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• Watch on Watch Blog: CEOs Message: On the road to Basel

  2010-03-18 20:05:48

  BASELWORLD 2010 - This year's big event in the world of watches - is getting closer. Watch On Watch sends two representatives of which I am one. There is an enormous amount to see and even if you are there throughout the exhi...

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• Watch on Watch Blog: BASELWORLD 2010 #1: Jacques Lemans New Collections

  2010-03-18 19:24:31

  Jacques Lemans is one of the most successful watch manufacturers in recent years, and this manufacturer from Austria presents a number of new collections during the BASELWORLD 2010: Nostalgia inspired by classic watches from ...

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• Superocean by Breitling (BASELWORLD 2010)

  2010-03-18 07:13:19

  Breitling has revived the design of the legendary divers instrument it launched in 1957. While the technical qualities that have forged the Superoceans reputation have been respected, the timepiece has been given a thorough...

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• TAG Heuer: Carrera Calibre 1887 Chronograph (BASELWORLD 2010)

  2010-03-18 07:07:43

  TAG Heuers legendary motor racing-inspired collection, the Carrera, has been expanded with the new Calibre 1887 Chronograph. Both high-performing and elegant, this automatic chronograph is extremely easy to read thanks to it...

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• BREITLING: Bentley Supersports (BASELWORLD 2010)

  2010-03-18 07:03:58

  The sculpted steel Bentley Supersports special limited edition of 1,000 features a knurled bezel reminiscent of Bentleys control buttons. Under this powerful sporty chassis throbs an exclusive Breitling for Bentley motor, a ...

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• PATEK PHILIPPE: Chronograph Ref 5170 (BASELWORLD 2010)

  2010-03-18 06:59:37

  Eagerly anticipated by all watch enthusiasts, the new Patek Philippe chronograph Ref. 5170 is equipped with the brand new hand-wound CH 29-535 PS calibre, with a column-wheel and horizontal toothed-wheel coupling a movement...

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• Welcome to BASELWORLD 2010! Perpetuating the tradition of Swiss excellence

  2010-03-18 06:56:39

  Backed by centuries-old savoir-faire, our watch and jewellery manufacturers have created some truly stunning surprises this year. The fruit of a whole years labour, or even more in some cases, these works of art are shining ...

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• TISSOT's Veloci-T Gent (BASELWORLD 2010)

  2010-03-18 06:54:47

  Thanks to the new, revolutionary ETA C01.211 chronograph movement recently introduced by Tissot, the Veloci-T Gent brings together elegance and sportiness. Two models share the same black and silver tones, as well as a design...

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• High-End Watches as an Investment Strategy

  2010-03-17 19:31:34

  New York Times: A Patek Philippe Reference 1526, from 1942, estimated at 1 million to 1.5 million Swiss Francs, or $943000 to $1.3 million, sold at Christies Geneva for

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• Lange Zeitwerk has been voted as "Watch of the Year" by Watch Aficionados

  2010-03-14 19:10:35

  The LANGE ZEITWERK by A. Lange & Söhne has been awarded Watch of the Year 2009 by the registered users of the website timezone.com, one of the oldest and most influential web forums dedicated to watches. About 800 watch ent...

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• IWC and Parmigiani Go To The Oscars

  2010-03-12 04:09:02

  WATCHTIME: Top Hollywood celebrities wore IWCs as they made their way down the famous red carpet Sunday night. Taylor Lautner wore the Portuguese Chrono Automatic, Quentin Tarantino wore the Big Pilot, and Robin Williams wore...

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• Jaeger-LeCoultre Online Auction Benefits UNESCO World Heritage Site

  2010-03-12 04:08:06

  WATCHTIME: Jaeger-LeCoultre presents its second online auction, taking place from March 18, 2010, to benefit the UNESCO World Heritage Center. This year, the Manufacture is offering an iconic and unique timepiece: one of the ...

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• BASELWORLD 2010 - Competence centre for the sector

  2010-03-05 04:19:31

  WORLDTEMPUS: The World Watch and Jewellery Show will be opening its doors for the 38th time in Basel from March 18 - 25, 2010. For the professional visitors and exhibitors attending from all over the globe, Baselworld marks t...

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• BLANCPAIN - A Re-imagined Villeret Moon Phase

  2010-03-05 04:19:03

  WORLDEMPUS: Baselworld 2010 marks the 275th Anniversary for Blancpain and is the occasion for the debut of a new Villeret Collection. The first timepiece from this new series to be unveiled is a new complete calendar moon-pha...

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• TAG Heuer and Tesla Motors launch worldwide partnership

  2010-03-05 04:05:03

  Pioneering luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer and electric carmaker Tesla Motors have teamed up in a worldwide partnership as the iconic Swiss brand celebrates its 150th anniversary. On display at the Geneva Motor Show is t...

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• Footballing legend Diego Maradona is Hublot's new ambassador

  2010-03-02 19:10:05

  The watchmaking brand has just signed a partnership with Argentine footballer Diego Maradona. Argentina's current national team coach is also known as the "player of the 20th century" in honour of his exceptional career which...

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• Forbes Magazine: Big Time

  2010-03-01 22:18:45

  Back in 1972, inexpensive quartz watches were flooding the market and the Swiss watch industry was sliding into panic. The mood at the industry's annual fair in Basel was gloom and doom, and some of the show's most pessimisti...

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• A. Lange & Söhne Receives Awards at the "Golden Balance 2010

  2010-03-01 19:20:29

  This year's vote for The best watches in the world Golden Balance 2010 has resulted in two prizes for models of A. Lange & Söhne. While the LANGE ZEITWERK was awarded with the second prize in the category Watches priced ...

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• ZENITH What Constitutes Classic

  2010-03-01 16:18:00

  A picture is worth a thousand words: Zenith CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour depicts his idea of classic with a new El Primero chronograph. At Baselworld 2010, Zenith will present a far more classic collection than this brand und...

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• New Book: Twelve Faces of Time

  2010-02-28 20:34:09

  WORLDTEMPUS: Twelve Faces of Time tells the stories of a dozen epoch-making independent watchmakers. Just published, this masterful book was written by Worldtempus contributor Elizabeth Doerr and photographed by Ralf Baumgart...

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