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Displaying: all articles from 2013
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Patek Philippe sound timely warning as Far East watch sales tumble
It’s not been good news of late for Swiss watchmakers in China. Timepiece sales have tumbled amid warnings from the chairman of revered watchmakers Patek Philippe. It was Thierry Stern who had foretold in 2011 not
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Lifestyle: Wayne Rooney, Jack of All Trades (But master of one)
The topsy-turvy career of Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney looked to be steadying and straightening out after surviving several treacherous snags, but recently it has continued to display the ability to execute more
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6 great watch and sneaker combinations
In America they call them sneakers, in the UK we call them trainers. Whatever your term for rubber soled shoes, they have become the footwear of choice for everywhere from the workout to the workplace,
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Underwater Wednesday: Rolex Submariner
Underwater Wednesday is a series that looks at one of the most popular genres in men’s watches, the diver’s watch. In truth, the vast majority of diver’s watches are likely to be subjected to nothing
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A Closer Look At: Bulova
The A Closer Look At series explores second tier watch brands that have been producing watches for decades, often centuries, but for one reason or another maybe aren’t as celebrated as other watchmakers. Having previously taken A
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A Closer Look At: Concord
This article was written and contributed by Jonathan Fairfield, a Writer and English Teacher living in Thailand Concord is another one of those redoubtable Swiss watch brands that seems to have been around forever, but one
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Vintage watch Wednesday: Patek Philippe Jumbo Nautilus 5711G
Each Wednesday we identify a pre-owned vintage watch of outstanding quality and desirability. This week the watch that has caught my eye is a Patek Philippe Nautilus. The Nautilus was the first luxury sports watch
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Watch of the week: George Daniels 4-minute Tourbillon
This could be the ultimate retirement watch for some lucky soul. It’s a George Daniels 4 minute Tourbillion with a slim Co-Axial escapement and compact chronograph mechanism circa 1991. It is estimated that it will
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Lesser known watch brands: Zodiac
We regularly focus on a watch brand that is quietly and efficiently creating quality watches but without the harsh glare of publicity afforded to the likes of brands such as Rolex, Jaeger LeCoultre, Omega or
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Christophe Claret X-TREM-1 set to wow Baselworld
It’s as if Christophe Claret and his team of boffins at Manoir du Soleil d’Or, in the nearby town of Le Locle, deliberately set out to create a watch, which at its core, uses the
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