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divewatchhq-blog · 6 years

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Doxa SUB 300 Searambler ‘Silver Lung’ Reissue

https://www.divewatchhq.com/?p=5965 DOXA just released the SUB 300 ‘Black Lung’ - which is a reissue of a rare 1967 prototype. For a bit of background, Doxa is an independent Swiss watchmaker with a purpose-built dive watch portfolio. Unlike many of its competitors, Doxa’s SUB 300 is developed right from scratch by both professional divers and experienced watchmakers giving it an edge over its competitors. Past forward today, the new watch brings back the ‘Aqua-Lung’ themed watch first released in 1967 only this time, in a new silver theme. We do expect that this limited-run will also be sold-out real quick like the 2017 model. The silver dial, a color theme that is well known by collectors under the name Searambler has a few concessions to modernity but underneath is the same vintage watch. It features the same case design, the same bezel with its specific scale along with the bracelet and the dial with the Aqua-Lung logo.

Tough is an understatement for the case construction which is made from a single block of stainless steel with large shoulders and a robust crown. And at 42.5mm, the Doxa SUB 300 Searambler ‘Silver Lung’ also feels comfortable on the wrist. The vintage “beads of rice” bracelet which is noticeably thicker and more solid tapers to an integrated wetsuit extension, a really useful feature. The watch is water-resistant to 300m, this is a serious depth. Here we also see the bezel with its specific shape made to appear in an unbalanced ratio between the large diameter of the case and the small diameter of the dial forming a unique symmetry. We also see an engraved feet double-scale on the periphery and a 60-minute scale on the interior side. For a good grip, the nice rugged saw-tooth profile balances the brushed and polished look of the bezel.

The brushed silver dial pertains to the vintage ‘Searambler’ watches. I know that you probably think black is more appropriate but the silver adds a nicer contrast and better legibility while achieving the same tool-like look. A highly domed sapphire crystal makes everything appear classy. The black hours and orange seconds and minutes hands achieve a nice contrast. The Aqua-Lung logo is also printed in black and yellow at 7:30. Powering the Doxa SUB 300 Searambler ‘Silver Lung’ is a chronometer COSC-grade ETA 2824–2 automatic caliber.

Finally, the Doxa SUB 300 Searambler ‘Silver Lung’ is limited to only 300 pieces. Since we know how fast this watch sells once it hits the shelves and if you really want one, you can already pre-order exclusively from doxawatches.com. This way you only pay USD 2,190 instead of the standard 2,590. The watch will also be dispatched in August this year so the waiting time is not that long. Visit Doxa here. This review originally appeared on WristReview: The Doxa SUB 300 Searambler ‘Silver Lung’ Reissue Watch

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watchdiscounted-blog · 7 years

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Wristreview Expert Investigates Christopher Wards New Racing Inspired Range Of Timepieces

Christopher Wards New Racing Inspired Range

It’s great news for all my British readers and all you guys out there that appreciate an Anglo-Swiss luxury Watch collection because Christopher Ward has released the new C7 Rapide Collection inspired by motor racing. For those of you who don’t know Christopher Ward, you can read my reviewhere but for the rest of you it’s a no-brainer when it comes to…

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devici-eu · 4 years

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devici-eu · 4 years

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It’s never enough! Don’t be scared to be ambitious. Every minute, Every day is a chance to get ahead! 🔥

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devici-eu · 4 years

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Success isn’t final; Failure isn’t fatal: It’s the courage to continue that counts! 🙏

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devici-eu · 4 years

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Good things happen to those who wait, But only the things left by those who hustle! ⏳

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devici-eu · 4 years

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Success in life comes when you simply refuse to give up, With goals so strong that obstacles, Failure, And loss only act as motivation! 🤑

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shieldtrend · 5 years

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Three truly iconic tool watches. One $3,000-6000, one $6,000-12,000 and one a couple hundred bucks. How wild is that!? Long live the legend of the Seiko SKX. 👑 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #stuffandwatches #watchoftheday #wristreview #watchnerd #watchrecon #watchfam #womw #wornandwound #watchuseek #wis #watchesofinstagram #hodinkee #redbarcrew #rolex #submariner #14060 #14060m #divewatch #divewatchconnection #omega #speedmaster #speedypro #moonwatch #chronograph #seiko #skx #skx007 #flecto #twobrokewatchsnobs (at Costa Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByskNjXpqSE/?igshid=1fyb3do5eqlok

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devici-eu · 4 years

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devici-eu · 4 years

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wristwatchjournal · 4 years

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Introducing The Seiko Presage Sharp Edged Series Watches

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN

The Seiko Presage is quite a popular watch that’s generally affordable to most. That sums up the entire collection, it looks good and is made well and is also reasonably priced. But it’s also a mismatched collection of watches, some of which look great while others are a hard pass. They’re also mostly presented on leather straps, if you type “Seiko Presage” into the search bar on WristReview, you’ll see that only three of the ten Presages we’ve covered so far sport a bracelet, not including this one of course. It seems fitting, then, that Seiko decided to present to us the Presage Sharp Edged Series.

