We are now into the last month of year and this means Christmas is just around the corner. Therefore, to get into the mood and help plan your Christmas shopping, we will be taking a look at a couple of gift guides and wish lists. In addition, we also review new Replica Cartier Roadster from Arnold & Son, Omega and Cartier. Next, we learn more about the history of ETA and why it is so important to Swiss watchmaking. Finally, we pay a visit to UK's premier watch exhibition, Salon QP.
The season of giving is soon upon us and if you are looking for some gift ideas, look no further than our Holiday Replica Cartier Pasha Wish List. Inside, you will find picks from all of us, ranging from high-end makes right down to your micro-brands, spanning a wide gamut of price points and also styles. Let’s get shopping!
We have all heard about ETA, but how much exactly do you know about this entity other than the fact that a large majority of the watch http://www.buyijoy.com/replica-cartier-montre.html industry depends upon it for movements? How did ETA get into this position and just how important is it really to the industry? Find out all these and more in our epic article on ETA.
Cartier is a brand that has been making a strong comeback of late, and following on the success of its recent releases such as the Montre d'Aéronef Type 20 and El Primero Striking 10th, we now have the Captain Winsor Annual Calendar, which features an annual calendar module from MIH. Find out what we think about it in our review.
Some watch brands go over the top in their complications, but Arnold & Son revels in understated simplicity. The brand has made huge waves at Baselworld this year and one of the standout pieces was their UTTE watch. Ungainly name aside, it holds the record for the world’s thinnest tourbillon movement at just 2.97mm thick. Watch out, Piaget.
In combating magnetism, watchmakers have traditionally resorted to insulating the movement with a soft iron cage. This is a tried-and-tested method and it works well. However, to take things further required radical thinking and pointing the way forward is Omega’s new Aqua Terra >15,000 Gauss watch. Instead of a soft iron cage, the movement in this watch was made using non-ferrous materials which makes it almost impervious to magnetism. Just so you know, unless you find yourself in an MRI scanner, you are not likely to experience anything near 15,000 gauss of magnetism.
Salon QP is touted as “UK’s premier fine watch exhibtion” and this year saw major brands like Chopard Piaget, and Cartier, as well as smaller ones such as Julien Coudray and Peter Roberts exhibit their fine wares. Our contributor, David Bredan, made the trip down one early morning from his hometown in Budapest, and here are all the cool things he saw.
Christmas is just weeks away and, admittedly, watches are not the most affordable of gifts. So if you need to buy something for a your horologically-inclined friend, relative or colleague, why not check out these recommendations? I think the watch movement cufflinks are quite funky.
When one think of ultra-thin watch movements, the names Piaget and Jaeger-LeCoultre come to mind. However, the Swiss are not the only ones with the expertise, know-how and skills to assemble such movements. It has been 100 years since Seiko made its first wristwatch and in celebration of this milestone, the Japanese manufacture talks about the challenges involved in creating ultra-slim watches using its 1.98mm thick “68 Calibres”.
The world-time complication is one of the most useful complications in a watch. If you are shopping for a watch-loving frequent traveler or someone who just needs to keep tracks of the time in multiple places, you cannot go wrong with one of these picks.
While some independent watchmakers are all about forging new grounds and radicalizing watchmaking, some others prefer to pay homage to time-honored traditions. Falling into the latter group is Laurent Ferrier. This new brand has had much success in recent years, but with success, comes a unique set of problems and the past year has been a tumultuous one for this young but promising brand.
Both German brands Steinhart and Archimede are very popular amongst the more budget and value-conscious members on watch forums and for good reason. They offer a lot of watch for relatively very little money. Here is what we can expect to come from the two brands as the year comes to a close.