Buben & Zorweg – New Time Mover System

The TIME MOVER® watch winder technology by Buben & Zorweg has long been distinguished as the best around. The German luxury watch brand has continued to push the envelop and upgrade the cutting-edge technology.

Buben & Zorweg upgraded TIME MOVER with a set of new, advanced features to strategically adapt to the unique demands of today’s high-end, self-winding wristwatches.

Taking about two and a half years of research and development, Buben & Zorweg partnered with partner brand ELMA and developed the state of the art Watch Winder Technology.

Included in the numerous new features of the new Buben & Zorweg Watch Winder Technology is the new Safety Catch Mechanism. This new arrangement allows the watch holder to be both easily and safely clicked into position.

True watch aficionados around the world demand nothing short of the best. Now Buben & Zorweg will deliver less operating sound and energy consumption plus greater durability with the new TIME MOVER technology.

The endurance test results performed were outstanding. Successful testing up to 40,000 hours occurred which represents about an operating lifetime of 45 years. Incredible for a luxury watch!

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Pellikaan Timing Announces New Hendrik Lorentz Luxury Watch

Pellikaan Timing is a Dutch watch brand that just announced their latest luxury watch model – Hendrik Lorentz. Hubert Pellikaan was originally trained as a pharmacist, but started Pellikaan Timing in 2009.

Named after one of Holland’s greatest physicist, Hendrik Lorentz is 1902 Nobel Price winner plus the scientific father of none other than Albert Einstein.

Hendrik Lorentz developed the concept of “local time” formulas and integrated into the new Hendrik Lorentz luxury watch from Pellikaan Timing, it can be located in the scales in the watch dial, separate for each hand.

The engine of the new Hendrik Lorentz tribute watch is the automatic Swiss Soprod A10-2 movement. The engine can be viewed through the back of the watch’s sapphire display with AR coating.

The watch case is made from Stainless steel and has a diameter of 40mm. Other watch measurements of this fine watch include a height of 9,5 mm, and lug width of 22 mm.

Founder Hubert Pellikaan was quoted, “Seeing a rising demand from our customers for a sophisticated dress watch I decided the time was right to introduce the Hendrik Lorentz.”

Pearled silver and matte black colors are typically used in scientific instruments. So Pellikaan Timing has used this color scheme to allow very accurate readability of its new watch, in addition to offering a classic look. watch The movement is incredible. it’s dynamically balanced by Pellikan Timing in 6 positions. The result is extreme accuracy that is within the demands for the strict, chronometric qualification.

The new Hendrik Lorentz luxury watch from Pellikaan Timing is now available for at the retail price of € 1895.

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Monticristi Hand-woven Toquilla Straw Hats

Hat wearing has had different phases of popularuity over the years. But people appreciate good fashion, and the luxury line of hand-woven Toquilla Straw hats from Monticristi are very stylish.

The new Toquilla Straw hats are the culmination of two years of tireless effort by co-owners Emilio Gomez, Pablo Vinueza and Jose Molina. The result is a very fashionable look that retains the classic style of Toquilla Straw hat and uses 100 percent Toquilla Straw.

Considered to be the finest straw hats found anywhere, Toquilla Straw hats are made at plantations that have the ideal climate. In addition, the expertise of the plantation weavers are superior. Monticristi utilizes the best hat weavers found in the towns of both Montecristi and Pile in the South American country of Ecuador.

These custom Toquilla Straw hats from Monticristi are made for the stylish consumer who want to make a true, luxury fashion statement.

Of course, now that summer is hear and we are all trying to be careful about excess sun exposure. Monticristi straw hats are perfect for protecting ourselves from the sun’s harmful rays and helping prevent potential skin damage. It’s time to look your best but also be “Safe and Stylish in the Sun!”

Co-owner Pablo Vinueza was quoted, “It is our intention to make the art of weaving recognizable internationally, fusing it with a touch of contemporary fashion to sustain its prestigious legacy.”

The straw hat’s head band is carefully hand-stitched to the hat. It’s made from the best silk available in India. The result is a luxury product from Monticristi that can be characterized as one of “the finest straw hats” available anywhere.

The start to finish process for each Monticristi hat can take as long as 10 months. It starts with the harvest of the first straw bud – to the final product product being packaged and ready for sale. The actual weaving process involves six, detailed steps. The final outstanding look of each Toquilla Straw hat from Montecristi is only possible from talented, local artisans who have devoted their lives to this craft.

“Natives of ancient cultures have mastered and passed down the art of straw weaving from generation to generation for more than 4000 years.” stated co-owner Emilio Gomez.