This new watch is designed to be dressy, sporty and charismatic all in one hit, which is the point I pull out the term “Smart/Casual”, you may have heard of it before. Smart/Casual watches walk the tightrope between two distinctive watch genres. On the one hand, they’re dressy in their styling, no rotating bezels or overly complicated dials or mad colour schemes. On the other hand, they’re robust, dependable and capable of doing similar things to the dedicated sports watches. The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra or a Rolex DateJust on an Oyster bracelet are both prime examples of this unique category. The Presage Sharp Edged Series of watches fits the Smart/Casual category nicely, as it both looks elegant and has a robust 6R35 calibre in it with 100m of water resistance. The watch has a 70-hour power reserve and a 3Hz beat rate, but the calibre 6R35 can only manage a pitiful +25/-15 seconds per day accuracy rate, but you’ll probably have your phone with you anyway.

The dials of the watches have an interesting pattern on them, as most Smart/Casual timepieces do. The name for the pattern is, of course, Japanese, it’s called Japanese Asanoha which translates to ‘hemp leaf’. Traditionally used for fabric, the hemp leaf is symbolic of strong and fast growth and was thought to bring good health in Japanese culture.

The watch comes with four different coloured dials too. There’s a choice between Aitetsu (indigo iron, SPB176J1), Shironeri (unbleached silky white, SBP165J1), Tokiwa (evergreen trees, SBP169J1) or Susutake (smoked bamboo, SPB170J1). The last of those options, Susutake, comes on a leather strap instead of stainless steel bracelet, and has a rose-gold colouring to the case, though it is not rose gold. The cases of all the watches measure precisely 39.3mm in diameter and 11.1mm in thickness, correct sizing is another part of the Smart/Casual watches category.

You can see the appeal with these watches, and where they get their name from. The pointy dauphine-style hands with the precise hour markers work well on the Asanoha backdrop. The hands even have a coating of LumiBrite so you can see the watch at night. The retail price for all four models is $1000.

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wristwatchjournal · 4 years

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The Statement Of Horological Position Mid-2020: Lockdown Lows And China Saves The Show

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN

I think it’s fair to start this article by saying that 2020 turned out to be the year none of us was prepared for. The year began with a few passing news reports of a new virus being detected in China, but generally, all was rosy, and we were set for another year of fun. It feels like that was years ago now. Most of the world has been under some form of lockdown since March. Businesses have been closed, people staying at home safely and an army of healthcare, retail and distribution workers have been fighting to keep some form of normality going in the background. 2020 was not our year, and it certainly wasn’t the year for the Swiss watch industry, either. So, let’s take a closer look at how the Swiss watch industry performed. In the same way that a company has to provide a statement of financial position (or a balance sheet), WristReview provides for you its Statement of Horological Position.

Before we begin, we should mention that this only covers the Swiss watch industry and its exports to other countries, and does not include Japan, Germany or other exporters of wristwatches. Also, some figures represent exports to countries, and not necessarily business sales to the end consumer, and therefore cannot give an accurate representation of how individual companies are performing sales-wise, this article is not intended to compare different businesses. Finally, it should be noted that some export data from the FHS used in this article was provided to the FHS by the Swiss Federal Customs Administration and it is, therefore, possible for the figures to change.

A quick snapshot

The first thing to remember about this year is that we’ll be seeing some significant drops in statistics. Several of the top players including Rolex and Patek Philippe closed their factories and halted production altogether following advice from the Swiss government.

Overall, in the first half of the year, Swiss watch exports fell by 35.7% compared to the same period last year, with exports reaching 6.9 billion Swiss Francs in value. The same period in 2019 saw exports valued at 10.7 billion Swiss Francs, which was a 1.4% increase on the previous year.

A total of 2.1 million mechanical wristwatches were exported in this period along with 3.4 million electronic watches. Compared to last year’s figures, this is a drop of 44.9%. The FHS figures do not differentiate the ‘electronic watches’ category into quartz timepieces and Swiss-made smartwatches such as TAG Heuer’s Connected model.

