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The Vacheron team hosted a small tasteful private dinner at restaurant Xi Yan renowned for its art decor and wonderful creative cuisine. It was a gathering of friends to celebrate the lunar new year and to enjoy good food and conversation. As with the tradition here in Singapore, every lunar new year dinner begins with the ceremonial "Lohei" - for the unfamiliar, it is the tossing of seafood

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In yet another case of crime in the luxury watch industry here in Singapore (following the Cortina case not long ago), news broke today about the boutique manager from Panerai disappearing with customer's payment for watches ordered. Reported to day in the Straits Times, Mr Terence Quek allegedly disappeared with a sum of over SGD$100,000 apparently being payment from customers. Details of what

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Here is a high resolution collage of images photographed of the new Planet Ocean Liquidmetal Titanium. Earlier last week I published an underwater image of this watch and here are the images showing the details of this new model. Not obvious in these images is the unmistakable tone of the titanium yet it has the unfamiliar polished details not commonly seen in titanium cases. The positive change

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Gunter Blumlein was a visionary that made a few brands into recognised names.  He brought repute to old brands with his intuitive and cutting edge leadership and management. Most critically his management of Lange & Sohne and IWC probably made these two brands the most respected in the Richemont stable. The key to his enduring legacy is that he understood how serious collectors viewed watches

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What better way is there than to start the new year by meeting up with old friends (and make new ones) and fellow collectors over good food? This time about 30 collectors met at the Le Chassuer Restaurant in Chinatown with the themes (1) the latest acquired pieces in 2011 and (2) Rolexes. The restaurant location and decor belies the good quality of the food served. The collectors were

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Over the new year weekend I had the opportunity to photograph the Blue Planet Ocean Big Size Titanium case with Titanium bracelet. Here is my first processed image of this huge 45.5mm watch. A more detailed photo report to follow. As usual click on the image to view it in higher resolution.

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Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May all your horological dreams come true in the year ahead!

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This is one of the more interesting watches to be launched of recent years. While its not revolutionary for Urwerk, the design is still interestingly evolutionary from its current stable of designs. Not a large watch by comparison to many offerings of late by many brands, this watch still has a lot of presence on the wrist. It has a raw edgy look and feel which belies its exclusive luxury price

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It is inevitable that knowledgeable and experienced collectors who had been collecting for many years, will begin to find today's watch prices unpalatable when compared with the prices of the same watches just a few years ago. With these street smart collectors, they are far more willing to return to the pre-owned market with confidence and far greater understanding of what they want and the

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An Exhibition by Cartier showcasing its rich horological history is being held at the Marina Bay Sands Arts Science Museum from the 14 December 2011 to 12 February 2012. While Cartier is renowned as a luxury brand for other consumer luxury products, Cartier watches are readily familiar with both collectors as well fashionistas. One only have to visit this exhibition to learn about how the first

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The Swiss watch making industry is in fact enjoying a great year with record sales - despite the economic downturn in many countries. The main reason for this is the sustained or even growth in demand for luxury goods and luxury watches in the China market. But is the luxury goods industry recession proof? Clearly it depends very much on the disposable income and the willingness to continue such

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It was this rectangular gold Omega that was a gift from the then Irish Prime Minister. The watch was acquired by Omega and now displayed at the Omega Museum with the black and white photograph accompanying the watch in a glass case. The Omega curators kindly allowed me the privilege of taking the watch out for a photo shoot. Following the trend of that time, the watch was a smallish watch by

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It was such a great privilege that Omega hosted for us a candlelit dinner at the Omega Museum on our first night of our visit to the Omega Manufacture. Apparently this was the first time ever that a dinner was hosted at the museum. The dinner was catered by "E-Mulsion" and the chef was Mr Benoit Martin. The ambience was wonderful and it was very private as there were only 12 dining guests. Six

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Couple of months ago I posted my thoughts regarding investing in watches. Today, I read this column and watched the video - Alternative Investing 2011 - Time Is Money: Investing in Luxury Watches - CNBC I wonder how many having read the article and watched the video was convinced that luxury watches is a viable alternative investment (as reflected by the byline). It is curious that in the video

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The Omega Museum was first opened in 1984 but was recently refurbished and under the guidance of the current Curator Mr Brandon Thomas, the museum ably conveys the long history and achievements of the brand. The museum has four rooms taking all of the second floor of the building. The first room houses all the important movements from its early history. The room is packed with movements from

