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Mar 1, 2010

Wenger Introduces LED Nomad Timepiece Featuring Digital Compass Function

Wenger LED Nomad

Conceived for the modern nomad, the active outdoor enthusiast who’s always on the move from one place to another, via urban and/or remote natural environments, the Wenger LED Nomad, is a design forward, multifunction Swiss Made sport timepiece, which offers various analog and digital functions.

Always remain on course, thanks to the Wenger LED Nomad’s digital compass function, easily activated by one push of a button. The degree heading digitally appears in red in the center of the dial while a directional arrow cleverly appears from below the Wenger Swiss cross logo providing quick and easy-to-read orientation…

Mar 1, 2010

Luminox Introduces New 50bar/500meter Deep Dive Series Watch

Luminox A.1503

Luminox has been the watch of choice for professionals like Navy SEALs, SCUBA legend Stan Waterman, the US Coast Guard, law enforcement divers and more. After 20 years of making 200 meter water resistant watches, Luminox is proud to introduce its 50 bar (500 meter / 1500 feet) Deep Dive series, a serious, certified watch for use by professionals, complying with the strict and extremely high standards of ISO 6425 for Diving watches.

Most "water resistant” watches are designed and constructed for the occasional and relatively short periods of time immersed in water…

Mar 1, 2010

Luminox SR-71 Blackbird 9080 Limited Edition Watch

Luminox SR-71 Blackbird 9080

Retired ten years ago, the SR-71 Blackbird stealth aircraft from Lockheed Martin remains the record holder for flight speed and altitude. The Swiss Made SR-71 Blackbird chronograph watches became part of the Luminox Lockheed Martin collection in 2005, and this year Luminox introduces two new versions of its well received numbered Limited Edition Valjoux Chronograph…

Mar 1, 2010

Luminox Goes Racing With Tony Kanaan Line Of Watches

Luminox A.1121

Tony Kanaan, well known Indy Racing League champion driver, is a man of action. Not only a fantastic open wheel driver, Kanaan is an accomplished triathlete and loves outdoor sports like bicycling, water sports (he lives in Miami, after all) and go-karting. When Kanaan was thinking about designing a watch that would become Essential Gear for his active lifestyle, he naturally came to Luminox.

The Luminox designers worked closely with Kanaan to make a brand new timepiece, creating a new sandwich case that will be the platform for all the Tony Kanaan watches moving forward…

Mar 1, 2010

Luminox Adds Chronographs To Its Best Selling Colormark Collection

Luminox A.3089

Luminox was requested by the officer in charge of procurement to develop the first Navy SEAL series in 1993. If a watch is durable enough for the world’s toughest elite forces, it will stand up to any other rugged outdoor use. Luminox’s best selling Colormark Navy SEAL series just got better with the introduction of a versatile chronograph series 3080. Available in the same, extremely popular 44mm size, this new Colormark Chronograph Navy SEAL comes in four versions – white, orange, green and blue, with the Luminox Light Technology (LLT) on the hands, hour markers and bezel markings all color-coordinated…

Mar 1, 2010

Luminox Releases Essential Gear Timepieces For Sea, Air And Land

Luminox A.3059.SAR

Always answering the call of the demanding professionals using the brand as Essential Gear, Luminox unveils the Sea, Air and Land - Series of timepieces. All watches in this new series are durable, legible and specially designed for real world use.

Luminox supplies professionals around the world – military, law enforcement, SWAT teams, Navy SEALs, fighter pilots, border patrols and more – so the brand has split this new offering into the different domains in which these users operate: Sea, Air and Land. All models in this 3050 series are crafted of a 44mm carbon reinforced polymer…

Feb 25, 2010

Raymond Weil Presents Nabucco Va, Pensiero Watch

Raymond Weil Nabucco Va, Pensiero

The Raymond Weil nabucco range, renowned for its stylish design, now boasts a new addition in titanium. The new timepiece's mature elegance, retaining all of the collection's powerful architecture showcased in grey-grained graphite, remains true to the collection's creative values and mythical forms.

The nabucco Va, Pensiero – named after the famous Verdi chorus – exudes the same power and nobility as the great Italian composer's opera. Its sophisticated materials, watchmaking precision and alluring design evoke an urban, revolutionary world, making this new timepiece a symbol of freedom and independence…

Feb 18, 2010

The Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph

Longines L2.733.8.72.2

Longines mandated and paid ETA to develop a brand-new exclusive self-winding movement with a column wheel for a wrist chronograph. The reference number given to the new calibre was L688.2. As part of the continual programme of reviving the mechanical watch that was started at the beginning of the 21st century, this new creation meets the requirements of changing demand with regard to watches as well as the growing popularity of mechanical chronographs and the fascination for traditional horological devices. Column-wheel chronographs correspond to the new taste in watches…

Feb 5, 2010

Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel Limited Edition

Breitling Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel Limited Edition

A special version of the Avenger Seawolf Chrono – the only chronograph that is watertight and fully operational at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) – the new Blacksteel limited edition is distinguished by its unconventional look matching its exceptional performances.

Black is the keynote here, variously interpreted in the steel case subjected to an ultra-resistant carbon-based treatment; the unidirectional rotating bezel; the large screw-locked crown and non-slip pushpieces; and on the dial base creating a striking backdrop for the white luminescent hands, hour markers and red-rimmed counters. Its original, technical and powerful appearance makes the Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel limited edition an unmistakable standout model among diver's watches…

Feb 4, 2010

Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk Is Now Available Global

The SEIKO Spring Drive Spacewalk is the first watch ever designed specifically for use in outer space. Now a commemorative edition is available through selected SEIKO retail outlets across the world.

First presented at Baselworld 2008, this remarkable watch was first used in October 2008 when the private space adventurer, Richard Garriott, took it into space on his mission to the International Space Station (ISS)…