Ulysse Nardin has just taken the wraps of its entire Chairman handset, which they bill as a “hybrid smart phone” — and actually seem to mean it. Ulysse Nardin surprisingly hasn’t skimped on specs here, there’s that fancy kinetic rotor system for passive charging of the phone, but no word on how much battery life that will actually get you….
Watches
Panerai PAM 104H Series
Panerai offers the Pam 104 as a more contemporary version of the PAM 111, which uses the Panerai OP III Calibre which produces 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour (4 Hz). This is also a COSC Certified Chronometer. It displays the date at the 3 o’clock position. The Panerai OP III Calibre is a Panerai modified Valjoux 7750 movement. Either watch is…
Corum Watches
Corum was founded in 1955 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by Gaston Ries and his nephew, Renee Bannwart, and just one year later the first Corum watches were being produced. Corum’s claim to fame came early on when the company introduced a watch made out of a $20 dollar gold piece which was an instant best-seller. Even though this had been…
New Panerai Store in New York
In December, luxury Italian watch brand Panerai will open a new boutique in New York City, its second stand-alone U.S. store (the other is in Los Angeles). Panerai has been on an expansion binge of late, with recently opened shops in Florence, Portofino, Hong Kong and Shanghai. In addition to the NYC store, openings are planned for Buenos Aires, Madrid,…
A Brief History on Panerai Watches
In the 1860s, Panerai set up a work shop in Florence making precision mechanical instruments. The work shops carried on into the 20th century as “Officine Panerai.” By the 1930s the workshops were making a range of wrist-worn instruments for frogmen; compasses, depth gauges and the likes. In 1935, Officine Panerai were commissioned by the Italian Navy to construct watches…
Aston Martin DBS and Jaeger LeCoultre Watch
Some of us are fortunate enough to purchase a $5000 watch, some of us are even fortunate enough to buy $100,000 cars but only a few are honored with the right and privilege to drive the James Bond car in the same fashion as the man himself. Introducing the Aston Martin DBS and the $35,000 Jaeger LeCoultre watch that starts…
How to Spot a Gray Market Watch
I often get asked from my friends about watches. I am a big fan of beautiful time pieces and truly believe in finding a great deal on a great timepiece. We often hear of replicas flooding the market and of many websites offering discounts on amazing timepieces that they claim authentic, the same ones that are found at retailers for…