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What, at first sight, resembles the lapse of memory of a needle on behalf of the clock and watch maker is actually a scarcity: the regulator – with the needle of the minutes in the center and the offset indication of the hours and the seconds. There is an excellent reason with that: the Portuguese Regulator, with her movement of watch of pocket of manufacture, prolongs the long tradition of the observatory and marine chronometers.
     Several reasons explain the choice of the case 43,1 mm in diameter of a Portuguese to place the first regulator of IWC there.
     Created 70 years ago for the Portuguese market, the “watches of pocket for the wrist” which gave their name to a whole line of models were already of a remarkable precision and could be regarded as instruments of reference.
     The unequalled mechanical masterpiece which constitutes their interior life is at the base of such processes.
     The Portuguese Regulator remains faithful to this tradition of the house. Equipped with gauge 98245 of manufacture IWC, it is animated by a movement of watch of pocket which does not count only among most beautiful, but undoubtedly as among most authentic as one can still find nowadays in the world.

Picture with IWC Portuguese Regulator Watch

     As the designation of the gauge reveals it already, the basic construction of this movement rests on the cal. 98, that IWC has not ceased improving for more than 70 years and who represents a true stake of the clock making technique. It is ally certain of the qualitative characteristics of the first movements of watch of pocket IWC, which go up at the time of its founder F. A. Jones, in 1868.
     Among those, let us quote in particular an in deformable turntable three quarters out of copper nickel zinc alloy and, like the most typical characteristic, the long arrow of racket for the adjustment fine, also called “arrow of Jones”.
Beyond this tradition, all the detail of the clock making progress made since the time of Mister Jones is found in this movement high-end whose beam oscillates with the traditional alternation of 2,5 Hz – as the shock-proof device, the stopping of the second hand or the miscorrelate by eccentric on the arms of the screw press in Glucydur. A glance through the transparent bottom out of glass sapphire makes it possible however to note that only a specific decoration distinguishes this movement from that which also animates the Portuguese Special Jones Edition.
     With the shelter of the glances however, the timer placed under the Regulating dial of the Portuguese was modified of kind to allow the separate indication of the hour around “12 hours”. The small last of the line of the IWC Portugueses, which for a long time personifies one of the rare “eternal” figures of the traditional design, fully expresses the assets of its giant format on the silver plated dial.
     All the indications underline the original goal of this type of watch: to indicate time in a clear and precise way. The long aciform needle in the center plays its part as much that the traditional timer “railroad”, whose style takes as a starting point the the railway rails. The needle of the hours is activated in the small dial under the “12” with four Arab indicates. At the other end, around “6 hours”, the seconds are shelled on the interior dial.
     The IWC Portuguese Regulator is limited, like new exclusiveness, with 500 specimens in a platinum edition. The versions out of pink gold and superfine steel are not limited. The three watches are provided with bracelets croc and clasps in same metal as the box.

 The new Cimier Heures Sectorielles Watch is yet another statement of success by Cimier, a brand that even after more than 85 years of existence can still make a sensation in the watch manufacturing industry. Always aiming at preserving quality and value, the designers from Cimier have seen necessary to create timepieces that would pass the test of time and even if fashion is not their main focus, most of the watches released by Cimier seem to have some of the most exquisite designs, without even approaching trends. The watches presented by Cimier are timeless in their nature.

        The beautifully shaped Cimier Heures Sectorielles Watch presents many technical complications that most brands would envy and all of them sheltered discreetly in an exceptionally thin case. The most appealing feature at this watch is captured by its skeletonized dial, which gives the impression of a playful design, with contemporary and bold design lines. The case of the new Cimier Heures Sectorielles Watch measures 43 mm in diameter and is made of brushed and polished steel, to offer a shiny aspect to the whole design. The elegant case features a transparent case back and top made of sapphire crystal and also, as opposed to most watch cases, this one has its crown positioned at 4 o’clock. Let’s call this element an element of distinction, although everything at this watch is distinctive and out of the ordinary, like the brand as well.

