, tattoo, surf and hotrod imagery, together with his [...]

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Baume & Mercier's Hampton Collection

In 2009 the Hampton, the iconic watch prorduced by Baume & Mercier, is celebrating its 15th birthday this year – 2009. And as is custom in the watch making industry, Baume & Mercier have produced a new collection to mark this anniversary. The Hampton was inspired by a pink gold watch introduced by Baume & [...]

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A Spectacular Limited Edition U-Boat Watch: U-51

The stunning watch to the left is the just-released Limited Edition U-51. At this year’s Baselworld Expo Italo Fontana, makers of U-Boat watches, showed off a number of their new automatic models, most sadly never to be released to the public. Except the U-51. The catch is they are limited to only 100 pieces worldwide. [...]

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