You can purchase a fashionable, hand-woven Toquilla Straw Hat from Monticristi online at www.monticristi.com

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Luxury Watch Brand Christopher Ward – Calibre SH21 Movement

Wanting to break the rules of the luxury watch industry, British watchmaker brand Christopher Ward recently announced it will introduced its own in-house watch movement – Calibre SH21

Christopher Ward was establish in 2006 and sent a direct challenge to the mega, $23 billion Swiss watch industry by developing its own movement. The announcement was perfectly summarized by the iconic co-founder of the British luxury watch brand – Chris Ward, “probably the most significant watch industry development by a British brand in the past 50 years”.

Christopher Ward first broke the mold when they became the world’s first pure online luxury watch brand. It was a new paradigm and direct challenge to the traditional Swiss watch industry. Christopher Ward sells more mechanical watches compared to other brands that are based in the UK. About 40% of the company’s sales are overseas with the U.S. being the top market.

After a merger with Synergies Horlogères, the new watch movement which is basically the engine of a watch began to move forward. Since the Swatch Group, which is the luxury watch industry’s biggest manufacturer of movements sets the industry supply, Christopher Ward felt it needed to break away and create for flexibility. The new Calibre SH21 now allows them more independence.

Chris Ward was quoted, “Today, we are advancing to a new level of independence that strengthens the future growth of the business and enables us to develop a family of movements, the first of which is the beautiful C9 Harrison 5 Day Automatic, housing the Calibre SH21, which we also launched today.”

The above photo is the new C9 Harrison 5 Day Automatic luxury watch, that incorporates the first in-house movement, Calibre SH21.

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New CENTURION Platinum Luxury Watches From Grieb & Benzinger

Grieb & Benzinger has just announced their latest creation of gorgeous, skeleton watches – the CENTURION and CENTURION IMPERIAL.

The two new luxury watches continue the tradition at Grieb & Benzinger of creating high quality and beautiful luxury timepieces.

The CENTURION and CENTURION IMPERIAL platinum models are ideal for that watch connoisseur who desires an incredible skeleton watch. Although slightly understated, the luxury watches convey pure luxury with head turning looks.

The driving force behind the new Grieb & Benzinger luxury watches comes from its own CEO Georg Bartkowiak. He used the inspiration of the luxury watch brand’s best selling model – the Black Tulip – to create stunning platinum versions.

Creating a final watch with an all-black appearance has produced an incredible look. The understated value of solid Platinum (PT950) under the watch’s blackened surface is genius. The craftsmanship of the pure hand-skeletonization will definitely appeal to fine watch connoisseurs who simply desire the very best.

What I love about these two new watch designs is how the luxury watchmaker has brilliantly blended the understated look along with an unbelievable bezel pavé set that features with 66 red diamonds. These beautiful diamonds come in the exclusive Princess cut.

The bespoke CENTURION skeleton watch from Grieb & Benzinger has a blackened manually wound movement and is fully skeletonized. It has a guilloché design and has been carefully engraved by hand. The solid, platinum PT950 case is completely blackened and is 43 mm in diameter. This fine watch features a black alligator-skin strap and a solid platinum PT950 blackened buckle.

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Pale Cloud – Spring Summer 2015 Girl’s Fashion Collection

Pale Cloud is a highly popular fashion brand that offers high end, fashion forward, apparel. The luxury fashion brand offers apparel specifically to girls ranging in age from 4 to 14 years old.

Luxury fashion apparel from Pale Cloud has been proudly worn by many including both famous celebrities and royals. The fashion line’s elegant look has been highly respected in the children’s fashion industry.

Pale Cloud just launched a new clothing collection for the worlds top fashion buyers at Pitt Bimbo. Pitti Bimbo has become leading source of international children’s fashion trends and current industry news.

Marion Reynolds is the Creative Director at Pale Cloud and was quoted when asked abut her design inspiration: “SS15 sees Pale Cloud moving into a range of fresh prints on light weight fabrics with silhouettes and colours inspired by ancient Japanese culture.”

Several of the notable garments of this new fashion collection from Pale Cloud include:
– Delana Jacket in Pale Peach Silk/Wool Jacquard
– Jamie Playsuit in Gold Foil Printed Silk
– Ora Dress in Silk Crepe with hand drawn Veiltail print
– Skyler Dress, Colour Blocked
– Akoko Dress in Brush Stroke Printed Cotton

Marion Reynolds states, “this is the largest and most diverse collection I have designed so far. We have used some new fabrics that have the luxurious handfeel that Pale Cloud customers have come to expect but are easier to wear for busy girls.”

You can find the Pale Cloud collection of luxury fashion for young girls in the world’s finest department stores and boutiques.

