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Ice Watch’s New Ice-Alu Collection
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May
2012
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Ice Watch introduces the Ice-Alu, a new collection of classy and hip timepieces, made of solid aluminium, a new material for the brand, in a range of exciting shiny colours.
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Richemont - Annual Results
16
May
2012
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Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group, announces its audited consolidated results for the year ended 31 March 2012 and cash dividend declaration.
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Halda is Preparing for Another Space Mission
15
May
2012
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While you are reading this, the watchmakers at Halda are replacing the first sapphire crystal of the Space Module with the Hesalite crystal – a space proven material.
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Hublot’s Skull Bang
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May
2012
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With its playful and slightly tongue-in-cheek air, this impudent piece rebelliously thumbs its nose at anyone who takes themselves too seriously. A totally "kick-ass" watch, it wouldn’t look out of place on the wrist of any number of rock stars on stage or out and about in the city.
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RSW’s tribute to la Neuveville
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May
2012
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RSW presents a new collection in tribute to the 700th anniversary of its home base, the town of La Neuveville, Switzerland.
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Jean-Claude Biver – passing on the knowledge at Hublot
In our survey of various retailers from around the world in this issue, several include Hublot in their “must-see” brands at BaselWorld.
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Bovet – a rising star in fine watchmaking
The development of the watchmaking industry in the small village of Fleurier is in no small part due to the work of Edouard Bovet and his brothers, who from 1822 practically monopolised imports of watches into China as trade with the country improved.
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Eva Leube brings high horology to Australia
Eva Leube can claim to be Australia’s first bespoke watchmaker but she certainly enjoys a special honour as she appears to be the first to have arrived of her own free will.
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Epos – a family affair
Tamdi Chonge, together with his wife Ursula, took over the Epos watch factory in 2002 from Peter Hofer, who had originally established the brand in 1983.
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Keeping time the Chinese way
For many Swiss watch companies, China has been the strongest market. It seems strange that the Chinese have embraced fine Swiss watches, while relatively ignoring the home-grown Chinese watch manufacturers.
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Alpina – Retelling the pilot story
Alpina made quite a splash with its well-designed and extraordinarily-priced pilot’s collection introduced last year. A unique mixture of a vintage feel in a contemporary watch, the collection has been very successful for the brand, which is beginning to come out of the shadow of its bigger brother, Frédérique Constant.
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Bremont – taking on the world
At this year’s BaselWorld, the English boys, brothers Nick and Giles, introduced the ALT1-WT world timer watch. The time-piece was so well received by the C-17 Boeing Globemaster crews around the world, for which it was originally developed, that Bremont decided to make it in a civilian version.
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Hanhart – 130 Years of real history
This year, Hanhart is celebrating 130 years of quality watchmaking, something that not many companies can claim. It all started back on 1 July 1882, when an announcement from watchmaker Johann A. Hanhart appeared in the Anzeiger am Rhein newspaper “respectfully informing the worthy residents of Diessenhofen and surroundings” that he had purchased a business and its premises there with the intention of opening a watch shop.
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