As expected, every watch category based on value saw a decrease in exports. The FHS divides watches into separate groups based on their retail price (sub-CHF200, CHF200 – 500, CHF500 – 3000, over CHF3000). Watches priced under CHF200 were affected the most, with a drop of 55.4% in unit exports leading to a total value drop of 48.1%. The category affected the least was the CHF200 – 500 range, which saw a decline of 36.8% in unit exports creating a value drop of 36.5%.

In terms of exports by geographic regions, very little changed between January-June of 2020 and the same period in 2019. Asia still has the largest market share by continent, followed by Europe and the Americas. The ‘Rest of World’ category comprises Africa and Oceana, which have market shares totalling 0.7% and 1.3% respectively.

In the first half of the year, all of the five largest export nations saw a decrease in exports overall, with China having the smallest percentage decrease and Hong Kong the largest. According to the FHS figures, Hong Kong is now the third-largest export market, having dropped from being the largest in the same period last year. The USA is still ahead of China, Japan held on to its position as the fourth largest export market, and Singapore overtook the United Kingdom by 22.6 million Swiss Francs.

June 2020 saw a different order for the top 5 most significant export markets, with China being the only nation to see an increase in comparison to June 2019’s figures. Germany also replaced Japan in the fourth position and overall had the lowest decline in exports of the nations.

Cause & effect

I think the main factor involved in the decline of exports over the past six months should be clear to anyone who’s not been living under a rock for the past year. In June, China was the only country of the top 5 nations to post an increase in exports, an increase of nearly 50%. The FHS explains that this could well be because of China’s recovery from the Covid-19 outbreak, meaning they were just able to squeeze in a growth while every other nation posted a loss.

Dial R for ‘Rona – Alfred Hitchcock – 1954

Covid-19 is the most severe threat to human life at the moment. As such, all around the world governments have been advising (and forcing) people to stay in their homes. The last time people were told to stay at home on such a colossal scale in the UK, the sky was filled with German bombers.

Switzerland was one of the first nations to respond with force if I recall correctly. Early on into the European outbreak, Switzerland banned all large scale gatherings, which put SIHH and Baselworld out of action. To further demonstrate to the world just how serious the threat was (and how serious the Swiss are about tackling it), multiple watch manufacturers closed their doors for a month or more.

Nearly all the major Swiss brands closed their doors for at least a month. Rolex, Tudor, Breitling, Zenith and Patek Philippe all announced they would be closing their doors. Surprisingly, the Swatch Group never officially closed its factories, but it did limit the amount of staff on the premises at any time, which limited production. This will have resulted in a monumental backlog of work that needs to be done, and anyone currently on a waiting list will have had their delivery time pushed back by at least a couple months while the manufacturers get themselves organised in a way that allows them to work and be socially distanced as well. Generally, watchmakers themselves aren’t too cramped together, at least for the bigger brands who can afford more space, so we’ll see what this means for those when things get fully back to normal.

When it came to model releases, we saw nearly the entirety of the industry take to online advertising to show off the new 2020 pieces. Almost every brand used the internet as a replacement for trade shows, except for Rolex and Tudor which decided to delay their releases until 2021. That was until they changed their minds and decided they would, after all, release their new pieces on the first of September.

I, for one hope that this scenario has pushed onto manufacturers just how much they need to co-operate with large-scale watch press such as WristReview. We’re a unique part of the watch industry that is trusted by the audience and potential buyers to formulate opinions, but we also give constructive feedback that is very useful to watch manufacturers. We also spread the word about new timepieces, so it’s in their interest to work with us.

Baselworldy Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’

I didn’t want to spend too long on this topic, but as this is one of the somewhat rare times where I as an author can speak solely for myself, I wanted to say that I was incredibly disappointed in the way the MCH Group dealt with the issues surrounding Baselworld earlier this year.

If you’re not familiar with what happened, when it became evident that Covid-19 was going to have a significant impact on the Swiss watch industry, the showrunners at Baselworld decided to move this year’s show to January of 2021. This wouldn’t have had much of an effect had Baselworld not already agreed to co-ordinate its dates with Watches & Wonders Geneva show (formerly SIHH). Watches & Wonders would run in Geneva under the new banner, and then Baselworld would open the day after Watches & Wonders finished so that it was a lot less hassle to get everyone to Switzerland for the big reveals.

However, where Watches & Wonders decided to cancel their show for 2020 altogether, Baselworld chose to postpone until January of 2021. This meant that all the exhibitors both big and small (Baselworld plays host to a wide array of boutique watchmakers and jewellery brands) had their deadlines for press-releases, staffing, costing and all manner of things brought forward by three months. When we visited Chopard back in 2017, we toured their factories the week before Baselworld, and it was chaos, very professional chaos, but chaotic nonetheless. To get everything ready for the show, get the staff together, get the funding sorted and then head over to Basel and get the booths designed and built (the brands assemble and deconstruct their display stands every year, rather than leaving them up) is a massive job that simply wasn’t going to be done in time for January.

