Archive for April, 2008

Spring Drive Spacewalk by SEIKO

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Here is a shot of the new Concept/Limited Edition watch from Seiko, the recoil Drive Spacewalk.
Very cool name and some very impressive specs, especithe entirey the case that is 53 mm L x 48.
7 mm W. Hit the jump for official press images and for a lengthly but interesting press release. I visited the [...]

LVMH acquires Swiss watchmaker Hublot

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

[ bear down on Release via LVMH ]
Paris, 24 April 2008
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury group, announces that it has signed an compliance to gather the Hublot group, a culmination of the distance watchmaker enjoying very strong growth.
LVMH will acquire Hublot from Mr Carlo Crocco, who founded the [...]

BASELWORLD 2008 Reports Record Numbers

Friday, April 25th, 2008

For 2008 the Baselworld check out and Jewellry Show once again produced record numbers.
Baselworld 2008 had 2,087 exhibiting companies from 45 countries spread across 6 halls and over 500,000 accord feet of exhibit space.
A record 2,981 journalists showed up this year which is up 8% from persist year. Most importantly a record 106,800 [...]

Bulgari In 2007 Qui Va Piano Va Sano

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

  While Bulgari?s 2007 results are degre less florid than those of its competitors, they are excellent nonetheless.

With a productivity of 1,091.
0 million euros, up near 8.2% compared to the 1,008.7 million recorded in 2006 (+13.6% at comparable exchange rates), Bulgari limited the year 2007 with an operating profit of 164.5 million (+4.7%) and a [...]

MOST WANTED: De Grisogono Meccanico

Monday, April 21st, 2008

After a efficacious Baselworld launching the Meccanico over De Grisogono may be one of the most wanted watches applicable. Unfortunately it is not even available as the entire 177 are even now sold outside. I did not bag a chance to find out the price, but pit completed $100,000 is a worthy guess. This watch [...]

Piaget names new celebrity ambassador

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Beijing—Piaget hin the way that named international performer Maggie Cheung as its newest sort ambassador.

Cheung, a Cannes Film Festival chief Actress, testament choice act for Piaget worldwide.
The actress has appeared in more than 70 films, including works beside fabulous director Wong Kar-wai and, most recently, the films [...]

Nº 6 Tourbillon Planétaire Skeleton SuperLigero Concept by FRANC VILA

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

doubtless one of my favorite eyeballes from the Baselworld show is the Franc Vila Concept Tourbillon Planétaire Skeleton SuperLigero. The case is made of murky titanium with a special elliptic and circular bezel, which is signature Franc Vila. The crystal and the caseback are both sapphire with double sided anti-glare treatment. It is water combative [...]

Rolex renews partnership with golf association

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

advanced York—Rolex Watch USA has renewed its participation with the American lesser Golf Association (AJGA), a partnership that has existed since 1983.
The AJGA is the nation’s premier junior golf organization, with more than 70 local tournaments. The association’s tournaments showcase junior talent seeking collegiate careers, and its alumni [...]

One Million Dollar Big Bang by HUBLOT

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

The Hublot One Million Dollar Diamond great pop is by now sold, on the contrary the owner was nice ample to authorize Hublot to display it at their Baselworld booth this year. Of trail it was under the stipulation that it would be protected next to a self-concealing Raptor put the wind up system. TimeZone.com [...]

SIHH Basel 2008 Rolex Impressions

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

The 2008 Basel show is lovingly called “this time of year” around the Rolex boards.
The rules of the game are that Rolex S.
A. does it’s live befallst to guard their latests untill the commence of the show, and the rest of the world seems to be hunting down every sectionicle of information available. It [...]