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Omega Seamaster Diver 300M For The 50th Anniversary Of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'Watch For 2020

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Quick Take As you're almost certainly aware by now, 1969 was a year of great significance, both culturally and horologically. Horologically speaking, it was of course the year that the Omega Speedmaster Professional was first worn on the lunar surface, but it was also the year that no fewer than three of the very first automatic chronograph movements were made and as well, it was the year that the very first quartz wristwatch became commercially available, from Seiko, marking both the end, and the beginning, of a new era in watchmaking. For another cultural icon of the 1960s it was a year of transition as well. Sean Connery had stepped away from the role of James Bond after completing You Only Live Twice, and the character was played for the first, and last time, by George Lazenby. The film opened to rather mixed reviews. The Daily Mirror critic opined, "He [Lazenby] looks uncomfortably in the part like a size four foot in a size ten gumboot." Detracto...

2019 Rolex GMT-Master II on Jubilee Watch For 2019 Christmas Day

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This was a truly iterative year, even for a company who has made marginal upgrades to their popular, well-marketed timepieces, as a way to continually grow their top and bottom line, without fail, for decades. The Case Case in point, the 2019 Rolex GMT-Master II “Batman” on Jubilee bracelet. Following the 2018 release of the all-new GMT-Master II in a stainless steel case, with its red and blue ceramic “Pepsi” bezel, which included the introduction of the newly developed Rolex caliber 3285, this year Rolex rolled out a new version of the existing black and blue ceramic bezel GMT with the same upgrades. The movement The upgrades include a new movement, a change from an Oyster bracelet to the Jubilee bracelet (Oyster bracelet is now only available on precious metal versions of the GMT-Master II), and slightly contoured lugs and case edges. There is nothing particularly compelling about this upgrade, but that’s not the point when you consider that the outgoing Batman GMTs with Oys...

Hands-Up With New Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph Berluti

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I’m entirely conscious of this Hublot x Berluti piece will be a rather polarising watch. A bold creation, getting a particular uniqueness plus a very unusual refinement it had not been to everyone’s liking, as they are frequently the problem with Hublot, having a couple of calling it irrelevant. Somewhat this can be positive. No less than, it proves that Hublot dares and doesn’t create conservative objects to thrill everybody. Personally, I loved it and discovered it justified and well performed.  Carrying out a 3-hands type of Baselworld 2016, Hublot boosts the collection this year with another limited edition (similar to timepieces created through the brand…) employing the same leather dial, the identical color plan but adding a chronograph function for the package, allowing the Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph Berluti replica watch . Basically, the recipe is similar: two watches, one inch black ceramic, one inch 18K King Gold, one with black leather, one with br...