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One of the highlights of my trip to the Omega manufacture was the Co-Axial Assembly plant located up in the Jura District high up in the mountains. Spent half a day just learning and observing the whole assembly process of the new escapements in Caliber 8500 series. What struck me most was how labour intensive the whole process despite the use of high tech assembly line processes and use of RFID

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I just returned from a trip to Switzerland visiting the Omega Manufacture, dining with Mr Stephen Urquhart (President of Omega), spending a day at the new Omega Museum and then visiting the Omega Co-Axial assembly plant (observing in detail the assembly of the Calibre series 8500) as well as the very secretive Nivarox plant. More about these visits later here. What is exciting is that Omega has

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Seiko's 130th Anniversary Road Show has finally arrived in Singapore having been to several locations including KL Malaysia recently. Organised by Thong Sia (the regional authorised dealer for Seiko), the road show will be at Vivocity from 8th to 13th November 2011. For enthusiasts of all things Seiko, this road show should prove to be a worthwhile visit. The road show will exhibit displays

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Earlier this year at a pre-Basel lunch showcasing the 2011 Hamilton models, a select group of collectors had the great fortune of inspecting and handling the new models - which turned out to be a surprise as many of the models had so much to offer to watch enthusiasts (see this report). Apart from the affordability of this brand, Hamilton has  had a long (albeit inconsistent) history. Of recent

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It would be a guaranteed sell out for sure. Worth a viewing for the entertainment value. CLICK HERE for the high resolution version.

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On the 16th to 18th September 2011, GP hosted a short but very impressive exhibition of its historical collection of timepieces at the newly opened Art & Science Museum at the Marina Bay in Singapore. It is the first stop in a world wide tour of the watches of this much respected brand. GP still remains an independent brand that continues to provide its fans and customers with quality and in

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Recently the new brand, Louis Moinet arrived in town to host a small reception to show off its timepieces at an art gallery in Singapore and to deliver its first piece - a Geograph Rainforest - to a Singaporean, none other than Dr Bernard Cheong. The new brand has a very small annual output of watches and describes itself as purveyor of mechanical art pieces. The Geograph delivered to Dr

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For those who would like to see my images up close in full screen mode in 1080p -  Click HERE to play.

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While it has not been as frequent as in the past, I still get inspired by other's creativity to create images that brings out the best of the subject that I photograph. The LM1 is such a watch and due to its huge domed crystal, capturing the watch with minimal incident reflection was a monumental hurdle. Not to mention, I only had a very short time in a restaurant to do this! Fortunately for me,

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Today Max Busser hosted a small lunch for friends and collectors to show his new Legacy Machine No.1. This watch created quite a buzz on the Internet with keen collectors anticipating in agony and eagerly awaiting for yet another instalment of MB&F imaginative creations. The Legacy Machines series is a completely new line of watches from the Horological Machines series. Even before the official

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Some years ago, it was fashionable for celebrity men to wear pierced earrings. Some diehards still wear them today, e.g. just recently, Morgan Freeman was seen wearing one on his right ear to his Lifetime Achievement award given to him by the American Film Institute. When it first started, it was intended to reflect the rebellious nature of the wearer. When it became a fashion statement, it was

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The new Bulgari Endurer Chronosprint ALL BLACKS is a watch that uses the Daniel Roth chronograph for the collaboration with the famous New Zealand ALL BLACKS rugby team. The key feature of this watch that distinguishes it from other limited editions is the distinctive dial that shows of a Maori design. The watch features the in-house made DR 1306 automatic movement with large date display - is

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Urwerk's Felix Baumgartner was in town yesterday to show off the new Zeit Device. The iPhone sized automatic pocket timepiece is the culmination of the achievements and innovation of the Urwerk brand. It keeps track of the seconds, minutes, hours, date, month, year and 100 year intervals with a record all the way to 1000 years. It also has a 5 year interval period indicator for a reminder to

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Chopard LUC shared with its friends and collectors the secrets of the Urushi dials in July at the Chopard Boutique in Singapore. Master Minori Koizumi was on hand to demonstrate the painstaking process of creating Urushi and Maki-e dials. Here is a video montage of the images captured at the demonstration - where guests were also able to try their hand at painting on Urushi plates to appreciate

