The seventh annual Watchmaking Grand Prix celebrated earlier this month is the Oscars of the Watchmaking world. All the big players were there, and HublotTV provides us with Internet Video coverage!

Big Players at the awards included Harry Winston, A Lange & Sohne, Hublot, Patek Phillipe, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger LeCoultre, Audemars Piguet, and many many more. This is truly a star-studded Horological event! Would have been awesome to be able to go there and see it in person.

Some of the winners (Laureates):

Golden Hand Grand Prix Prize
RM012
Richard Mille

Special Jury Prize
Reverso Grande Complication à Triptyque
Jaeger-LeCoultre

Best Watchmaker Prize
Jean-Marc Wiederrecht
Agenhor SA

Ladies’ Watch Prize
Ballon Bleu
Cartier

Men’s Watch Prize
Observatoire
Kari Voutilainen

Design Watch Prize
Millenary Watch with Deadbeat Seconds
Audemars Piguet

Jewellery Watch Prize
One Million Dollar Big Bang
Hublot

Complicated Watch Prize
Tourbillon Glissière
Harry Winston

Sports Watch Prize
Chronographe Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi Team
Audemars Piguet

Public Prize
Defy Xtreme Open Stealth
Zenith

Videos:

Part One:

Part Two:

For more info, visit World Tempus: http://www.worldtempus.com/wt/2/1182

Omega Speedmaster Schumacher Legend series watch, my first Omega Automatic Chronograph, and I’m quite impressed with it. Nice Column wheel chronograph movement based on the 33xx series of watch movements. Enjoy!

I’ve always wanted an Omega Seamaster… to be honest, I’ve always wanted the 3, 6, 9 subdial layout model, but that models also uses the 33xx series of movement from Omega, which I have heard has a lot of problems, which is unfortunate. So I have ended up with the Bond Seamaster, which uses a Valjoux 7750 movement, immediately identifiable by its subdial layout.

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This is a sweet watch, and I am really enjoying it. Interestingly so, it seems more busy to me than a Breitling does. Possibly because of the colors and the bracelet and the bezel. I really do like the divots in the bezel… they look really cool. Also its a very robust feeling watch, that doesn’t make me worry about scratching it so much as a Ling (not that I really worry too much about that anymore either).

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I’ve always loved the machined clasps that Omega uses on their watches. They are a bit hard to open sometimes and I have almost pinched myself pushing on the releases, but it looks very nice. No stamped steel here!

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As you can see, the 42mm diameter watch looks very appropriate on my smalle 6 3/4″ wrists. I think this one might be a keeper afterall!

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Previously, we talked about how Bear Grylls wears a Breitling Emergency. Well, turns out Bear is quite the watch enthusiast and now has another watch brand to promote, and that brand is Bremont. A new company out of the UK, Bremont focuses on Aviation watches built to highly exacting standards.

The cases are hardened to 2000 vickers, the hardest of any production watch on the market. Production is limited 1000 of each model, and the English brothers that head the company, Nick and Giles English (pun intended) are aviators themselves, each watch a COSC certified chronometre.

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Check ’em out:
http://www.bremont.com

These little watch rotor cufflinks are a great little gift for the WIS in your family, or just a treat to yourself. If only they were swiss made, that would be perfect, but Invicta makes a nice watch for a fair price, and these cufflinks are certainly affordable!

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At anywhere from $75-110US or so online, they make a great stocking stuffer for the fellow WIS. I picked up a pair for my father, and hope he’ll like them. I might pick up a pair for myself if they turn out to be nice. He’s my guinea pig for now though!

With the jeweled face, and real working rotor these are definately a cool gift.

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