        Cimier has proven that with vision and talent, brands can force the limits of watch manufacturing and can improve the canons of the watch manufacturing artistry, making this tradition even more impressing. The new Cimier Heures Sectorielles Watch is definitely one of those watches that are not released just as a “best-of” by their brands, but a watch with personality, a watch that presents something new and innovative on the market. The dial is designed by using the skeletonizing technique and can be available on colors starting from black to silver and blue. The dial presents a double hour hand and a small-seconds sub-dial or more like an open arch in the upper left part of the dial. Most of the specifications are indicated through Arabic numerals, or through inscriptions such as “swiss made”, “petite seconde”, “masterart selection” or “heures sectorielle”. The dial is extremely legible and it definitely attracts looks with its modern design.

        Technical excellence has been achieved by Cimier with the manufacturing of the movement equipping it. In terms of technical abilities, this watch is everything you could wish for, with amazing technical functions starting from its manually-wound mechanism defined as ETA/Unitas Calibre 6497-1 that provides the main functions of hour, minute and second and a water resistance of 5 ATM deep.

        The progressive new Cimier Heures Sectorielles Watch is equipped with a black leather strap, matching any dial version. Extremely elegant and modern, the new Cimier Heures Sectorielles Watch might easily turn into your new favorite wrist accessory.

Glashütte Original’s Senator Chronometer generated strong buzz among collectors and enthusiasts at this year’s Baselworld, and as of December, 2009, the watch is available at retailers. This is GO’s first timepiece to confirm its timekeeping accuracy with an official chronometer certificate from the observatory in Glashütte, issued under German standard DIN 8319. The DIN standard provides for testing fully assembled watches, while the Swiss COSC test involves uncased movements. Like COSC, the German tests involve timing in different positions and at different temperatures, and the basic timing standard is -4 to +6 seconds.

The Senator Chronometer’s redesigned manual winding manufacture Caliber 58-01 movement incorporates a new stop-seconds reset mechanism, illustrated below. The mechanism makes synchronizing the hour and minute hands automatic. Pulling the crown stops the time display and causes the second hand to jump to 12, where it remains; the minute hand moves simultaneously to the next full minute. When the crown is turned to set the time, the minute hand stops only on the indication of the full minute, assuring the correct relationship between the minutes and seconds displayed.

When it comes to anniversaries, the once generally ignored 40 is the new 50. This year has been marked by a parade of 40th anniversary bashes: Woodstock, the moon landing, and in watches, the legendary Zenith El Primero movement. Now, with two weeks left in the year, there is still one monster anniversary to go for watch lovers.

Forty years ago on December 25 the quartz watch revolution began in Tokyo when Seiko unveiled the Quartz Astron, the world’s first quartz watch. Astron was the shot heard around the watch world, beginning an upheaval that radically rearranged that world. It shifted the balance of power to the Far East, toppled Switzerland as the world’s watch production leader, sent the Swiss watch industry into a two-decade-long tailspin (between 1970 and 1988 Swiss watch employment fell from 90,000 to 28,000), brought a quantum leap in watch accuracy, a quantum change in watch styling, and much more.

Both Seiko and Switzerland competed to develop the first quartz watch. For Seiko, the race began in 1959 with Project 59A, whose mission was to develop quartz crystal timers. One of the team’s first successes was a portable quartz clock called the Seiko Crystal Chronometer QC-951, which Seiko used as a backup timer for marathon events in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Summer Games.

Seiko’s Crystal Chronometer

The big challenge was to make a mechanism small enough for use not in a clock but a wristwatch. Both Seiko and a consortium of Switzerland’s top firms tackled it. They were able to monitor each other’s progress through timing competitions sponsored by Switzerland’s Neuchâtel Observatory, where prototype watches were submitted for testing. The Swiss developed the first quartz marine chronometer in 1961. Seiko had one by 1963.

