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 Care to dance? At Chanel, it's time to get your booty out on the floor with a rainbow-infused Electro collection that chases our pandemic doldrums away. Arnaud Chastaingt, director of Chanel's watchmaking creation studio, set out to channel the pulsing club vibe of the '90s electronic music scene (driven by acts like Technotronic) and developed the neon theme across Chanel's watch pillars – from J12 and Première to Code Coco. "In the nineties, this musical movement created a radical new visual universe, which could be described as eccentric, vertrauenswürdige replica uhren  a reflection of nightlife and its atmosphere," Chastaingt said in a video introducing the new models. "Electronic music transcended the frontiers of music and created an aesthetic culture." Even if rainbow brights are not your thing, you're still invited to the party with a handful of decadent monochromatic Boy.Friend Skeletons and Mademoiselle Privé pieces that are anything ...

 When it comes to Ulysse Nardin, it's hard not also to think about innovative, avant-garde design. With a steady focus on the use of uncommon materials, novel mechanics, and artistic thinking, the brand in its modern history has made a name for itself with collections like the Freak, and so many individual watches like the Marine Mega Yacht and suggestive Classic Voyeur Minute Repeater, among so many others. This is not to say the brand doesn't also tread in classic watch design from time to time, which they certainly do. In fact replica watches , much of the Marine, Diver, and even aptly named Classico collections do work in-step with very traditional styles and materials. But for these classic looks, it is undoubtedly Ulysse Nardin's experimental work that catches the eyes of most luxury-inclined consumers. Now, the brand is unveiling its latest experimental work in the industry, with three new timepieces that hold inventive thinking centrally from design to execution. Of...

 "At Roger Dubuis, excess and madness are part of our DNA," said brand CEO Nicolas Andreatta in a video welcoming attendees to the 2021 virtual Watches & Wonders show. What you're looking at might be the most excessive Roger Dubuis watch this year. Prized since ancient times for rarity, value, and the capacity to reflect and refract light, the diamond sits at the very top of the jewelry-making pyramid. It's the ultimate medium for ornamental luxury; and watchmakers, replicas relojes working in a jewelry-adjacent craft, have of course been known to use them too. In addition to tourbillons and movements skeletonized to within an inch of their life, Roger Dubuis has got the carats. But sometimes, even a blinged-out skeleton tourbillon ain't enough excess. The rocks in the Roger Dubuis Excalibur line have something we've never seen before in a watch. Roger Dubuis has applied Super-LumiNova to them, letting the bling sing when the midnight hour rings. Each of ...

 With the new 4947/1A, Patek Philippe is offering an annual calendar with a round Calatrava-style case in steel. At 38mm in diameter, it's right in the sweet spot of what a lot of enthusiasts might consider to be an ideal dress-watch size, paired with a matching five-row bracelet in steel. It's a beautiful watch, though it's not the first 4947, a reference Patek has previously used for ladies' references, replika órák  putting diamonds on the crown and bezel. Besides the fact that this round annual calendar is steel, what's unexpected about it is that this time around, at least according to anything I've seen, Patek isn't assigning this watch to any gender. To the contrary, Patek says the 4947/1A's 38mm size matches virtually every wrist. I've not seen this watch in the metal, but I'm inclined to agree. As for the fairly faint blue patterning on the dial, whether any given man or woman will be drawn to it will have little do with gender and more ...

 When it comes to relentlessly pursuing the classic watch ideal in a modern package, few independent brands can top Baltic. It has the vintage-inspired game on lock with dive, chronograph, and field watch designs across its collections. Now, it's taken a core model, the Aquascaphe, and adorned it with a second crown (because, you know, two is better than one). Say hello to the Baltic Aquascaphe Dual-Crown, a super-compressor-style evolution of the existing vintage-inspired diver. This new watch features a double-crown design, but also an internal bezel. In typical Baltic fashion, it's available in multiple dial variations and case materials. There are two steel models – with a black or blue dial – and one DLC-coated case variant with a black dial, and each comes fitted to either a tropic rubber strap, beads-of-rice bracelet, or a recycled plastic strap. rolex replika The Baltic Dual-Crown updates the original Aquascaphe design, with the brand taking lessons learned over four y...

 Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well ... " – although I bet this is not the kind of skull Shakespeare had in mind. This is a real piece of horological exotica – a watch with a very high relief sculpture of a skull on the dial, with a snake whose tail is a retrograde seconds indication, and with a lever on the side which, when operated, sets off the minute repeater, and also makes the snake spring into action. The tail moves forward to point to the minutes past the hour. replicas omega The jaws of the skull open to reveal the words "carpe diem." And a lattice falls into place around the flower, changing it into another form of Louis Vuitton's signature flower emblem. There is a lot going on here and quite a lot to unpack – in standard horological lingo, this is a minute repeater and time-on-demand wristwatch with jacquemart (a term sometimes rendered as "striking jack" in English), and with a jumping hour display. It is justly said that a picture is worth a ...

 ere's the extent of my relationship with watches: As a kid, I had a Snoopy Tennis Action watch, the one where his front leg is the hour hand, the racket is the minute hand, and a tennis ball is the seconds hand. I wanted it so badly. Then childhood passed, and it disappeared. That was 40 years ago. I haven't worn a watch since. I do have an old dead watch from an old dead San Francisco men's store, still sitting in a drawer. Some guy I went on maybe 1 ½ dates with in 1999 gave it to me, very unromantically. I was in his apartment, I picked it up and looked at it, replica rolex and he said, "Take that with you," even though I didn't even know I was leaving. I keep meaning to get it fixed because it's moderately cool (at least to me; at this point, I know nothing about what's really "cool"), but I've had it for so long, I can't imagine I've ever been serious about this. The point is, until HODINKEE called, I basically never though...

 it's no secret. Eric Ripert, the perennial three Michelin star holder and co-owner of New York seafood temple Le Bernardin, has been a watch guy for quite some time. Ripert started fairly young, when his mother gave him a Cartier Santos Ronde upon his graduation from culinary school at the  age of 17. He still has that round Santos in his collection, repliki zegarków  and he has since added several watches from other brands, including Rolex. But it's through the people of Vacheron Constantin, a brand that Ripert has long been a client of, that an interest in, and appreciation for, horology really grew. Visiting Switzerland and meeting watchmakers from Vacheron and other brands offered a window into a world of skilled craftspeople whose dedication resonated with Ripert. Though he reveres Vacheron, Ripert's interest in timepieces isn't bound to just one marque. He loves watches of many types – sporty and dressy, complicated and simple, from a range of makers. Twenty-twen...

in a letter to the editor published in The New York Times in 1959, a reader responded to a recent article reporting that traces of radiation had been found on a Pan Am transatlantic flight – but that a Public Health Services investigation found the radiation levels to be less than that of a wristwatch coated in radium paint. This reader was curious, "If the statement is based on fact, shouldn't the Public Health Service also be investigating radium dial watches?" The use of radium in watches became a hot button safety issue in the 1960s, as our New York Times reader was somewhat early to point out (though the dangers were certainly known at that time). 1:1 replika The mid-century radium scare, however, did result in one of the most iconic dive watches ever produced by Blancpain. Now, Blancpain's entry into the world of dive watches is a fascinating story, and one highlighted in a recently released documentary – one that I found to be immensely entertaining. In short,...

 Humans understand time. We didn't invent it, and we can't control it, but our sense of it is innate. Our first connection is at birth. We become more aware with age and experience, figuring out what to do with time. We mark it with a birthday, once a year seeing ourselves age. Perhaps there's a point where we realize how insignificant human time is. This becomes particularly obvious when we view time geologically or astronomically. Through this prism, replicas relojes we become ever more aware of how precious each moment is. Eventually, we will cease to exist, and the carbon that is our body will repurpose itself on a journey that began 4.54 billion years ago. What we do with the time we are given is life's big question. The "time of your life" is an affirmative saying reflecting our happiness at a given moment. These personal moments, shared and affirmed, are what we live for. Family time, community gatherings, sporting events, graduations, and vacations ar...

