OMEGA is proud to be serving as Official Timekeeper at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. Omega said they are pleased to be able to bring the expertise they have developed at the world’s premiere sporting spectacles, including 24 Olympic Games, to one of the most exciting athletics meetings on earth. Their timekeepers and data handlers are on...
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Parmigiani Kalpa XL MJF 2010 Limited Edition
To reinforce its close association with the world of fine arts, music and culture, Swiss luxury watch maker Parmigiani Fleurier continues its partnership with the 44th Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), which recently concluded in the Swiss resort town.
The tradition established by Claude Nobs of presenting a Parmigiani watch...
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Tags: Grande, Kalpa, limited edition, MJF 2010, Montreux Jazz Festival, Parmigiani, Special edition, XL
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Maria Sharapova, the tennis champion, wearing her white TAG Heuer Formula 1 Stainless Steel and Ceramic watch and the TAG Heuer sunglasses she designed, drove the TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster around the streets of Manhattan Beach, catching the eyes of beach-goers and fellow drivers alike.
Maria Sharapova, the TAG Heuer Tesla roadster and the F1...
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Tags: Formula 1 Steel & Ceramic, Maria Sharapova, Tag Heuer, Tesla Roadster
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Now entering the Admiral’s Cup Collection that is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010, Corum Admiral’s Cup Black Chronograph 40 Limited Edition already has the makings of greatness. Loyal to the aesthetic design that has forged the collection’s admirable reputation, it proudly bears the identity codes of its siblings: a 12-sided case and nautical pennant...
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Tags: Admiral's Cup, Black PVD, chronograph, Corum, limited edition
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Comparing with traditional wristwatches, newly-launched MB&F Horological Machine No4 Thunderbolt is so special.
A traditional wristwatch has a relatively straightforward role: to tell the time. All that is needed is a hand for the hours, another for the minutes and perhaps a power reserve indicator to keep track of running time. Horological Machine No4 Thunderbolt...
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Tags: A-10 Thunderbolt, Horological Machine No4 Thunderbolt, MB&F, titanium
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Cam, transporters, telescopic hands; the UR-203 reveals it micro-mechanics for all to see. Within this special Limited Edition which limited to 20 pieces the cams, the rubies and the transporters that ensure the ultra-precise alignment of the telescopic hands indicating the minutes, are all revealed. Time is translated into a metallic choreography of sublime fluidity.
“Urwerk UR-203 Black...
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When astronaut Lieutenant Basic Thomas P. Stafford (USA) and cosmonaut Lieutenant Normal Alexei A. Leonov (USSR) shook hands in the docking hatch which linked their respective spacecraft, the place pioneers, together with their crews, had been wearing OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Chronograph watches on their wrists.
The 35th anniversary of their historic handshake is commemorated with the...
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Tags: 35th Anniversary, Apollo-Soyuz, limited edition, Omega, Professional, Speedmaster
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Inspired by the epic adventures of Guillaume Nery, Ball Watch Company has created a watch in the Ambassador’s image, Ball Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime Automatic 45mm, launched to great fanfare. Ball Explorer Guillaume Nery on the watch for the first time at the fair and could not resist!
Guillaume is known as a talented...
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Tags: 45mm, Automatic, Ball, diver, Engineer master ii, Guillaume Nery, World Time
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New York, NY (July 14, 2010) – On Thursday, July 22 at 4 p.m., luxury watchmaker Hublot and legendary soccer club Manchester United will team up for a unique outdoor event that will bring back the World Cup fever to the Big Apple.
Professional players Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Nani, Darren Fletcher, Michael Owen and...
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Tags: Hublot, Manchester United, UNICEF
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Louis Moinet had a close friendship with the great A. L. Breguet and was also a genius of his era, who had created many extraordinary masterpieces for such eminent figures such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson and King George IV. The brand named after him seeks to follow the master’s footsteps.
Jules Verne takes its...
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Tags: Asteroid, Instrument 1, Instrument 2, Jules Verne, limited edition, Louis Moinet, Mars, Meteoris, Moon, Rosetta, tourbillon
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