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Introducing: The Zentier Lapis Saute Mt. Fuji Edition for Watch Ho & Co
We’ve said it on multiple occasions, and we’ll say it again; watch clubs are great initiatives. They allow to fuel the passion for watches, to gather with fellow watch enthusiasts and to increase the knowledge in watchmaking. Basically, it’s all about passion for watches. One of them, Watch Ho & Co (WH&C), is based in Hong Kong and was co-founded by Jackie Ho about 2 years ago with the motto “good vibes only.” Today, the HK-based club unveils its second collaboration with young brand Zentier. Following last year’s malachite edition, we now have the Zentier Lapis Saute Mt. Fuji Edition, an accessible jumping hour watcha guichets.Playing on the renewed trend for hard stone dials, Watch Ho & Co. unveiled last year a collaboration with Zentier that was pretty striking, not only in its look but also its display. The Zentier Saute is indeed an accessible take on the jumping hour complication, executed in the traditional “guichets” f
Chopard L.U.C XPS 1860 Red Carpet Edition (Specs & Price)
This year, Chopard celebrates 20 years of partnership with the Cannes Film Festival (the relationship dates back to 1998). In order to honour this long-term alliance, the Geneva-based brand presents a new model dedicated to red carpets and?passion for film-making. Based on the nicely executed?and ultra-thin L.U.C time-only watch, meet the new Chopard L.U.C XPS 1860 Red Carpet Edition.For this edition, Chopard adds a touch of glamour to one of its signature models in the Haute Horlogerie collection L.U.C, the XPS 1860. This version, introduced in 2016, was?based on the traditional, yet highly elegant XPS, an ultra-thin dress watch with a small seconds counter, as a re-edition of the?very first L.U.C watch introduced in 1996. As the first watch entirely produced and manufactured by the Chopard Manufacture it was the first with an in-house movement. It was later followed by a stainless version reviewed here. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Hublot Sports a New Shop in Shanghai - Monochrome Watches
Hublot, a brand always closely associated with sporting culture has opened a new store in the heart of Shanghai's watch and luxury goods epicenter. Let's take a look inside their new West Nanjing Road Boutique to see the latest additions to their starting line-up!Right from the company's inception in 1980, Hublot watches, featuring their distinctive natural rubber straps, have been on the wrists of the world's sporting crowd. By being the first company to mount robust looking cases of steel and gold directly onto natural rubber straps, Hublot became an alternative for active people seeking something with more style than a tool-watch with luxurious tinsel and more substance than an oversized dress watch. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Hublot watches soon found a following with Europe's elite (Hublot became a favorite of Juan Carlos - King of Spain!) Hublot
Blancpain X Fathoms - Monochrome Watches
Blancpain just launched a new and improved enhanced version of the legendary Fifty Fathoms, the X Fathoms. They claim the X Fathoms is the most high-performance mechanical dive watch every produced. Read more to see our verdict.?When judging the launch and press events that took place in?the largest aquarium in the world, the Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo in the Dubai Mall, we almost think that the bad times for the luxury industry are long gone by. But the real focus is of course to find out if the new X Fathoms is as much as Blancpain promises. Ad - Scroll to continue with article In the design of the X Fathoms we can recognize the same looks as in the well known Fifty Fathoms and or its legendary ancestor from 1953. At least of we look at the oversized case with rounded sides and the very recognizable bezel. The dial on the other hand is more busy and h
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT Goodplanet - REVIEW (Photos, Specs and Price) - Monochrome Watches
In 2005 Omega launched its Planet Ocean collection, a second collection of dive watches, positioned above the Seamaster Professional collection (the James Bond watch) and it has been a huge success since day one. The Seamaster Planet Ocean is available in two sizes, 42mm and 45.5mm, and in 2011 Omega introduced the Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph 9300, which we reviewed and photographed for you here. Two years later, in 2013, Omega introduced the long-expected Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT. We’re going to review the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT Goodplanet for you today.The Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT, or short PO-GMT, is available in the known colour codes of the Planet Ocean, with a black dial and silver/white markers and hands. Only the tip of the GMT hand and the word GMT on the dial are in orange. There’s also a special model with a navy blue dial and bezel that is created as a tribute to the partnership between Omega and the GoodPlanet Foundation. And that̵
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