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ONLY WATCH 2011 is a bi-annual event where the top brands of horology craft rare singular pieces to be auctioned off for the proceeds to benefit the research on child muscular dystrophy. The watches are currently on tour to various cities around the globe and on its second stop after Bangkok, in Singapore on 30th August 2011, the event was hosted by The Hour Glass at the Malmaison boutique. Many

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Every few months, a small group of collectors in Singapore gather to have good food and good horological conversations - all the while enjoying each other's timepieces worn to the event. The recent dinner in July was held at the Brazilian Restaurant at Sixth Avenue. The theme that evening was again two wristed watches - with Swiss on one and Non-Swiss on the other. Most of the usual suspects

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From June 24 to August 14, 2011, the Treasures of Vacheron Constantin Exhibition was in Singapore's National Museum. Here is a video montage of my photographs taken at the outstanding exhibition showcasing the history and rich collection of horological marvels of VC.

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The MIH watch was designed by Christian Gafner with its annual calendar engineered by by Ludwig Oechslin and made into reality by Paul Gerber. A deviously simple looking watch with the most austere look and finish with almost no sense of luxury - from its unpolished titanium case and buckle to its silicone rubber strap. Serious horologists - know and are familiar - with the names of Gafner,

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In early July, the Ulysee Nardin CEO Mr Patrik Hoffman and Mr Ludwig Oeschlin visited Singapore to meet up with their authorised sole agents and a handful of collector friends. This was the first visit by two senior staff of the UN management team post the recent and sad passing of the much respected Mr Rolf Schnyder. While Mr Oeschlin is not formally a staff member of UN, he remains an

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Worthy of being in the Guiness Book of Records, Brietling sponsored Rossy flies over the Grand Canyon in his 6ft fixed wing strapped to his back powered by kerosene jets. 

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The LeDIX Papillon Mobile Handphone is a mechanical marvel. A handbuilt tourbillon movement powered by the simple opening of the clamshell designed top half - exhibits an exquisite see through movement. A fusion of mechanical and electronic technologies. Just recently launched and now seen here in Singapore at its authorised dealers - The Hour Glass. Not a small mobile phone by today's standards

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The Hour Glass Atelier at ION is showcasing from the 13th to the 19th of July a complete set of four white gold Pour Le Merites. The PLMs are the jewel in Lange's crown but the fourth iteration is larger and seemingly different in its DNA from its previous three - shown here. The overlapping dials in an already enlarged dial of the latest design seems out of sync with the previous three designs

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In what appears to be the horological highlight of the year, Vacheron Constantin on 23rd June launched its very impressive exhibition in Singapore showcasing its historical pieces from its private collection. The Gala Dinner was wonderfully organised with Prof Tommy Koh as the guest of honour and featured special performances by renowned international artistes. A black tie event that will be long

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The original submariner black in steel, white gold in blue and steel in green. Will Rolex be able to resist temptation to release new colours as the years go by? There are already yellow and half gold versions. Personally, I hope Rolex resists releasing multicoloured variations as it could in time water down the submariner series (pun intended). CLICK on the image to view it in full size.

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The Rolex Submariner has a huge global following and this Green Submariner will in time - in my opinion, be an all time favourite. For those who are already fans, here is a desktop wallpaper for your personal use.  Please note that clicking onto the images and downloading them is your assent to my condition of use that All Rights are Reserved and not for commercial use. I only assent it being

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The Rolex Submariner has for decades been the touchstone of many watch collectors. Despite the age of the model, it has a very strong following from all over the world. Over the recent years Rolex has updated its sports range to compete with other brands that looked to over take its market share. The redesigned ceramic bezels of the sports range is one such distinct change. However, the new

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Click on the image below to watch the video of a selection of my images of the Moser Perpetual Calendar. To view it at that resolution, click to YouTube and request for the 1080 resolution at the bottom of the image. 

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Here is the desktop wallpaper of the Moser Perpetual for fans of the watch. Format for 2010x1080 but if your screen resolution is smaller, simply 'centre' the image or 'stretch to fit'. Please note that clicking onto the images and downloading them is your assent to my condition of use that All Rights are Reserved and not for commercial use. I only assent it being downloaded to your personal

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Every so often a watch comes along to inspire me to create more interesting ways to present it. The MB&F HM4 was one such watch and again, just this week the Moser Perpetual Calendar. While this watch is not new - first shown here in 2006 when the prototype was brought here - due to production issues, the Perpetual Calendar started to only ship recently. This beautiful piece belongs to a

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As promised here is a watch that is deserves to sit on the desktop of all haute horologerie fans. A watch with real three dimensional details. Please note that clicking onto the images and downloading them is your assent to my condition of use that All Rights are Reserved and not for commercial use. I only assent it being downloaded to your personal computer and for your personal use only. 