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Photography by Piotr Motyka at Jackie Gibbs Agency




HotBlack Smartwatch – View Live Soccer Scores!

With the 2014 World Cup in Brazil underway, the best soccer teams are still battling it out to be crowned the world champion. True football / soccer fans would love a way to follow the score of a game in progress. Take a look at the new Hotblack smart watch.

British physicist Richard Hoptroff and his company HotBlack London designed a luxury watch that not only tells the current date and time, but also the scores of any live soccer match in analog fashion.

The HotBlack Smartwatch is 44mm in diameter and made from 316L brushed stainless steel that’s been coated in black PVD. The result is a tough watch that’s high corrosion resistant. Although still a prototype, the new luxury watch also features a sapphire crystal glass that is scratch-proof.
The watch offers clean numbers and a simple black-and-white contrasting, color scheme.

HotBlack Smartwatch - read soccer game scores

The HotBlack Smartwatch is water resistant up to 50 meters or 5 atmosphere. The watch’s Lithium battery has a life of up to 3 years.

The Hotblack watch features four different dials. Each watch dial provide a different function. The primary dial presents the actual time during the day. The other three sub-dials offer various tasks that depend on if a soccer match is underway. Hotblack operates by transmitting data via Bluetooth technology. Just press of a button to see the live score of a soccer game plus the remaining time.

Experienced watchmaker and designer Richard Hoptroff was quoted, “In today’s society, watches have become items of luxury, rather than utility. Keeping that in mind, we constructed Hotblack from some of the highest quality materials on the planet.”

Hotblack is from Hoptroff London, who are both designers and purveyors of luxurious timepieces. Hotblack launched a Kickstarter campaign today to raise £23,000 GBP (~$39,000 USD). When available for retail, the luxury watch is expected to be priced at about £990 GBP or $1,650 USD.

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Luxury, BUBEN & ZORWEG VIP Lounge Opens in Zhukoffka Plaza, Moscow

BUBEN & ZORWEG is widely known as a maker of fine safes that come with the very best craftsmanship. The luxury safe brand has opened a luxury VIP Lounge in Zhukoffka Plaza, Moscow.

The new BUBEN & ZORWEG VIP-Lounge in Moscow is a unique concept to arrive in Russia. The luxury lounge was designed with only the best materials and features in mind. You’ll find a special Weapons Safe room that has mirrored surfaces that can become transparent based on your wish. To gain access, you must utilize the state of the art fingerprint scanner to gain entry to the room.protected inside.

“Zhukoffka Plaza” is the most affluent residential quarter in Moscow and was chosen for this VIP lounge because it offers a wide selection of world-class luxury brands, all in one place. You’ll find top interior decoration brands such as Hermès, Christofle, Etro Homme Collection, Ralph Lauren Home, Saint-Louis, Pratesi, A. Raynaud & Co, Phyllis Morris plus numerous other luxury brands.

BUBEN & ZORWEG was founded in 1995 and since, the luxury company is often the first choice from customers desiring fine timepieces. Collectors and connoisseurs also appreciate the offering of precious rarities.

The line of luxury safes from the House of BUBEN & ZORWEG feature luxurious interiors plus superior design. The goal of most customers is to safely protect their precious objects in addition to having the opportunity to display their prized possessions.

Harald Buben of BUBEN & ZORWEG was quoted, “Our masterpieces are first and foremost modern Design pieces and a Highlight in any living room. With them we show our Clients that Safes don’t need to look like simple metal cubes to effectively secure precious items. Our new VIP-Lounge in Moscow is a perfect proof of this.”

ZORWEG Luxury Safes have long been desired due to their unique design plus high-end security solutions. In addition to the company’s highly rated security safes, visitors to the new VIP lounge in Moscow will discover a selection of the best furniture, jewelry, house accessories, clothes, gifts in addition to other items of the highest quality.

For obvious safety concern issues, most BUBEN & ZORWEG customers would prefer to remain anonymous. But there are several famous celebrities who are proud to own a highly secure safe, including: Angelina Jolie, David and Victoria Beckham, Michael Schumacher, Jennifer Lopez and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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New Alpiner Automatic and Alpiner Automatic Chronograph Watch from Alpina

The current Alpiner Collection line of luxury watches from Swiss maker Alpina, is influenced by an Alpiner automatic model from the 1950’s. Two new watches include the Alpiner Automatic and Alpiner Automatic Chronograph.

Each luxury watch features clean lines and a stylish dial design. They also offer the classic reliability and high quality you expect in a luxury watch. Alpina has been manufacturing fine watches since they invented the modern, sports watch back in 1938.

The new Alpiner Collection by Alpina is simply the elegance of sports and fine craftsmanship from a Swiss watchmaker.

