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Bell & Ross en de kunst van patina

BR X1 Red Boutique Edition BR X1 Red Boutique Edition BR 03-92 DesertType BR 03-92 DesertType BR Vintage BR Vintage BR 03 Rafale BR 03 Rafale BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon Titanium BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon Titanium BR 03-94 Heritage Ceramic BR 03-94 Heritage Ceramic BR-01 Airborne Bronze BR-01 Airborne Bronze BR-X1 Carbon Forge BR-X1 Carbon Forge
Shoe polishing, the love of patina and a tight relationship with Chanel has made Bell & Ross a global household name among watch lovers. Will the young French watch brand grow into an auction darling as well? Like my father, I love shoes and the way they age. And when I was a kid my father would pay me a five franc silver coin every time I polished his shoes. I think this is why I love patina”, Carlos Rosillo tells me while visiting the Bell & Ross headquarters in Paris and going through a large book on patina. Certainly not your everyday read – unless you are Carlos Rosillo and Bruno Belamich.
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Harry Winston Opus 14: the jukebox complication

Since 2001 the Opus series by Harry Winston has been a guarantee for very surprising, perhaps even baffling haute horlogerie creations. The Harry Winston Opus 14 enthusiastically continues the exuberant tradition of astonishing complications. And what's more, this highly complicated watch is rock 'n' roll personified.
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The electrifiying world of G-Shock

This year will mark the 70th anniversary of Japanese technology giant Casio and more than 40 years ago, the starting point as watchmakers. Since then shocking things happened. The man behind Casio, Toshio Kashio, was born in Tokyo in 1925, and already at the age of six had the American inventor and industrialist Thomas Alva Edison as an idol. That´s why Kashio worked from the very beginning with his sights set on becoming an inventor himself. In 1946 he founded a company together with his three younger brothers.
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Get a life, get a H. Moser & Cie.

You knew of Swiss watches and also Swiss chocolate but did you ever hear about Swiss humour? Well, neither did we but at H. Moser & Cie. they produce both great mechanical timepieces and apparently humour. Today the brand’s CEO Edouard Meylan presented the H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Alp Watch. It looks like an Apple Watch but it’s not. Is a joke or a serious watch? We let you decide.
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Big new pilots from IWC

The largest wristwatch ever made by IWC is the Big Pilot’s Watch 52-calibre T.S.C. This pilot’s instrument was launched 75 years ago and now it has a successor with a 55-millimetre case diameter, the Big Pilot’s Heritage Watch 55. And the 55 mm tribute doesn’t come alone, it has brought a 48 mm version to the party.
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