Seiko quickly caught up. Seiko and Longines were the big winners in the Observatory’s 1964 competition, both with prototype quartz board chronometers. Longines took the Grand Prix and Seiko took the next six prizes. The same results occurred in 1966 for prototypes of the world’s first quartz pocketwatch. At both competitions, more than half the winning products were from Seiko. In 1967, Seiko nabbed the Grand Prix for a quartz pocketwatch. That year quartz wristwatches were entered into the Neuchâtel competitions for the first time. The Swiss consortium entered its movement, known as Beta 1, and Seiko entered the Astron movement. Both groups raced to perfect the movements for commercial production and sale.

Seiko won. The Swiss watches were not far behind. The first Swiss quartz analog watches containing the Beta 1 movement arrived at the 1970 Basel Fair. But while Seiko embraced the new technology, the Swiss, burdened by a legacy of mechanical watch supremacy, hesitated, and paid dearly.

The Seiko Quartz Astron debuted in an 18k-gold case at a price of 450,000 yen. “It was more expensive than the family car,” Kuoji Kubota, a chief engineer on the Seiko Astron project, told me when I met him in Tokyo in 2001. Seiko Quartz Astrons are rare. Seiko only produced 200 of them. What’s not rare is the technology Seiko developed for Astron, including fork-type oscillators, open-type separated motors and one-second-interval movement of the second hand. They set the standard for all analog quartz watches that followed.
Seiko is marking the anniversary, it says, “with a year of celebrations.” It began this month with an exhibition in Tokyo of 40 new watch designs created by Seiko designers using the Astron as inspiration.  At Baselworld, Seiko watches plans to unveil what it calls “revolutionary quartz watches whose new functionality and design demonstrates the great future potential of this most important of watchmaking technologies.”

One final thought. In a delicious historical twist, 1969 also marks the 40th anniversary of another historical watch race: the race to develop the world’s first automatic chronograph. In the following two decades, the automatic chronograph was considered the final flourish (read “last gasp”) of mechanical watchmaking. We know now that that wasn’t the case. The quartz revolution was followed in the 1990s by the mechanical counter-revolution, and a stirring revival of the automatic chronograph. But guess who won the race to develop the first automatic chronograph in 1969: Yep, Seiko. (WatchTime’s Gisbert Brunner details the saga in “The Great Race of ’69” in the November-December 2009 issue.) Clearly, 1969 was a breakout year for Seiko. Who can blame them if they want to party all next year?

While its products for men and women are a big success, Frederique Constant notices that there is a blank in the market-parents always have few choices in the market for choosing a nice watch for their teenagers and it decides to seize this opportunity. Well, It has launched a new junior line and a mini-website to occupy the market of entry-level luxury watches for boys

Actually, there are lots of people who can afford luxury watches want to get nice watches for their boys. For them, price is not the big problem, but the volume of options. They want their boys, like them, have interest,passion and good taste in watches. And when it it comes to develop interest in watches, mechanical watches of Swiss origin of course shine over cheaper quartz-powered watches pale. In addition, in western world, there is a tradition that watches and passion to watches pass from father to son. Therefore, Frederique Constant, according to the official saying, will start to make aadvertising campaign with this theme.

But the new Junior watches by Frederique Constant do not have very special characters. In fact, Frederique Constant makes the packaging their biggest selling point. And the mini-website offers one-stop-shop for those watches. And boys can easily navigate the site and choose their loved piece by using the selector.

The flagship model in this line has three complication varieties including a three-hand with date, chronograph, and day-date model. And this line will have quartz versions soon following the present automatic mechanical models. The watches, sized at 38mm, are done in stainless steel with black or silver dials, and sapphire crystal faces. They are fitted with leather straps of several color options or stainless steel bracelets. Boys can custom special engravings on the case back via the site. And the case back also comes with sapphire crystal version that offers a view into the movement.

Frederique Constant is smart company that can feel the market blank and take  quick action to fill it. While I reserve my opinion on the uniqueness of the junior watches, I like their packaging. And I think this line offers a much easier solution for those who want to find nice watch of reasonable priced tag for their boys. The price for this line is around 550 euros.

