Can the Swiss Watchmaker Survive the Digital Age?
Watch designers typically boast about their latest “complications,” clever ways of creating gear work to power new features, like calendars or extra dials. This year, though When Swiss companies declined to make quartz devices, inexpensive Japanese ...
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June 3, 2015
The Whimsical Song of Jaquet Droz's Charming Bird
One of his most capricious inventions was the wall clock whose dial formed the base of a full-size bird cage. As the cage was made to hang (like a real bird cage would), the dial was seen from below; the cages contained one or two singing “birds” whose ...
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June 18, 2015
Aviator Buffs Yearn for Watches, but Few Pilots Actually Use Them
Bell & Ross of France makes square watches that resemble vintage cockpit dials. IWC Schaffhausen, of Switzerland, offers watches with names redolent of aviation lore, including Top Gun, Spitfire and Antoine de Saint Exupery, the French pilot who wrote ...
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December 25, 2014
The Bovet Amadeo Fleurier BraveHeart: Two Brave Hearts Are Better Than One
The Great Wall of China, the Grand Canyon, and every episode of Friends are just a few examples that spring to mind. If you don't want to rock the BraveHeart as a wristwatch (front or back) then you can leave the case ring open and it acts as a ...
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May 25, 2015
Historic Swiss Brand Angelus Is Back And Presents The U10 Tourbillon Lumière
Graham, named for George Graham (1673-1751) was equally as innovative and famous as Arnold at the time, inventing a lever escapement for clocks in 1710 that to this day continues to bear his name. He also invented the world's first wall-mounted ...
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March 6, 2015
Time Displays: Dresden's Mathematics and Physics Salon
The clock gives the time in five-minute intervals rather than by the minute, using numerals instead of a standard dial because of limited space on the opera-house wall. The clock's display served as a model for the big-date displays that the modern A ...
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April 4, 2015
Michael Bastian Creates a Smartwatch That Looks Like a Watch
emails and notifications from apps of your choice. It works with iPhone or Android so that “your phone isn't dictating which watch you can wear,” and it has a clock dial on the face, because “that's the thing you're going to use 99% of the time ...
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October 31, 2014
As Pierre Jaquet-Droz embarked upon his career to become the most talented and famous watchmaker of the Neuchâtel area, his creations included clocks, watches, and singing birds in addition to the world-renowned automata that so captured the... One of his most capricious inventions was the wall clock whose dial formed the base of a full-size bird cage. As the cage was made to hang (like a real bird cage would), the dial was seen from below. the cages contained one or two singing “birds” whose song seemed like conversation between the animals. Pierre Jaquet-Droz was also the inventor of the sliding piston whistle that enabled the “birds” to “sing” using just one pipe. It was this invention that led to the singing bird snuff boxes that were so successful in China, one of his main markets. Using just one pipe allowed the bird to be built into smaller objects like snuff boxes and watches. Like in the Charming Bird, which was first introduced in 2014, but only perfected and completed in 2015. The 2015 Charming Bird.
The Great Wall of China, the Grand Canyon, and every episode of Friends are just a few examples that spring to mind. Another awesome thing that deserves to be seen, something that coincidentally shares its name with that 1995 Mel Gibson flick, is the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier BraveHeart. It is pretty marvelous from crystal to crystal, from quick release lug to quick release lug. In 2010, the Amadeo convertible case system was introduced, creating the first four-way timepiece. The case is reversible, thanks to the quick release lug system, allowing the strap to be flipped very quickly via a small set of buttons on the crown guard. The top strap can be removed and followed by a swivel opening case ring, which when opened releases the bottom strap. If you don’t want to rock the BraveHeart as a wristwatch (front or back) then you can leave the case ring open and it acts as a stand, turning the watch into a desk clock. Or, you can close the case ring and attach a pendant chain where the top strap is normally connected, turning the BraveHeart into a pocket watch. Thanks to one set of buttons and a swiveling case ring, the Amadeo Fleurier BraveHeart can turn into four different machines for your viewing pleasure.
THE MOST NOTEWORTHY thing about the MB Chronowing—the unabashedly guy-size smartwatch by designer Michael Bastian and Hewlett-Packard—is what’s missing: The timepiece has no touch screen to swipe, no microphone to speak into. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. ” asked Mr. Bastian. His new watch is “intended to make you more polite,” he said, by allowing you to.
Seiko launches new range of Wall clocks ‘Melodies in Motion’
This clock is a visual and auditory magnet, drawing every eye and ear to it, with 20 colourful LED lights that are synchronized to sparkle every hour, accompanied by a melody. A special sensor disengages all melodies and motions when night falls.
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December 29, 2014
Glashütte Original Baselworld 2014 - Three out of four
— A new in-house chronograph movement was the main technical highlight of Glashütte Original’s offerings at Baselworld – used in two new significant models. Two other timepieces also deserve praise.
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May 2, 2014
Research and Markets: Clocks and Watches in Italy - Main Players
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nbhnp2/clocks_and) has announced the addition of the "Clocks and watches in Italy - Main players" report to their offering. This report supplies information on the ...
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October 7, 2013
Research and Markets: Clocks and Watches in Italy - Main Players
has announced the addition of the "Clocks and watches in Italy - Main players" report to their offering. This report supplies information on the competitors typologies of the Clocks and watches Italian market: types of operators, by segment, by nationality ...
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October 7, 2013
Seiko Astron: The World's First GPS Solar Watch
The hands adjust automatically to the correct local time with Atomic Clock precision. The new Seiko Astron is solar powered ... including a dual time sub-dial, in-flight mode indicator and sapphire crystal with Super-Clear Coating*.
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March 13, 2012
New Site Boasts Impressive Array of Black Forest Cuckoo, Grandfather, and Novelty Clocks
Adorn fireplace mantels with a Hillsborouth mantel clock or a stately Anniversary clock that features an oval filigree gold dial ... Decorative wall clocks are suitable for any room in a home. Select a contemporary Seiko Quartz wall clock or a classic ...
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November 9, 2011
A Japanese month duration striking wall clock
The black and green simulated lacquer case with glazed panel displaying day/date dial and pendulum, the dial signed SEIKO 30 DAY JAPAN with applied chromed numerals, state of wind indicators and chromed hands, the twin barrels movement striking on a pair ...
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March 19, 2007
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