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I first reported about the HM4 nearly a year ago and back then the watch had made a dramatic impact on the watch collecting world. The watch continues to charm me whenever I photograph it. This time round with a miniature panda designed by the artist Huang Hankang. As the panda sits precariously on the edge of the watch, I cannot help but to think that the poor panda do face a risk of being

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The ONLY WATCH 2011 is a charity auction to benefit research into muscular dystrophy in children and this year's event will be held in Monaco on 22nd Sept 2011 with the patronage of Prince Albert II. The auction is held every two years that brings together the top Swiss watchmakers. For this year's offering from MB&F, Max Busser worked with the artists, Huang Hankang of China. Huang designed a

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Lange & Sohne made a Zeitwerk piece unique for the coming Kidz Horizon Appeal for Chronically Ill Children. The grey dial watch features white arabic numerals on grey background discs.  The annual fund raising is in aid of children suffering from cancer and HIV. The beneficiaries of this fund are the families who are unable to afford the medical care. This watch is called by the organisers as "

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A rare and wonderful opportunity for watch enthusiasts in Singapore and the region. Vacheron Constantin will be exhibiting its heritage pieces reflecting its historical roots and showcasing its early prowess and continued development in the world of horology.  The exhibition is designed to be a journey into the world of the 18th century watchmaking to the present day.  It will be an exploration

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For fans of the these watches, here are two desktop wallpapers of the DB25QP and DB28T. Please note that clicking onto the images and downloading them is your assent to my condition of use that All Rights are Reserved and not for commercial use. I only assent it being downloaded to your personal computer and for your personal use only. 

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These two are my favourite from the 2011 collection. The 44mm cased DB25QP is a new automatic calibre for the Perpetual Calendar and its famous three dimensional moonphase. While the dial design is familiar, the movement design is new. Click on the images below for the large format. The DB28T is a tourbillon movement with hand wound twin barrels.It features a now familiar DB floating lugs

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Here is a collage of the hosts and guest of the small gathering of collectors which showcased the new 2011 watches. Click on the image to see a larger and detailed version. Images of the watches to follow.

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The dinner showcasing the new 2011 collection from DeBethune was held at the Imperial Treasures Restaurant at the Paragon. Renowned for its Peking Duck, the cuisine was exquisite and thoroughly deserving its reputation for good food and gracious service. Impressive was the food that every course was received and eaten with pleasure. My only complaint would be that the fish was overly boney making

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DeBethune launched the DBM at Basel 2011 - a ultra thin pocket watch encased in a leather bound case for the iPhone 4. The hand wound 6 day pocket watch is a simple two handed watch with a hand guilloched dial but exudes all the expected top quality finishing. The case itself is made of hand finished alligator leather. Priced at a point only the financially well endowed need enquire. The concept

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Hamilton is currently displaying its sponsored stunt aircraft at the Wisma Atria until 19th June and at a later date at VivoCity on 7th to 10th July. Together with the small stunt plane will be displayed Hamilton's current collection of watches that should fulfil the needs of any new watch buyer wanting a well made watch with current designs at a reasonable price. I find the Khaki range

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A friend and fellow watch blogger Mr Peter Chong recently discovered that one of his images that he published on his blog was used by Avis for their ad campaign on their website. This graphic consisted of a converted image to black and white from a large format colour image of a rare Lange 31. While copyright abuse is a common place occurrence on the Internet, to many, its a surprise that big

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Following on my earlier post about the new 2011 Explorer 2, here are two videos for fans of the model to consider - at least aesthetically - the differences between the two watches. The out going Explorer 2 - The incoming Explorer 2 -

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This video of the MIH watch is not new but having just discovered it myself, I thought such a beautifully designed watch deserved the attention. At least from the fans of the watch. What I love about the watch, in addition to all I have said before about it (check out the review and photomontages here),  is that because its such a classical design, it does not need updating - nor has the

