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SIHH: The Best New Watches of 2013 The first big watch show of 2013 opened today in Geneva: the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. The SIHH is organized and hosted by Richemont, the company that owns such watch brands as Baume & Mercier, IWC, and more. |
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Baume & Mercier William Baume Jumping Hour While Baume & Mercier may be best known for its entry-level luxury watches (usually under $5,000), every now and then it likes to pull out the big guns to show off what it can really do. |
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Best Watch Brands: Watch Snob There are plenty of brands that most people consider "high-end" that, while I respect, simply aren't superlative in any way: IWC, Vacheron, Piaget, and Zenith all make nice watches, but they are meaningless. |
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Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2013 Lange & Sohne could almost do no wrong once again, with its impressive 1815 Up/Down and Perpetual Calendar Rattrapante Chronograph being two highlights of the entire show. |
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JLC Reverso The Reverso is one of those timeless classic watches that everyone should have. |
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Watch Conglomerates The downside is a slight loss of character from buying a watch from a conglomerate brand. However, at least you know the brand will be around in 20 years |
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IWC Watches I'll admit, I'm a sucker for advertising. So I've fallen hard for IWC's "Engineered for Men" campaign and the design of its watches, which really appeal to my inner pilot, diver and sailor. |
AskMen.com May 27, 2009 Ariel Adams |
A. Lange & Sohne Lange Zeitwerk Traditional German watchmaker A. Lange & Sohne doesn't mess around when releasing a new watch. |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 John Rossant |
Richemont in a Rut Will a tough-love approach fix the luxury-goods maker? |
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Steel Watches: Watch Snob Every great watch ever made has been done in steel; it is both durable and handsome. |
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Watch Snob: Watch Heritage & The Truth Get wise, people. Don't hate on me for speaking the truth about watch heritage, or anything else for that matter. If you can't handle it, stick with a real brand, like A. Lange & Sohne. |
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IWC Ingenieur AMG High-end cars, high-end watches -- they're both cool boy toys, and so is the IWC Ingenieur AMG, which we're taking a look at today. |
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A. Lange & Sohne Watches This week's photos are dedicated to A. Lange & Sohne, a German watch brand that was resurrected after the reunification of East and West Germany. And it has done a spectacular job, becoming the dream brand of many watch aficionados. |
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A. Lange & Sohne Lange 31 The beauty of the Lange 31 timepiece, however, is in its subtlety and understated elegance. |
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Watch Snob: Do Real Men Wear Louis Vuitton Watches? Two of the most ubiquitous men's watches on the market... Two prestigious luxury brands that mean nothing in the watchmaking world... |
Inc. May 2007 Josh Dean |
Very Tightly Wound How the watch business works. |
AskMen.com Benjamin Clymer |
Independent Watches Most of you may not know this, but over 30 of the biggest watch brands in the world are all owned by three large conglomerates. Take a look at five truly independent watch brands. |
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Watches For Soldiers I'm in the U.S. military and am tired of wearing the same old Timex/G-Shock/Suunto in the field. |
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SIHH 2014: Affordable Watches This week, AskMen is at SIHH, the annual watch and jewelry trade show hosted by the Richemont luxury group, and the first big watch show of the year. |
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Lange Watches A man can't go wrong with A. Lange & Sohne watches. |
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Gevril Watches: Watch Snob I have a friend who misses no opportunity to rave about his Gevril Avenue of Americas watch. Does this watch hold any real horological significance? |
AskMen.com August 29, 2013 Jack Forster |
Watch Finishing Finish, in the watch world, usually means the amount of parts-finishing that the movement -- the mechanism inside a watch that actually tells time -- receives when it's made. |
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The Snob Weighs In On Two Lange & Sohne Watches It's true that the Terraluna is a quite large watch. It is also so extremely beautiful and so emotionally and intellectually compelling that I could not possibly care less. |
AskMen.com July 22, 2013 Robert-Jan Broer |
What Men Are Wearing On Their Wrists In Emerging Economies In each country, we investigated which brands are in demand by watch consumers and which of these brands' watches perform best in these countries. We measured the interest in brands and watches over Q1 2013. |
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Baume & Mercier Clifton Collection For those in the market for their first watch that matters, we present a new candidate each month. January's is the Baume & Mercier Clifton, a rare beginner watch that gives you what you paid for. |
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Watch Snob: Stop Wearing Panerai Get over the hackneyed, mainstream choices and move on to something real. There is nothing, and I do mean nothing, worse than a young man who wears a Panerai watch. |
AskMen.com Ben Clymer |
How To: Start A Watch Collection This fashion tip will provide you with a fundamental understanding of watch terminology, the four different categories of watches (and when to wear them), the differences between collecting vintage and new watches, and, of course, where to find them. |
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Watch Snob: Is The Breguet Classique Truly Legitimate? It's certainly one of the most intellectually interesting watches in the last ten years. |
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IWC Aquatimer Collection IWC's new Aquatimer collection is a worthy update to the dive watch legacy and is sure to attract the collectors and enthusiasts looking for a versatile and masculine watch. |
AskMen.com March 22, 2014 Jack Forster |
Classic Or Cutting-Edge: Which Watch Should You Strap On Your Wrist? The truth is, classics are classics for a reason -- they're generally versatile. |
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Maurice De Mauriac Watches: Watch Snob I'd like to learn more about boutique watches. Could you please steer me toward some other interesting watchmakers who produce watches under $5,000? |
AskMen.com Ben Clymer |
IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus The Da Vinci Perpetual Calender Edition Kurt Klaus is a special series named after one of IWC's most influential designers. |
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The Watch Snob Finally Weighs In On SIHH 2014 When the most intriguing thing about you is your booth at the Salon International Haute Horlogerie -- the SIHH, and not your watches, you may have a problem. |
AskMen.com Ben Clymer |
Can You Be Too Young To Wear A Nice Watch? Is it ever OK for a young man to wear a really expensive watch? The answer is yes, but you have to be careful not to let the watch overpower who you are as a person, an employee and a man. |
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Watch Size The acceptable range for most male wrists is 36 to 40 millimeters, and there's no excuse for buying larger unless you're a sumo wrestler. |
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Watches And Hand Size The Watch Snob gives his opinion on watch sizes and the question of dress watch vs. sports watch. |
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Buying A Watch For Your Fiance NOMOS is always mentioned as an affordable in-house movement maker, and while its movements don't break new ground horologically, I cannot find fault with the brand's pluck. |
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Boutique Watches Raymond Weil is a perfect example of what is wrong with sub-$3,000 watches. It's just too much money to spend for too little. |
AskMen.com Robert-Jan Broer |
IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days The round case of the Portofino, with its unpretentious lugs and clean-looking dial, makes this watch a classic that will be in style for years to come. |
AskMen.com Jeff St. Aubin |
Baume & Mercier: The Clifton Series When investing in a quality timepiece, it is imperative that your purchase be able to stand the test of time. |
AskMen.com March 27, 2013 Robert-Jan Broer |
Perpetual Calendar Watches Is the perpetual calendar useful? Of course, it makes the life of the fortunate a bit easier. However, mechanical perpetual calendars do not come cheap. |
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IWC Portuguese Automatic This watch has the style of old school pocket watches and military watches, but is infused with modern details and technology. |
AskMen.com Ben Clymer |
Men's Watch Trends: 2011 Tired of the same old men's watch designs? Curious about what's shaking up the watch industry? Join the club. |
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Mid-Tier Watch Brands These watches offend me because they deign to consider themselves serious timepieces, often preying upon the novice watch buyer by plying them with false pedigree and tenuous history. |