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Bell & Ross en de kunst van patina

by Kristian Haagen on
BR X1 Red Boutique Edition BR X1 Red Boutique Edition BR 03-92 DesertType BR 03-92 DesertType BR Vintage BR Vintage BR 03 Rafale BR 03 Rafale BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon Titanium BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon Titanium BR 03-94 Heritage Ceramic BR 03-94 Heritage Ceramic BR-01 Airborne Bronze BR-01 Airborne Bronze BR-X1 Carbon Forge BR-X1 Carbon Forge
Shoe polishing, the love of patina and a tight relationship with Chanel has made Bell & Ross a global household name among watch lovers. Will the young French watch brand grow into an auction darling as well? Like my father, I love shoes and the way they age. And when I was a kid my father would pay me a five franc silver coin every time I polished his shoes. I think this is why I love patina”, Carlos Rosillo tells me while visiting the Bell & Ross headquarters in Paris and going through a large book on patina. Certainly not your everyday read – unless you are Carlos Rosillo and Bruno Belamich.
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Harry Winston Opus 14: the jukebox complication

by Lex Stolk on
Since 2001 the Opus series by Harry Winston has been a guarantee for very surprising, perhaps even baffling haute horlogerie creations. The Harry Winston Opus 14 enthusiastically continues the exuberant tradition of astonishing complications. And what's more, this highly complicated watch is rock 'n' roll personified.
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Chopard Happy Sport Medium Automatic Two Tone

by Lex Stolk on
In 1993 Caroline Scheufele devised the Happy Sport watch, which has since become one of the cornerstones of the house of Chopard and achieved its fame and reputation because of the diamonds dancing across the dial. Many variations later the Happy Sport was given a self-winding mechanism on the occasion of its 20th birthday in 2013.
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Breitling Navitimer 01 Limited Edition

by Lex Stolk on
Breitling is introducing its famous Navitimer in a 1000-piece limited edition with a dark gray dial featuring black counters and a Manufacture Breitling caliber equipped with a black oscillating weight. The new face of a watchmaking and aviation legend.
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SIHH 2016: Louis Moinet Memoris lights up the night

by Lex Stolk on
It was in 1816 when master watchmaker Louis Moinet invented the chronograph. Enough reason for Ateliers Louis Moinet, a firm established to honour the memory of Louis Moinet, to celebrate the 200 years existence of the chronograph by introducing the Louis Moinet Memoris 200th Anniversary timepiece. The Memoris is not only made to remember a ‘star’, the watch itself shines as well.
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The electrifiying world of G-Shock

by Britta Rossander on
This year will mark the 70th anniversary of Japanese technology giant Casio and more than 40 years ago, the starting point as watchmakers. Since then shocking things happened. The man behind Casio, Toshio Kashio, was born in Tokyo in 1925, and already at the age of six had the American inventor and industrialist Thomas Alva Edison as an idol. That´s why Kashio worked from the very beginning with his sights set on becoming an inventor himself. In 1946 he founded a company together with his three younger brothers.
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Breitling Chronomat 44 Blacksteel

by Lex Stolk on
With its all-black fuselage, square counters and super-rugged strap, the famous Breitling Chronomat reasserts its feat-driven mission in a new model exuding a powerful and original style. The entire spirit of aviation on the wrist. The Chronomat has always been unique in terms of its peerless performance as well its eminently masculine technical look. It is now more unique than ever with the launch of the Chronomat 44 Blacksteel, as this new version of Breitling’s flagship model once again reinvents instruments for professionals.
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