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Oris Rallies Up A New Limited Edition RAID Watch For 2013

When it comes to auto racing, you don't find much of it on TV outside of standard NASCAR and drag racing (at least not here in the States). Many years ago though, I discovered the sport of rally racing, and I was hooked. There's just something fun about watching cars racing against the clock, sliding through (generally) unpaved surfaces. And that's the sport that this Oris model is commemorating - rally racing.But it's not just any rally, it's the RAID Suisse-Paris, which features classic cars taking a 600-mile route starting in Basel, and finishing in Paris. Oris has been the official

Rado D-Star Plasma Watch Review

Rado has a long history of materials innovation in their watches, most famously with super-hard ceramics that hold a mirror finish. Here for review is something entirely new to me, a plasma-infused ceramic watch that looks like stainless steel. Let's take a look.This watch's name is the Rado D-Star Gents L, Plasma Ceramic. The model reference number is 658.0760.3.010. They call the movement a caliber 658, but you and I name it ETA 2824-2. It's 144g on the bracelet, water resistant to 100m despite the non-screwdown crown. The case is 40.8mm by 11.4 to the top of the domed sapphire crys

Rado R-One Tron Watch

While it does not surprise me much, I can't say that I would have guessed Rado?would bring out a watch with the aesthetic of Tron. In a way I get it. Rado had a nice time in the 1980s when it started to popularize ceramic cased watches, and Tron came out in the 1980s. Both were futuristic in their own avant garde manner. The Rado R-One (R-1) isn't per se a "Tron watch" as there is no official connection, but you'd be amiss to find the R-One's design not wholly inspired by the movie franchise.It is a limited edition for 2012 and it is quite expensive. Rado, like other large group owned

Roger Dubuis Pulsion Watches

"Where am I?" I wondered as I checked out Roger Dubuis' SIHH 2012 booth. It feels like I am looking at a scene from the Borg mothership. Over the last few years the Swiss brand has changed its identity a few times, reinvented its watches, distanced itself from the man Roger Dubuis, re-hired the man Roger Dubuis, and overall had one of the most interesting and tumultuous modern histories of most any high-end watch brand out there.For 2012, the new push is on "Roger Dubuis Worlds." Each distinct collection gets its own universe to live in. There is the casino world of the Monegasque, th