This fashion watch is a classic chronograph calendar timepiece that will be most welcomed by people who value a quality device that looks nice on their wrists as well. The Baume & Mercier Classima Executives XL watch is powered by a Valjoux 7751 movement, which is the same movement that powers the Longines watches. It has a 42 hour power reserve and a Cotes de Geneve decorated rotor.

Despite the reputation that goes with the Baume & Mercier brand, the Baume & Mercier Classima Executives XL watch does not look so exciting. This may be because of the lack of aggressiveness in its looks.

The watch comes with a stainless steel rounded case measuring 42mm in diameter and 13.1mm in height. The silver-colored dial features dark grey hands and an 18-Karat red gold day of the month indicator. The face of the watch has complications for day of the week, month, chronograph, moonphase and a 24-hour time zone.

The replica watch looks classy with the black alligator strap which comes with an adjustable triple folding buckle. It is protected by sapphire crystal and is water resistant by up to 30 meters.

Al Ain Aerobatic Show, taking place in the Oasis City of Al Ain from January 27-30, is the seventh in the annual series.  And this time Breitling Jet Team - the world's first civilian format to fly jet-engined aircraft will say its "goodbye" to the sky azure, closing the history of their glorious air flights for a while.

The Al Ain Aerobatic Show is the world's only aerobatic spectacle combining military and civil aircraft, as well as stunt displays and competitions. The 2010 show fits some of the world's top pilots from Switzerland, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the USA.

But in January 2010 Breitling's seven L-39 Albatross trainer jets are having their last appearance on the blue scene as they are in need of a makeover before the European aerobatics season taking place in May.

The Breitling Jet Team is the world's first civilian formation team flying jet-engined aircrafts for aerobatic display shows. Based in Dijon, France, team members fly seven L-39 Albatros jets. All the airplanes are colored according to their sponsor's symbolic colors – Breitling's yellow and blue.

The team currently comprises: Jacques Bothelin (team founder and leader), Bernard Charbonnel, Christophe Deketelaere, Philippe Laloix, Patrick Marchand, François Ponsont and Olivier Boulay. The team displays across Europe and the Middle East and each year undertakes major international airshows like Al Ain Aerobatic Show and Breitling corporate events.

Jacques Bothelin, starting his 29th season, says there will be mixed emotions among the team members. "Rest assured we will deliver a sign-off performance to remember, featuring close formation flying, opposition passes, solo routines and synchronised manoeuvres. And we look forward to returning in 2011 with a fresh new look and perhaps some surprises too," he said.

Bothelin adds that the team's shows base on the spectators positive emotion and the main aim is to entertain people. "That is the reason why music and commentary are an important part of our show," Jacques recons. "Because we give the best of ourselves, pushing ourselves towards greater daredevil antics each time, to offer the best entertainment we can. It works and the public loves what we do!"

Faisal Al Sheikh, Manager of the Major Events Division of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), conceders the Breitling team to be one of the most talented among other aerobatics Al Ain has ever welcomed.

He announced last year they achieved a record of over 130,000 spectators – and January 2010 they are going to beat it.

If you are eager to visit that thrilling show and to support your favorite Breitling team, daily tickets for the show are pegged at last year's prices - Dhs40 per adult (about $5.2) and Dhs25 for children between three and 10 years (around $3.25). Children under the age of three get in free.

Emporio Armani Donna ladies two-colour diamond watch
Sophistication is what the Emporio Armani Donna ladies two-colour diamond watch is all about and that's certainly how you're going to feel wearing this lovely watch. It's a very pretty watch with rectangular white mother of pearl dial that's dotted with sparkling diamonds. Teamed up with a two-colour polished steel bracelet and you have a fantastic timepiece that equally as beautiful as a piece of jewellery. This classically styled watch has a contemporary twist that any fashionista is sure to appreciate. It's also practical since the Emporio Armani Donna ladies two-colour diamond watch is water resistant to 50 metres. The case material is stainless steel just like the strap. Emporio Armani's beautiful watch collections are known for team sophistication and high fashion and that's exactly what you'll get with this replica watch.

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