This high tech perpetual calendar with a dual time function and the legendary in-house developed and manufactured self-winding movement is the most consumer friendly perpetual calendar ever produced and has passed the tests of time.
In 2011, despite a difficult economic environment, the Swatch Group remained on record course. The Group reached the seven billion milestone for the first time, and generated gross sales of CHF 7 143 million, an increase of +21.7% at constant rates in comparison to 2010.
Hublot, Official Timekeeper of the forthcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, is starting its countdown to the event by celebrating the country's capital, Brasilia, and paying tribute to its creator, Oscar Niemeyer. Architect of the futuristic city, symbol of modern Brazil, one of his country's most celebrated figures and recognised as one of the most well-known architects of the 20th century, Oscar Niemeyer has agreed, quite exceptionally, to work with Hublot.
For over 250 years, Vacheron Constantin has been nurtured by a philosophy dedicated to highlighting our shared cultural heritage. The Métiers d’Art cultivated by the Manufacture serve as bridges spanning successive eras, by perpetuating sometimes neglected crafts with ancient origins. More specifically, the timepieces in the Métiers d’Art collection lie at the crossroads of past, present and future, and crystallise the human challenges that have forged and continue to nurture these skills from generation to generation.
Michael Winter is an experienced lawyer and always in the service of his clients. Indeed, he had not reckoned with the fact that his engagement as a columnist with TrustedWatch would supply to him with so many clients who were cheated during purchases of luxury watches online. His current case deals with the LSU Luxus Schmuck- und Uhrenhandelsgesellschaft mbH, which has its headquarters in Hamburg. Michael Winter is now representing two aggrieved parties.
Breitling World Time brings the world time to your desktop. Moreover, the freeware of the famous watch manufacturer converts numerous measurement units. If you enter your location into the Breitling World Time computing instrument, the software displays time and the time of sunset and sunrise.
The watch branch is, at times, small. Very small. Nevertheless, it's not always easy even for branch insiders to take note of its intricate inter-connections. But sometimes it's not complicated at all. The Chrono24.com watch marketplace advertises on the watch page of Watchtime.net, which is run by the Ebner publishing company. At first glance, there seems nothing unusual in this combination. However, the inter-connections therein are much more complicated.
Burglars, who are as yet unknown, broke into a property at Völklinger Jupiterstraße and stole jewelry and watches worth a total of several hundred thousands of Euros the night of Saturday 29th May, 2008. Among the stolen goods were also two watches, worth 21,500 Euros and 6,800 Euros. There is no trace of the offenders yet.
An exciting and successful "watch year" is drawing to a close. The watch branch is rushing from record to record, and the signs point to further growth. There were never more people involved in the German and Swiss watch industry, and full employment is the rule here. More and more watch manufacturers are producing their own movements, mainly on account of the pressure instigated by the Swatch Group, and so the offer of interesting timepieces, to the joy of the watch lover, is becoming ever greater and more varied.
