Andrei Kluska, Author at Watchisthis

20Avr 2017 by Andrei Kluska 5 Comments

Just letters – QLOCKTWO W by Biegert and Funk

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The “no hands” watches are not a novelty today: from the simple and now classical digital Casio watches to extremely complicated mechanical watches which display numbers using mechanical solutions, the watches with no hands have always been on the wrist of people searching for something original or for people that just don’t like the classical hands watches. The watches from Biegert & Funk are not new on the market and display the time in an original mode using letters and showing the time in 5 minutes increments. In 2012, Biegert & Funk released the Qlocktwo W (the wrist version of the wall and desk clock) in a 35mm square version. This was expected and well received by the fans of the brand. The watches with a dimension of 35 by…

13Avr 2017 by Andrei Kluska 1 Comment

The perfect hybrid smartwatch? ZETime by MyKronoz Switzerland

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We are witnessing an entire horological revolution: classical watches towards smart watches and smartwatches towards classical watches. Just think on how classic watches are going smarter like the Longines VHP, which is actually a smart watch with micro-processors and sensors but doesn't synchronize with phone and doesn't have notifications. On the other hand, think at the smartwaches, for instance Samsung S3 done with Artya to be more close to a classic Watch (to read more about it jump on the last issue of our magazine by clicking HERE). Everybody wants what the others have... This seems somehow logical as both sides try to keep their customers and gain new ones. In the last two years the market was assaulted by better horological smartwatches and more classical designed smartwatches, but there…

09Avr 2017 by Andrei Kluska No Comments

E-Strap – the smart alternative from Frederique Constant

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Till a short while ago you had to decide if you wanted a classical watch, whether mechanical or quartz, or a smart watch, relatively bulk and heavy with a touchscreen and a short battery life. A short time ago, the Horological Smartwatches from Frederique Constant, Alpina and Salvatore Ferragamo were released, all based on a platform developed by MMT Swiss Connect, offering a smart function in a classical looking watch and with more than one year battery life. But you still have to put away these smartwatches, when you want to wear your favourite classical watch. The next step was achieved by the release, at the end of February, of a watch strap with a built-in smart module, which has the same smart function as the Horological Smartwatches. At last,…

05Avr 2017 by Andrei Kluska No Comments

Oris Big Crown Royal Flying Doctor Service

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Oris is a reputed watch brand with a history starting from 1904. One of the most known collections of this brand is the Aviation Collection and the most known watch is the Oris Big Crown, which was introduced in 1938 – a pilot watch with calendar and an oversized crown that allowed pilots to operate the watch without removing their leather gloves. Recently, Oris continued the charitable work started in 2013 and together with Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service (which provides emergency and primary healthcare services to people living in rural areas) released a second edition of the Oris Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition. Based on Oris’ legendary Big Crown collection, the Royal Flying Doctor Service Limited Edition II watch has an oversized 45mm three-piece stainless steel case covered…

30Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 4 Comments

From Russia with love – The Indicator by Colibrica Design

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On the shores of the Volga River, in an old Russian town named Uglich, there is a small watchmaking atelier, Colibrica Design Atelier, where a hand full of people with a big watchmaking heritage work in the shadows of the Chaika watch and watch parts factory, a factory that once had 10,000 employees and where the parents and grandparents of Colibrica’s team worked. The first idea came in 2013, when the Atelier’s team thought that they also could make their own watch. Thinking of the tools they had around them as children the team created the Indicator timepiece, following the lines of the beautiful dial and the construction of the micrometres and other fine measurement Tools. The Indicator watch comes in two sizes: 44mm and 38mm case diameter, both with 10.8mm…

26Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska No Comments

Marloe Lomond Chronoscope

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The Marloe Watch Co. is a young British company grounded by two guys, Oliver and Gordon, with a clear intention to revive the affordable hand-wound watches world. Their successful start-up started last year with the Cherwell watch and continue this year with another really nice project – the Lomond Chronoscope, which is available right now on Kickstarter. The Lomond Chronoscope is a manual mechanical wristwatch that includes a “stop-watch” feature, a ceramic bezel insert and exhibition case-back. It is 43mm in diameter x 11mm high (13.6mm to crystal zenith), 46.6mm tip-to-toe and has a 22mm strap-width. It is a lovely mix of old school and new age which comes in four bezel / dial version: the Classic White dial and the Classic Grey dial with matt ceramic Telemeter scale and…

22Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska No Comments

A glimpse in the future with Longines V.H.P

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Progress is inevitable and one way or another it will take you with it like an ocean wave. So why not embrace it? The same thing applies to the horological parts of our lives. Overall, the progress is there (I am not referring to the classic watchmaking or to the Haute Horlogerie manual techniques): from the first quartz watch the Seiko Astron, more than 40 years ago, till the actual quartz watch is a huge technological advance that cannot be stopped. In the light of progress, Longines released on the 9th March 2017 a new quartz watches line - the V.H.P. (Very High Precision): keeping the Longines signature of elegance, a new type of movement is refining the evolution of the quartz watches, taking it to a new level. This…

14Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 1 Comment

Introducing the Brellum Duobox Chronomètre Black Edition

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Only a few months of existence and already a big success for Brellum Swiss Watchmaking. The Duobox Chronometer has been officially unveiled in December 2016 with a blue and a silver version and was received by both watch enthusiasts and press with an extraordinary welcome. The ingredients are simple: a high-performance movement, a vintage design, quality finishes, the whole Swiss Made and made with great passion. Now, and just before Baselworld, it’s time for the brand based in Porrentruy to present a new version of its Duobox : The Black Edition. Since approximately 100 years, the wristwatches are, let’s say, the same: mainly, a round or quadratic dial and some hands rotating clockwise and I consider that it is hard to come with something new to bring originality to this.…

08Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 1 Comment

The new classic – Straton Syncro

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I see, more and more in the last years, a comeback of the classic watches designs. I could not be happier to have the opportunity to choose between a wide range of new, modern ideas and reiterated classic designs, most of them iconic, especially when these come with an affordable price tag. A modern watch with a classic design comes from the Straton Watch Co., a company that already had two successful campaigns on Kickstarter and made a new one which raised more than 250,000CHF with a watch named Straton Syncro. Following a classic chronograph design, inspired from the successful names from the 70’s as the Seiko Speed-Timer, Bulova Deep Sea or Breitling TransOcean Blue Dial, this watch has the advantages of the modern technique and a warm, vintage look.…

01Mar 2017 by Andrei Kluska 3 Comments

The rise of the machines – Alpina Seastrong Horological Smartwatch

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Smartwatches have now a few years of history - from the first connected watches, the Seiko RC Series in 1984 till the well-known Apple watch, the smart watches are considered by some the future of watchmaking, but this remains to be seen... Personally, I prefer to have a classic watch at my wrist, it doesn’t matter if it’s quartz or pure mechanical. I am tight to the telling time hands, I like to see them move and even if I have a smartwatch, I end up by wearing a watch at one wrist and a fitness band at the other’s wrist. I was very happy to hear, in 2015, about the appearance of the first series of Swiss Horological Smartwatches: Frederique Constant, Mondaine and Alpina using the new Horological Smartwatch…

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