Then there are the costs of Baselworld. There, the MCH group gave the exhibitors two options: either put nearly all their funds for this year into the 2021 show with the rest going to MCH, or receive a small refund with fewer funds going to next year’s show. When confronted by several brands who were, at this point, rather upset, the MCH Group said that it legally didn’t have to refund them at all. A terrible move indeed.

As a response, all the significant exhibitors that remained (Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Chopard & Chanel) turned their back on the MCH Group and decided to form their own show. This departure was soon followed by the remaining brands from the LVMH Group (Bulgari had already stated it wasn’t returning). A slew of panicked emails from the organisers at Baselworld seemed to be attempting to reinforce with us that all is well, despite everyone leaving. The last we heard from them, the organisers of Baselworld indicated they had somewhat arranged a plan with the brands that were going, but their email came across as if they felt they were in the right all along. I can guarantee you that, while legally they were correct, they handled the situation so poorly I’m amazed it happened at all, especially considering the amount of financial losses Baselworld has suffered recently.

In the same way that I feel the Swiss watch brands should respect us as valuable gears in the engine that is the Swiss watch industry, I also think that big corporate shows should not abuse their position and make wild claims about how useful they are. They are only there because the brands fund them, and that is the end of it.

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wristwatchjournal · 4 years

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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition Watch

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN

Blancpain has had an odd relationship with exclusive edition watches. I’d say, their Lamborghini partnership didn’t make a lot of sense to us as the Italian supercar maker is known for being extremely flamboyant while making flashy cars. Blancpain is the exact opposite of that for the most part. We never understood why this partnership existed, or why Blancpain suddenly had a motorsports championship of its own (the Blancpain GT Series, now the GT World Challenge Europe). When Blancpain announced the Ocean Commitment project, we sat up and paid attention. As a brand that has been making watches designed to survive the ocean’s depths since 1953, Blancpain knew it had a new responsibility: to protect the diverse ecosystem only found underneath the waves.

In its latest bid to raise awareness for the ocean environment, Blancpain presents an exclusive 50-piece limited edition version of the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe called the Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition. The name of the watch, Mokarran, comes from the scientific name for the Great Hammerhead shark, Sphyrna Mokarran. These majestic creatures can grow up to 20 feet in length and feed on crustaceans, fish and even other sharks. They live along the coastlines of every nation near the equator, are apex predators and generally inquisitive of nosy humans.

Unfortunately, humans are not always simply being nosy. Great Hammerhead sharks are subjected to extreme levels of fishing for the Asian market where they are made into shark-fin soup. This traditional dish is supposed to demonstrate affluence but is reported to taste of next to nothing (click here to see Gordon Ramsay’s reaction to this dish). To collect the fins for the soup, the shark is caught and has its fins cut off before being thrown back into the sea dead or alive. This process is extremely cruel and disrespectful to these magnificent creatures.

In recent times, several countries, including the United States, have made the possession and sale of shark fins a criminal offence, but more work needs to be done. Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms Mokarran watch has been presented to raise awareness further, as well as make a difference. This watch features a unique green sunburst dial with a green ceramic bezel as well. The case of the watch has been crafted from black ceramic which has been given a brushed appearance. The case measures at 43.6mm x 13.83mm and has a depth rating of 300m. It’s presented on a black NATO strap as well.

Around the back of the watch is the calibre 1318 which has been put on display. It’s got a 4Hz beat rate, is made of 204 components with 35 jewels and has a power reserve of 120 hours. It’s 13 lignes across, and measures in at 5.65mm thick. For this movement, the oscillating rotor has been engraved with the outline of the Great Hammerhead.

This special edition has been limited in its production and is only available through Blancpain’s boutiques in New York and Las Vegas. By purchasing one of these watches, Blancpain will donate $1000 to the Mokarran Protection Society. That means a total of $50,000 will be added onto Blancpain’s regular donation amount.

The price for one of these watches is $15,500. I hope Blancpain keeps us updated on this project. The Great Hammerhead is considered to be critically endangered, just one step away from becoming extinct in the wild. Now is the time to act. The reference number for this watch is 5005 0153 NABA.

WristReview is entirely opposed to the idea and method involved in hunting sharks for their fins. We do not feel this abhorrent process should be allowed to continue. It is inhumane and wrong in every sense. We wish Blancpain and their team the best of luck with the project.

The Humane Society International states that roughly 100 million sharks are killed every year for their fins. For us, this is 100 million too many.

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