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Just after posting on Biver's article in the FT reporting his new found status as a business guru, I received through the email a report on the new joint venture between Hublot and Manchester United that features a new Big Bang with the logo of the world famous football club on the dial. While I am not a fan fashion watches or tie-ups such as this, I cannot fault Biver's vision for Hublot in

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The Financial Times featured a report on Mr Jean Claude Biver (Hublot CEO) and what the business community can learn from Mr Biver's business leadership style. Anyone who has met the gregarious Mr Jean Claude Biver cannot deny how his charisma makes him even larger than his large frame. Currently the CEO of Hublot and seen in many parts of the world where watch collectors gather. Of recent times,

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Today I received an email from a Producer at Channel NewsAsia (CNA) for the programme "Cents & Sensibilities" - a programme about investing. The producer asked me whether I was willing to be interviewed for the purpose of determining how collectors can make gains or profits from watch collecting - i.e. specifically "Capital Appreciation".  I get such requests from time to time, either for video

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This watch was also photographed at the Collectors Dinner reported earlier. The owner had also just received delivery of this watch from the IWC factory. A rare piece and highly popular in absolutely mint condition. Please note that clicking onto the image and downloading it is your assent to my condition of use that All Rights are Reserved and not for commercial use. I only assent it being

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Photographed this watch just hours after the owner collected it from the JLC Boutique here in Singapore. Click on the image below to download the wallpaper.  Please note that clicking onto the image and downloading it is your assent to my condition of use that All Rights are Reserved and not for commercial use. I only assent it being downloaded to your personal computer and for your personal use

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Watch enthusiasts never need a reason to gather to talk and enjoy sharing information, experience and watches amongst friends - with good food. We had one yesterday where 21 collectors met at Xi Yan Restaurant located at Craig Road (Singapore)  yesterday evening for a private 10 course dinner. Xi Yan is special because its a restaurant that allowed us to not only enjoy the whole floor (private

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(Image from Watch Report) Rolex announced earlier this year that the venerable Explorer 2 will be replaced by a larger model - up from 40mm to 42mm case. Even larger than the current GMT2 and Submariner models. Is this an updated version, upgraded or just upsized Explorer 2? If the materials and finishing of the current Submariners and GMT2 is anything to go by, the New Explorer 2 will probably

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According to Thierry Stern the CEO of Patek Philippe in a report in Bloomberg, he believes that it is wrong for the Swiss industry to over rely on China as the market to continue absorbing the bulk of the exports for Swiss Watches. According to the report, currently half of the exports from Switzerland go to China. However, due to factors mentioned by Stern, he expects that China will ultimately

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The Reverso is an iconic timepiece for JLC. It represents the brand's unique position of being both innovative yet historically rich watch company. The 2011 Ultrathin Reverso harks back to a time when thin watches represented high horology as it needed far more precision in manufacturing and assembly than larger movements. The return to elegance and gentleman watches like this Reverso as worn by

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On 17th April, JLC hosted a dinner at Burkhill Hall at the Singapore Botanical Gardens. An early colonial black and white building. While it was intended to be a dinner for collectors to view the 2011 Novelties, coincidentally it was the 80th Anniversary of the Reverso. While there were many attractive new models for 2011, none was more appealing than the reissue of the original ultrathin Reverso

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BLOOMBERG VIDEO REPORT An interesting news report about the forecast of the Swiss luxury watch industry for 2011. Due to natural disasters in Japan and the middle east conflicts, the expected growth will not be as good as recent past. Will the cooling effect on the industry result in a slowdown of the price inflation of Swiss luxury watches? I suspect not unless the downturn continues for an

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Here is a montage of Mr Rolf Schnyder taken in May 2010 when he was here in Singapore where he hosted a grand dinner for friends and collectors of Ulysse Nardin. Click on the image to view it in high resolution. Note that the file is very large and will take some time to download. - HT

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After a short illness, Mr Rolf Schnyder the CEO of Ulysse Nardin on the 14th April 2011. Rolf over the past decades after his acquisition of UN, shaped the company into a highly respected and innovative company. Considered by many to be a horological visionary who was able to deliver on what he considers to be high horology. His passing comes as shock and his absence from the watch industry will

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Just days before the Basel 2011, Hamilton has kindly cleared my publishing of the new models to be launched at the international exhibition. It was a great honour for us here in Singapore and especially for me to be able to photograph and release the new models evens before it was officially launched. There was at least a dozen models this year - all of which fall into nostalgic themes. These

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On March 11th Hamilton hosted a sumptuous lunch for a small group of respected collectors at the OTTO Restaurant at the RedDot. The lunch was intended for collectors here to have a peek at the Basel 2011 offerings from Hamilton. The brand famous for its Ventura line of watches seen in many Hollywood movies had more than a dozen new models for the lunch party to savour. On hand from Hamilton was

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Seiko announced that it is now the official watch partner of FC Barcelona - the world famous football club from Spain. As an internationally renowned football club, Seiko seems to have made a huge marketing coup to enter into a long term partnership with the world class football club. According to the press release, Seiko dedicated the Sportura line with the emblem of FC Barcelona on the dial.

