Browsing all posts in July, 2009.
Ulysse Nardin Freak Black Out watch for Only Watch 2009
Ulysse Nardin is a watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland. Historically Ulysse Nardin was best known for being a manufacturer of marine chronometers, but today Ulysse Nardin produces complicated mechanical watches. In that tradition they have created an unique watch for the only watch charity gala. The case is done in 18kt [...]
Hermes Full leather table clock for Only Watch 2009
Hermes, French high fashion house specializing in leather, ready-to-wear, lifestyle accessories, perfumery, and luxury goods. The company is renowned in the fashion world, and its products are considered to be prestigious by virtue of workmanship, reputation, and price. It is recognized by its Duc carriage with horse logo. They have released an unique clock for [...]
Yeslam Aviator II Watch
The Yeslam Aviator II first timepiece the first watch created for and by pilots.Whereas the specific features of the first Aviator model were aligned to jet pilots only, Aviator II is predestined above all for all pilots of aircraft driven by one or more propellers. Air density is a parameter which varies according to temperature, [...]
The Hublot Big Bangs of July 2009
As July closes we want to reflect on two new Hublot Big Bang Watches (more like two new color combination’s) that Hublot has released. The Hublot Black Pink big bang and the Big Bang All Black II. We saw and held these watches at BaselWorld 2009 and although they were quite heavy and bulky we [...]
Jean Dunand Tourbillon Orbital Confucius Watch
Jean Dunand Tourbillon Orbital Confucius Watch. The world of high complication watchmaking and belle horlogerie have married the technical expertise of a master watchmaker with the artistry of a miniaturist painter to produce a unique, one-off masterpiece. The mechanical prowess and poetry in motion of the gyrating tourbillon is enhanced with a miniature painting of [...]
The Annual Calendar a new rising star in the watch world
More practical than the simple calendar, more affordable than the perpetual calendar, the annual calendar is very much the rising star in watchmaking. By establishing the various lengths of the twelve calendar months and by adding one day to the month of February every four years, Julius Caesar certainly did not make things easy for [...]
Luxury Watch maker Omega enjoying the PR from the 40th anniversary
Luxury Watch maker Omega is basking in PR and news glory. All the media outlets including us here at JewelersLounge are writing many articles on the Omega moon watch. Like twitter which was recently estimated to have received 42 million dollars worth of PR from media outlets Omega is happy. They have created a commemorative [...]
Apollo 11 Moon landing celebrated in Berlin at KaDeWe
Omega has opened its exhibition “The 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing” at KaDeWe in Berlin from July 20th to August 24, 2009. KaDeWe which stands for Kaufhaus des Westens (Department Store of the West) is located in the western part of Berlin. Berlin and the Apollo moon mission have something special in [...]
Peter Marino Visits Bell & Ross HQ in Paris
Peter Marino, the famous leather-clad architect and interior designer, visited the headquarters of Bell & Ross in Paris in July. He is best known for his work as the designer of such masterpieces as the Chanel stores in Paris, Tokyo, and New York, Barney’s in New York, the Ermenegildo Zegna flagship building in Tokyo, the [...]
Swiss Watchmakers see distinct fall in volume and value of sales in first half of 09
The first half ended with a deterioration of Swiss watch exports. Monthly results had already shown a distinct fall since the beginning of the year and the month of June was down by as much as 31.9% against June 2008. However, this slowdown only had a limited effect on the cumulative variation since January. After [...]
