29Avr 2016 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Introducing The Porthole Watch

Introducing The Porthole Watch

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How to get a place in an industry that is already quite busy? Rogier van de Ree is a watch enthusiast who has a furious love for design. His passion drove him to create in 2015 his own watch brand : Pheidippides Watches. The name of the brand comes from a Greek messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persians. Victory, that’s also what we hope Pheidippides Watches achieves, as they make their grand entry into the world of watches by launching the Porthole timepiece. The brand based in the Netherlands started in 2015 with creativity as a lead motiv. For this new brand, Rogier van de Ree has designed three timepieces: The Inkpot, The Porthole and The Hourglass. The Inkpot was his first…
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08Avr 2016 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Ferragamo goes Smart with Style

Ferragamo goes Smart with Style

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The Salvatore Ferragamo name is legendary in the world of fashion. The fashion label, based in Florence, Italy, has become the definition of style and elegance but also originality and quality. It seems that now Ferragamo is going to make the link between their fabulous past and the new technology that we have today.  They do this with a new version of the iconic F-80 watch, that has been initially introduced to celebrate Ferragamo’s 80th anniversary; the new F-80 Motion. One more brand that understands that Smart can be easy, useful and analogical! And yes, fortunately there is more and more brands that enter in this new market because they know that these Smart watches can be useful for a daily lives by giving us the essential information so many…
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15Mar 2016 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Raymond Weil in harmony with The Beatles

Raymond Weil in harmony with The Beatles

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Raymond Weil has unveiled the biggest musical collaboration in its history with its new limited edition maestro watch that honours The Beatles. This new watch partnership in the music icons series marks Raymond Weil's 40th anniversary and celebrates the greatest music band. At first sight The Maestro Beatles Limited Edition is a really classic timepiece, but when looking more closely we distinguish a multitude of little details. Indeed, we can see that it features the 13 Beatles’ album titles written around the bespoke dial, including a reference to the Help album cover at 4 o’clock. Moreover, the dial and the caseback both feature the official Beatles logo. The watch features a mechanical, self-winding movement inside a 39.5mm stainless steel case. Priced around 1200€ the watch released with the agreement of The…
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26Fév 2016 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
New Mondaine “Contactless” with PayChip prototype

New Mondaine “Contactless” with PayChip prototype

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  Mondaine enhancing the watch functionality with Oberthur Technologies’ contactless payment system- PayChip ™ with NFC. Blurring the lines between technological innovation and horological excellence, Mondaine has once again excelled with a fresh update to its outstanding Mondaine Helvetica No1 Smart watch. Mondaine continues to innovate and has updated its smart watch offering by adding Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless payment technology. A number of the Swiss-made brand’s watches will be imbued with a Mondaine PayChip, designed to offer convenient and efficient transactions at contactless payment points. We already know the Mondaine Helvetica Smart watch, which was inspired by the world’s most used font Helvetica (Latin for ‘Swiss’) which encases modern technology in a design that feels fundamentally grounded in Swiss watch-making. In fact, the only indication that it is…
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04Fév 2016 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
WATCHe turns your Apple Watch in a skeleton mechanical watch

WATCHe turns your Apple Watch in a skeleton mechanical watch

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If you have an Apple Watch but you love Swiss mechanical movement, the new WATCHe application may interest you. The latter indeed offers the ability to display the time on your Apple Watch in the manner of a mechanical movement. Indeed the brand from Geneva offers today a kind of bridge between connected watches and mechanical watches thanks to its new app for Apple Watch. After several years of development of smartphones hulls integrated with mechanical movements, Luc Pellaton decided to give a new dimension to the trend of connected watches.With the launch, of a mobile application designed for the Apple Watch, the spirit of a mechanical movement can now be found as an indicator screen on your smartwatch. For the moment the app is free in the App Store…
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07Sep 2015 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Antoine Tavan 1805 – Exceptional yet affordable

Antoine Tavan 1805 – Exceptional yet affordable

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In 2008 Roger Zarzoso revived the name of the legendary 19th Century Swiss watchmaker Antoine Tavan and now he tries to honor the work of this incredible craftsman by producing his own range of fine timepieces. The brand creates different kind of watches, from high-end tourbillion to handmade skeleton watches. And that’s exactly their last offer, a pure beauty that one might contemplate for hours. Exclusivity does not necessarily have to be expensive. Antoine Tavan 1805 has always made their watches, like this stunning skeleton, in very limited quantities or sometimes only one in the world. This watch is a true work of art and perfectly illustrates how a real watchmaker and jeweler can enhance a Unitas 6497-1 movement. Visually this Skeleton watch has a really stylish and sophisticated appearance.…
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