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Dr Bernard Cheong a renowned Singaporean collector and columnist for many watch related magazines in the region was recently accorded the recognition of Ambassador by the Fondation De La Horlogerie in Switzerland. His appointment comes as a surprise to many as the Fondation had not given such recognition to anyone in the East before. To many in our part of the world, Dr Cheong had been commonly

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Dickson and Chopard Singapore hosted a Chinese New Year cocktail for friends and collectors of Chopard. It was a great intimate evening of a group of collectors with a varied taste for the watches they collect - at the Dickson Knightsbridge boutique. There are many cliques of collectors in Singapore and I am honoured to be counted amongst this group of close collector friends. At the evening,

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Malmaison the new uber luxury boutique - stems from the ideas of Mr Michael Tay of the Hour Glass. Located at the Knightsbridge along Orchard Road, it opened its doors recently to friends and clients even though some of its displays are still yet to be filled. The world's top handmade luxury goods from all over the world is taking their time to arrive at this beautifully designed store that

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   Collectors never really need a reason for a gathering but Chinese New Year celebrations is always a popular time of the year to meet up and have a feast. Its very much the culture here in our region. This time round, so soon after the post Christmas gathering, it was suggested that we gathered this time to enjoy a renowned Chinese restaurant called Restaurant Ten. We reserved seating for 30

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Bulgari, the renowned fashion and jewelry brand acquired both Gerald Genta and Daniel Roth some time back without a clear public indication of what they are going to do with the two recognised and respected brands in the horology world. Interestingly rather than keeping the brands separate identities like others had done before in brand acquisitions, Bulgari redesigned the dials of the current

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Its here again, the first of two famed annual watch fairs has begun. SIHH now annually held in January of each year at Geneva- the other is BASEL FAIR which is usually held in April. Everyone commercially connected to the watch industry is expected to make the annual pilgrimage to these fairs. The SIHH fairs are essentially the fair for Richemont brands (save for independents like GP and AP) and

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On Tuesday 11th January, Dickson Watch & Jewellery opened its new flagship store in Singapore at the Knightsbridge along Orchard Road. With this new store, Dickson has shown that it has serious intentions to become a major player with other the top tier retailers like Hour Glass, Sincere and Cortina. Unlike the other Dickson outlets that focussed on a handful of sure fire brands, Dickson will be

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Just before 2010 came to an end, a group of collector friends got together to celebrate the year that went by and found it a useful excuse to meet up yet again to have a great meal, nice wine and conversations about watches. Being a gathering of like minded collectors, several turned up with watches on both wrists - which is not uncommon for this particular group of collectors. All without

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Sometime back a few of us collectors had a small gathering and I personally requested that those who had a MIH watch to wear or bring it along. To my pleasant surprise, a large majority of us own a MIH watch. Each of us had different experiences with the watch and they all kindly agreed to let me have their feedback to my review questions, from their unedited replies I compiled the review.

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While I was conducting a back up and delete exercise of all photograph directory, I found the lost photos as a subfolder in one of the older folders of photographs - reported here earlier. How it images ended there is a mystery to me. Possibly a mis-click when I was processing the photographs with the Canon DPP software. In any case, better late than never. Here is the montage of the evening at

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A deceptively simple looking three handed dial measuring 41mm in diameter with a discreet exhibition back that showcases its tourbillon cage with quality finish and workmanship and a new caliber that one would expect from top Swiss brands. The Galet Classic features a “Tourbillon Double Balance Spring” which was conceived and manufactured with the master watchmakers of La Fabrique du Temps.