 We're back, baby! After a too-long hiatus, I'm happy to announce that our flagship video series returns tomorrow, March 17. For episode 55, we've cooked up a special installment, hosted by Danny Milton, that showcases an impressively eclectic collection of 15 pieces ranging from the Lange Zeitwerk Striking Time, replicas omega 41mm Rolex Submariner, and custom Ochs und Junior you see below to the F.P. Journe Centigraphe, Vacheron Constantin Overseas, and Casio G-Shock by John Mayer you see above. Our guest, you ask? Well, you'll have to tune in tomorrow for the full 18-minute episode to find out. In the meantime, let's just say he's a multifaceted NFL offensive lineman whose impressive resume includes All-Pro honors and a Super Bowl ring. The Pre-Game Show Want to pregame for tomorrow's episode? Here are a few select Talking Watches from over the years to get you ready: Talking Watches With Moki Martin James sits down with a remarkable Vietnam veteran and ...

 As we charge straight into the Year of the Ox, in the watch world, it’s really starting to look like the Year of the Chronograph, with blockbuster releases dominating the conversation thus far. Leading that charge has been the long-awaited update to the omega replica Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional. And while demand for the venerable “Speedy Pro” has never formally waned in the collecting community, Omega’s hesitancy to modernize its most important property had maybe started to get a little long in the tooth, leaving the Moonwatch feeling dated in face of increasingly stiff competition from Breitling, TAG Heuer, and most recently, Zenith. All that changes with the new Master Chronometer-certified Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch, which fully modernizes Omega’s most beloved chronograph and subtly improves its visual identity while deftly appeasing the notoriously picky Speedmaster collecting community. More importantly, though, it finally gives “Speedy-curious” collectors a c...

 While watch brands have a long and varied history of partnerships with the automotive industry, there is perhaps no more famous or enduring bond than the one between TAG Heuer and Porsche. Both brands have shared the Carrera nameplate, inspired by the famously dangerous Carrera Panamericana road race in Mexico, since the introduction of the original Heuer Carrera in 1963. Thanks in large part to Swiss Formula 1 driver Jo Siffert, the two brands have been linked by motorsports many times since the 60’s, including an iconic star turn on the wrist of Steve McQueen in the 1971 endurance racing film, Le Mans. replicas tag heuer former parent company, Techniques d’Avant Garde, partnered with Porsche to develop the TAG-Turbo engine that powered McLaren to three consecutive F1 championships in the mid-‘80s. For 2021, TAG Heuer is renewing and strengthening its long relationship with Porsche, announcing co-branding deals for the World Endurance Championship, Formula E, golf events, tennis...

 one of the strangest side effects of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic on the luxury watch industry is the rise of what might be called “phantom limited editions.” With so many events postponed or canceled, 2020 brought with it a wide crop of limited-edition models commemorating things that never actually occurred, and perhaps the highest-profile example of this is the series of designs Omega released for the (currently postponed) 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. fake rolex kaufen This “phantom limited edition” concept is beginning to drive massive collector interest, as searches for Omega Olympic models were up over 200 percent in 2020 on the popular online watch trading platform Chrono24. With this swelling consumer interest, and with major international events like the Olympics still very much in doubt for the foreseeable future, Omega is doubling down on the phenomenon in preparation for the upcoming Winter Olympics, currently scheduled for early 2022 in Beijing. The new Omeg...

 for watch lovers, the most important feature of this limited-edition Casio watch isn’t the particular design or base model used. Rather, it is the particular manufacturing technique used to create the snakeskin-style motif on the case and bracelet that is worth a great deal of attention. I say this because it is easy to neglect this technical feature and its implications while discovering this very eye-catching timepiece. The watch itself is the Casio G-Shock MT-G Wildlife Promising MTGB1000WLP1, replicas relojes and it exists as a limited-edition (Casio has not disclosed a specific number) released at the end of 2020. The base watch is one that I have a lot of experience with. It is the Casio G-Shock MT-G MTGB1000 watch, and you can see a full review of it on aBlogtoWatch here. Originally released in 2019, Casio recently added a new member to the MT-G collection with the MT-GB2000 (that I will likely review later in 2021). It has a  different design than the MT-GB1000 — tha...