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Monday, March 31, 2008

Rolex Miami

Miami

Rolex watchmaking

article on Rolex donation for watchmaking

German court says ebay must halt fake rolex sales

stop fake rolex sale

Rolex watches turf

Turf

History of Rolex

History of Rolex

New watch brand?

does anyone need a new watch brand?

How to spot a fake Rolex

how to

Rolex awards

awards

article

Rolex awards

awards

Rolex Milgauss New

Watchreport

two Rolex Gmt's

GMT 2 comparison

Qualitytyme

Excellent resource on Rolex

Vintage Rolex

Vintage

An essay on transparency and light, and heart

Rolex - An essay on transparency and light, and heart
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watchmaker tools

Rolex tools

BJSOnline on Rolex

on the new daytonas

Stundenzeiger

For a while this blog will be dual langual. Another German speaking blog:
Stundenzeiger Moser

Horology index

Horology index

Moser Basel 2007

Basel 2007

Relaunch of a brand: Moser:
Moser relaunch

Moser Perpetual 1: the art of watchmaking, watchmaking as art:
Moser Perpetual 1

More information on the Moser Perpetual:
Moser Perpetual

Hentschel Hamburg watch maker

Hentschel Hamburg Germany

Moser watches Switzerland

Moser

More watch info from Switzerland

Fascination Watch

Uhrenkonstrukteur - in German

This site is a nice compilation of interesting watchlinks, it is in German however. It contains a ton of great links.

Uhrenkonstrukteur

Military watches - Knirim (best site on the topic)

Knirim

Big Art fraud

I am dedicating this blog primarily watches and watch paraphernalia and history. However, every once in a while, I will drop some messages on art and what is going on with art around the world. Recently, there has been a big art fraud, it is documented in this article and should be of interest to art collectors:

million dollar art fraud in the US

Watchtime - in German

Watchtime

Two great watch sites - in German - zwei tolle Uhrenseiten auf Deutsch

These are two very comprehensive watchsites primarily on Rolex, both in German, great resources.

Uhrwald

Oysterworld

Rolex Daytona Reviews

This is a short compilation of reviews on the Rolex Daytona.

Rolex Daytona Review

Same review as above, without comments

Rolex Daytona Vs. Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow

Rolex Daytona 116520

Rolex watch reviews

More info on the Rolex GMT 2

Rolex GMT 2

Gmt 2

Video of a GMT Master

April fools - fake Submariner (this is funny)

JLC Reverso Seethrough back

Reverso Seethrough back

Seiko Monster

Seiko Monster Automatic

Can you spell ugly: some call it custom Rolex...

custom Rolex - just scroll down, wear sun glasses before you look

2 days before Basel, Rolex teaser...

Rolex Dive watch in German

Watch Blog in German

Potentially the newest Rolex, wait two more days

Newest Rolex revealed... not fully

Monday, March 24, 2008

Purists Pro

Watch Purists

Vintage Rolex Forum

Vintage Rolex Forum

Panerai

For Panerai collectors

New "photoshopped" Submariner

This would be an awesome Sub if it ever were produced, but I guess it will just stay a photoshopped picture...

French site for the new Submariner???!!!???

Glashuette vs. Dornblueth

Two beautiful German made watches:

Glashuette vs. Dornblueth

THE Submariner from Rolex - The James Bond watch

The Submariner 5513 is THE Rolex dive watch. It is cult. It is history. It is James Bond who wore the watch in his movies.

There are many distinction of this watch based on the dial configuration. One of them is the maxi dial in the later 70s. The link explains this further:

Rolex 5513 Maxi dial

More information on the 5513:

5513

Sunday, March 16, 2008

watch collecting

Worldwide, the number of watch collectors is growing fast, as the internet is giving access to a wealth of information and watches that never before was available, only to a small elite of jewelers. Now all of us can trade, collect and exchange information on watches. This is an amazing time. I am putting this blog together to summarize the best links on watches that are out there in the world wide web of chaos. This is my try to bring structure to the chaos. I hope that over time my blog will become more valuable to all the collectors out there and that my visitors will enjoy my posts. Last but not least, my blog will be partially multilingual, but the pictures should still be enjoyable. However, my links will be in English, French and German. And sometimes maybe even in a language that I do not understand. Let's wear our watches in good health.

Meteorite dials on watches

Meteorite blog

Meteorite watch

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

IWC watch ads collection

This is a very nice collection of ads for IWC watches. The site is in German, but it still is nice to see. The ads were only created for the German speaking market and later pulled as they could culturally not be presented on an international base. And interesting piece of history.

IWC ads

This is a site on IWC with one of the most comprehensive IWC picture collections, a real source of knowledge. Also in German, but great site:

IWC picture collection

Patek Cobra Prototype unique watch

patek cobra

Great watchblog

watchismo