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Breitling Navitimer 8 B01 - Inc. Historical & Strategical Background, Specs & Price
This is a fact: Breitling is changing. Since the arrival of Georges Kern (ex-CEO of IWC Watches and ex-Richemont) and CVC Partners at the head of the brand, some drastic?changes are underway. And we all know that change is both a necessity and the most complex thing to manage. The first evidence of this new strategy is named the?Breitling Navitimer 8 collection, news that already made the headlines and provoked strong debate among the watch community. Now that we’ve had a chance to hear from Kern directly, it is time for us to take a closer look at the collection’s flagship, the?Navitimer 8 B01 Chronograph, and try to give you a clearer view of what is going on at the brand.Breitling’s entirely new strategyBefore we move to the hard task of clarifying the?Navitimer 8, it is important to understand the new, global strategy that Kern is deploying. First of all, the new Breitling is built around a new team which is financially involved (all top managers are shareholders
Buying Guide - Moon Landing 50 Edition - The 5 Coolest Omega Speedmaster Available in 2019
On July 16th, 1969 started one of the most incredible journeys of mankind. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were 3 men – Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. On July 21st, 1969, the Apollo Lunar Module landed on the Moon. A few hours later, 2 of these men will make history, as stepping onto the lunar surface. What was on the wrists of these astronauts? A black-dial sports chronograph made by Omega: the Speedmaster, a watch soon to be named the “Moonwatch” – see here how the Speedmaster has been selected by NASA, in the words of the guy who tested it, James Ragan. The legend was born and this watch became an icon.As we’re about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, we’ve selected the 5 coolest Omega Speedmaster watches currently produced… Because you have to wear one on July 21st!Note 1: we’ve selected 5 NEW (in opposition to vintage) watches, which can be ordered now at Omega boutiques. You can, of course, go for vintage watche
Geneva Watch Days 2020 Postponed To August 26th-29th-2020
After Watches & Wonders (ex-SIHH) and Baselworld announced the cancellation of their 2020 editions amid fears of a possible COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, a group of brands decided that they could react to this situation and offer, through agility and ingenuity, a different approach to the presentation of new watches. With these lost opportunities to meet retailers and the press, watch brands need to handle business that would have got done there, but in a different way. Hence the creation of the “Geneva Watch Days 2020”. But this was a couple of weeks ago and things have changed in Europe, drastically. With the current situation and containment policies in most European countries and Switzerland, the Geneva Watch Days can no longer be, at least until the end of August 2020.What were the Geneva Watch Days 2020? It was a self-managed, decentralized, multi-brand event to be held from 26 to 29 April 2020, at the exact same dates as the cancelled Watches & Wonders 2020.
The Vintage Corner - A Watch Less Travelled - The Heuer Autavia Viceroy
Have you ever bought a vintage watch and wondered what life it led before it ended up in your hands? Well, this is a partial history of one such watch, a Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1163.In 2001 I had a long conversation with a retired Iowa farmer called Jim who had a vintage Heuer Autavia for sale on eBay. I wanted to buy the watch but the seller had stated No International Shipping' so I contacted him and we had a great talk about life. Me being a new father and him now retired, his children long gone and how he had learned to build his own website to communicate online, he was a really good chap and eventually we compromised and agreed he would ship the watch to a friend of mine's office at the Tribeca Centre in New York whom I was due to visit a few weeks later.So fast forward three weeks and after a rather busy weekend in New York and more than a few cocktails, I delivered the watch to my watchmaker here in the UK for service. I had bought the watch as stock for my small collector websi
When Omega Re-Issues The Speedmaster Mark II, Monochromes Knights Sit ¡®Round The Table To Duke It Out! - Monochrome Watches
From January to April, the world of watchmaking is beating at the rhythm of press releases, before SIHH and Baselworld. Yesterday, we've received from Omega an interesting piece of news, the presentation of the Speedmaster Mark II re-issue. At Monochrome's offices (not that far from Wayne Tower) this kicked-up more than just a little dust. It set off a mini debate between young lion (Brice) and Middle-Aged Lion (Mario) [Brice - see what I did there! You're in lower case!]. Because Monochrome-Watches is more than just words on website, it's a team, with its members and their own preferences and tempers. So let's present you the new Omega Speedmaster re-issue in a different way. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The new Omega's watch is a nice tribute to one of the greatest piece of Speedmaster range, and it's a vast catalog since 1957. Using the exact same des
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