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Today I had the great fortune of having a sumptuous lunch with Mr Laurent Ferrier who was in town with his colleague, Mr Olivier Muller. As Mr Ferrier spoke no English, Mr Muller kindly translated much of the conversation. Mr Ferrier started his new brand under his name this year having left Patek Philippe where he worked for 37 years. Being one of the more senior watchmakers at Patek, Ferrier

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It's easily noticed that quite a few watch collectors are also fountain pen users or collectors. Is it because the motivation is that luxury pens are also status symbols or inherent investment value? Or are watch collectors also fervent writers who prefer to use the fountain pens as their instrument of communications? There are many who believe that fountain pens are anachronistic remnant of the

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Early this year I blogged about the astronomical growth of watch replica sites. This week, Yahoo News reports that the US authorities have shut down dozens of websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated music. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said ICE had "executed court ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain

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The NYT/IHT published an interesting report about the business strategy of MB&F a couple of days ago. The brand itself has a growing faithful following but Max Busser the CEO was not satisfied with just having the current customers.Every year since formation of the brand, Max would be flying to the main markets of his watches. He has clearly indicated that Asia is his biggest market and now

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IWC Singapore launched the new Yacht Club with sytle yesterday at the Marina Keppel Bay with a two part event. The first being a cruise on two 40ft sailboats (and a ocean going trimaran that served as the mothership for transfering between the two smaller boats) around the Singapore harbour and the second part with an evening dinner at the Prive Restaurant at the club Marina Keppel Bay. For the

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Having made their way from the other side on their global tour, the Devon team arrived in New York to launch their new brand with Tourneau at 5th Avenue. I had expected a small low key cheese and wine event but in New York, such things do not exist. An event clearly for the upper crust clientele of Tourneau - all dressed up in cocktail dresses and Armani suits - right in the middle of the week.

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In an incredible bit of bad luck, while I was processing my images on the Canon DPP software of the images I took that evening, all the files disappeared from my hard disk. A most unfortunate turn of events with several captures of watch personalities in addition to Francois Paul, many of the collectors from TimeZone was there to join the celebrations. I nevertheless had a few captures from my

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This watch has been the talk of many watch related sites and the brand is now on a global tour to showcase the Tread 1 to collectors and agents - taking the challenge to the established brands today. Judging by the immediate responses to the photos then to the launch itself, it seems that this very large watch has made some positive impact on the collecting community everywhere. Does the Tread 1

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Its a rewarding piece of news, to learn that someone would rank my blog so highly amongst so many outstanding blogs on horology. Check out the report by a non profit resource website: The 50 Most Interesting Watch Blogs - HT POSTSCRIPT - I just found this page called blogrank. In this particular site, it ranks watch sites in terms of various flavours of hit rates from different methodologies.

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Following on the earlier post about photographing the Dufour Simplicity with the use of two iPhones (*using the free TORCHLIGHT app). At the dinner gathering of Los Angeles TimeZone collectors, I tried out this method as a variation of the idea. This time round, I used just one iPhone (again with the Torchlight app) and a restaurant napkin. The image above is the product of the method. The

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Work related pressures in recent months have taken me away from my passion and opportunities for photographing exquisite used pieces. However, now being on academic sabbatical, travelling for some time in the North American cContinent visiting academic institutions, I enjoyed not only photographing amazing collections of private collectors but the generous hospitality of those who hosted

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] I was recently invited to photograph the HW Z6 Alarm at the local authorised dealer's premises (together with the latest Opus - but more of that later). I am not a big fan of the stable of HW watches but I understood their significance and admired how they succeeded in striding the world of high end jewelry and high horology. The Z6 was quite an eye opener for me, or should I say ear opener.

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You have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by artistic beauty. For those who are horologically inclined, one of the highest criteria is given to the expression of the finishing quality of a watch dial or movement. Clearly the material used would impact such quality and many who have handled or owned the GP Three Bridges Tourbillon would agree that the level of artistic beauty of the three

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On 15 July a small select group of 15 collectors gathered at Thong Sia Building in Singapore to enjoy the presentation on the history and development of the Grand Seiko watches. The event was organised by Mr Peter Chong together with Thong Sia Singapore and Seiko Epson Japan. Three staff members from Seiko Epson was flown here - Mr. Noboru Hosokawa (Engineer), Ms. Chitose Masuda (Master Craftsman

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Listen to the audio broadcast with Peter May about the state of horology in England and the interview with George Daniels and Roger Smith. Makes for interesting update for those interested in what is happening in the UK. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to the AUDIO BROADCAST.

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