Entries Tagged 'Watches' ↓

Roles Datejust 36mm collection puzzles me. On a quick view, I really thought the watches were Louis Vuitton due to the Murakami-ish flower prints. Then again, there was written Rolex allover it, no word of LV anywhere… So yes, it’s 100% Rolex from the 2009 collection called Datejust 36mm. Available in eight models with four [...]

Swarovski crystals no longer accessorize a wristwatch, now they make a watch by themselves. The D:Light, Vanguard Avant Time. The design of this Swarovski timepiece is signed Eirc Giroud and could easily disguise into a full-right jewelry even if it’s a timepiece. D:Light from Swarovski could easily give you a headache instead of merely pointing [...]

I loved Jaeger LeCoultre for its incredibly slick and feminine timepieces. I loved them even more when they chose Diane Kruger as their spokeface. Now I’m looking at this …. piece for two days already and I haven’t the slightest idea how to react. No doubt there was a lot of work involved (1,300 hours [...]

It must be some kind of trend – undressed beautiful women between sheets. This time it’s Ebel Fall 2008 featuring Gisele Bundchen. Besides her scared deer look, forced pose and unnatural arm position, if I buy that watch and see that it’s not glowing like the one from this ad print, I’d feel betrayed. What [...]

Would you pay $8,500 for a watch called Bikini? Of course you’d have to know that this particular Icelink Watch has 6 timezones, 12 brilliant diamond stars at each timezone intersection on the steel case and a bracelet exchange mechanism to easily change the band! Imagine you tell someone you just bought a $8,500 Bikini! [...]

You can tell Cavalli’s on the market, can you? If he can issue a $1,569 watch on the market after Donatella sprung out her $227,000 Destiny timepiece. So for this amount, you get alligator skin and diamonds. No gold. Like a regular fast-fashion store collaboration with a haute-designer – you get the name, the signature, [...]

Versace is branding Luxury. At a recent Watch Fair in Baselworld, the Donatella unveiled the Versace “not like a watch” watch. Available on order only, it’s a gold timepiece with a dial covered in more than 122 white diamonds. Given that three of this overprecious Destiny watch have already been sold, seems like The Versace [...]

It may not be beautiful or stylish, but it is the most complicated pocket watch ever. Made in 1989 for the 150th anniversary of Patek Phillippe, The Calibre 89 has 1789 components. I wanted you to see it because I found it to be a rare and interesting sight. Being so complicated and so special, [...]