Wed 9 Sep 2009
Or at least attempts to. British pop star Lily Allen, famous for her quick wit brazen attitude, advertised that she was selling her brand new Breitling Watch, a new-style Chronomat with white dial and Arabics, for 3200 UK Pounds. She said she paid 4400 Euros for it, but its was too big.
Its a shame, I would have liked to add Lily Allen to our list of Celebrities!
Mon 7 Sep 2009
I just got the most peculiar looking clock photos emailed to me in the mail today. A Breitling clock, with a wood box enclosure, and what appears to be an atomic radio-controlled clock. Based on the photos of the back, it is obviously a very old incarnation of the atomic clock, as new movements are quite a bit smaller. The clock does not function properly at the moment, and was asked as to value, which I haven’t a clue. I question it’s authenticity, as it does not look Breitling-like, but who knows what those folks were up to back then.
It is an interesting peice, and while it may not be work fixing, it is certainly intriguing and would be neat to have on the wall.
Mon 7 Sep 2009
German made, with Swiss movements and Steampunk inpsired designs, this line of watches from Retrowork will seriously get you some stares from bystanders. These are truly steampunk inpired designs with Brass and Steel tumble finished cases complete with pistons and compasses and other neat design features.
The watches are available with both Swiss Quartz and Swiss Automatic ETA movements with the Automatics running $1098, and the quartz watches costing about half that.
Retrowork Compass
Case Diameter: 46 mm
Thickness: 24 mm (17mm without compass)
Crystal: Hardened Mineral
Movements: ETA 2824 (Auto), Ronda 515.24 H (Quartz)
Water Resistant: 200m
Retrowork Piston
Case Diameter: 44mm
Thickness: 18mm
Crystal: Hardened Mineral
Movements: ETA 2824 (Auto), ETA 805.111 (Quartz)
Water Resistant: 200m
Sun 6 Sep 2009
IWC has released their newly re-designed Aquatimer in a solid Rose Gold version, and it looks stunning. While not a fan of the new Steel Aquatimer, I really like this rose gold offering, with their in house IWC Caliber 89360 movement. This is the superb movement used in the Da Vinci Chronograph which features IWC’s signature Pelaton Winding system, and Chronograph hour and minute counters both on the subdial at 12 o’clock. Chronograph second counter is central, and second dial for the time is located at 6 o’clock.
Beautiful display back shows off the nicely finished movement and pelaton winding system. The watch measures a healthy 44mm in diameter and 15.5mm thickness.