The new watch collection features a combination of the “glass box” sapphire crystal with the dome shaped sunray finish dial with a clear cut case and lugs. The result is stunning as it gives the stylish Alpiner watches a unique classic look but at the same time, appear quite contemporary. The watch’s 3-link bracelet also adds the unique combination of elegance and performance.

Alpiner Automatic (AL-525)
The Alpiner Automatic sports watch from Alpina encases the AL-525 automatic 3 hands date movement. This incredible watch has a 41.5 mm diameter is available in three sunray finished dial colors: silvered, grey plus black. The dial also has rose gold colored indexes and numerals which can be seen under the anti-reflective treated “Glass Box” sapphire crystal.The new Alpiner Automatic comes in stainless steel, in addition to bi-color, stainless steel yellow PVD coated versions. Customers can also choose between a stainless steel or genuine leather bracelet.

Alpiner Automatic Chronograph (AL-750)
The new Alpiner Automatic Chronograph sports watch from Alpina is engineered similarly to the Alpiner Automatic watch. The handsome looking Alpiner Automatic Chronograph surrounds the AL-750 chronograph movement. It comes with a telemeter scale on the watch dial to assist with time-distance calculations. This new luxury sports watch from Alpina is available in four different dial variants, including: black, silvered, silvered with grey “eyes” plus grey. The watch also features rose gold colored indexes and numerals. The stainless steel case is 41.5 mm in diameter and can be purchased with either a stainless steel or genuine leather bracelet.

On the back of either Apliner watch model is the engraving of the iconic Alpina “3 summits” symbol. This classic symbol represents the mighty Swiss mountain peeks – Jungfrau, the Monch and the Eiger. This style has been the Alpine brand signature since 1883.

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Hublot Introduces New “Big Bang Ferrari Russia” Watch

Luxury watch brand Hublot recently unveiled a special edition watch titled – Big Bang Ferrari Russia.

Swiss watch manufacturer is celebrating a successful 10 year period of selling its line of luxury watches into Russia.

According to Hublot, the new Big Bang Ferrari Russia watch features a stunning black ceramic case that measures 1.79 inches or 45.5 mm in diameter. It includes a cylindrical carbon fibre bezel. The striking red moulding highlights the watch’s flyback chronograph movement by making it visible via the sapphire dial.

The unveiling of the new luxury watch from Hublot was held at the company’s 10th year anniversary party in Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow, Russia.

There will be only 25 Big Bang Ferrari Russia timepieces manufactured. Each one is made with two straps that are interchangeable. The luxury watch has a water-resistant rating down to 100 meters, in addition to offering the owner a 72-hour power reserve.

The iconic Ferrari horse log is featured at the 9 o’clock position of the watch dial and is gold in color. The watch dial also features a column wheel plus dual horizontal coupling. The Hublot watch has a frequency of 28,000 vibrations per hour.

The big Hublot event in Moscow was a major success. The guest of honor was none other than Gianmaria Bruni, who is the the World Endurance Champion. In addition to giving racing fans a thrill, Bruni also offered racing tips to some customers who tried out the professional F1 simulator.

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House of Breguet Acquires Two Historic Watch Pieces at Christie’s Auction

CEO Marc A. Hayek is the CEO of Montres Breguet SA and has been committed to preserving the luxury watch brand’s historic and cultural legacy. Breguet recently announced it acquired two historic watch pieces at Christie’s Auction held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The watch company purchased two incredible watch lots. The first was a beautiful Breguet no°4039 watch. This exceptional, half quarter repeating watch features an eccentric hour dial and an indication of the date. This luxury was first Sold back on September 30, 1825 to the Duke of Berwick.

The Breguet no°4039, 18K gold and silver pocket watch is the perfect example of the brand’s extra slim repeating timepieces made “sur les principles des chronomètres” which translates into “on the principles of chronometers.”

The second watch is an extremely, rare Breguet Tourbillon no°1176. This gorgeous timepiece was once owned by Count Potocki. This luxury watch is the first four-minute tourbillon and third tourbillon watch ever made by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Tourbillon no°1176 pocket chronometer watch features a fan-shaped power reserve sector that is calibrated for 35 hours. The watch also includes a small hour dial, in addition to small rings for the two subsidiary seconds.

The total price paid for the two Breguet watches at Christie’s Auction was 750’000 Swiss francs. The no°4039 went for the price of 70’000 Swiss francs. The prestigious Tourbillon no°1176 luxury watch is stunning and was purchased for more than 680’000 Swiss francs.

Both the Breguet no°4039 and Tourbillon no°1176 will become valuable additions to important collection of celebrated, Breguet horological watch pieces.

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