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Malaysia Watch Forum celebrates their 1st Anniversary
Malaysia Watch Forum recently celebrated their 1st year with an anniversary GTG. The event was attended by 13 forum members. A few dedicated members actually made their way from Penang and Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to join the fun. Below are some photos… Continue reading
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Co-axial caliber 8500 – A watch review
Background Omega first introduced the co-axial escapement into their serially produced watch movements back in 1999 with the launch of the caliber 2500. The first generation of co-axial caliber was actually adapted from ETA’s workh… Continue reading
Sinn Ultimate U-A sighted in Kuala Lumpur
Source The Sinn Ultimate U-A has finally reached Malaysian shores. This Hour Glass exclusive edition is limited to 200 pieces worldwide. Since it’s official announcement last year it’s been the Ultimate U model that many Sinn fans have been an… Continue reading
IWC gets voted as winner of Reader’s Choice Award for Best Watch line in Luxist.com Reader survey
As reported on Ablogtoread.com, IWC recently won an informal reader poll of luxury watch brands conducted at Luxist.com. IWC was voted top luxury watch brand, beating 3 other luxury Swiss brands and one top German m… Continue reading
Orient Star 300m Professional Diver sighted at Sungei Wang Plaza
I was pleasantly surprised to see the Orient Star 300m Professional Diver at a local watch shop in Sungei Wang Plaza. As far as I know this is a JDM model, meant for Japanese Domestic Market. Ever since I acquired the export version with the orange dial,… Continue reading
Sinn’s Tegiment and Damasko’s Ice hardening
Sinn’s tegiment process is a form of case hardening using gas carburizing technology. (Refer to here and here for more details). It is well known in metallurgy that steel can be surface hardened by the addition of carbon to the steel surface, a process c… Continue reading
Happy 2010
Happy New Year to watch lovers everywhere. May 2010 usher in new additions to your growing watch collection. Continue reading
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Swatch Automatic Chronograph
Swatch has been credited with saving the Swiss Watch Industry from the Japanese led quartz watch revolution when they introduced their range of trendy and affordable Swiss quartz watches in the early 1980’s.Now the Swatch Group are again aiming to revolutionize the mechanical watche industry by introducing the most cost effective automatic chronograph from a Swiss manufacturer. I may be wrong but at the current price point of less than 300Euros, the new automatic chronograph range may very well be the lowest priced mechanical chronograph ever from a major reputable brand, easily thumping the many manual winding chronograph watches powered by the variants of the venerable Russian Poljot 3133 manual winding chronograph calibre. Continue reading
Tag Calibre 1887 – A case of overzealous marketing?
On 2nd December 09 Tag Heuer announce the Calibre 1887 in conjunction with its 150th Anniversary celebration. The press release stated that the new Calibre 1887 was an “all-new, in-house chronograph”. The marketing department should have stopped at that.… Continue reading
Another review of the Orient 300m Professional Diver Watch
In one of my earlier posts I reviewed the Orient 300m Professional Diver watch. Recently I came across another review of the same watch, but the black dial variant, by Ariel Adams. Fans of Orient Diver Watches should definitely check out the review which comes with a cool video footage. Continue reading