Panerai Luminor Marina Swiss Watch - 47MM in Brown Strap

Omega Announces Anti-Magnetic 8508 Watch Movement

Omega announced recently that they have designed an anti-magnetic watch movement based on their in-house co-axial 8500 series. The calibre 8508 uses specialized non-ferrous materials in its construction which allows it to be unaffected by magnetic energy up to 1.5 Tesla (15,000 gauss). Omega employed the Aqua Terra platform to display the movement as the 8508 does not rely on a conventional iron case layer for magnetic protection. This non-ferrous construction allows the movement to be protected from considerable magnetic interference while still being viewable via a display case back.

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch for Singapore's Raffles Hotel

Of all of the world's many thousands of hotels, very few ever become an icon for the city or country in which they are based. Consider Haiti's Hotel Oloffson, Dubai's Burj Khalifa (as seen in MI4: Ghost Protocol) or the Bellagio Hotel of Las Vegas. These are hotels that have become international set pieces and back drops that make up part of the visual mindscape that many people have for locations that they may have never visited. Some hotels are so longstanding that they can become a pillar for global tourism in their area. Singapore's premiere example of this is the Raffles Hotel, wh

Vittorium Deep Diver Watch Review

Out of seemingly nowhere Swiss Vittorium showed up not long ago with some interesting and uniquely designed watches. I first wrote about their "AT" model watches here. As a newer brand I was really happy to see interesting, quirky designs meant to provoke and intrigue. With a distinct Mediterranean design twist, Vittorium seems to be focused on offering new types of marine themed dive style watch. I appreciate their lack of regard for the "conventional."The second watch they announced is this piece called the Deep Diver. This is meant to be their truer dive watch - even though it doe

Blancpain 500 Fathoms Titanium Watch

Wow, I did not expect to see something so bold from Blancpain this year. This is a totally new route for their diving watches. At first I was torn about the look (didn't see to be much more than what Invicta could come up with), but then I began to appreciate the more subtle items. Retained are the sapphire crystal tops on the rotating bezel (such a nice feature by the way), and new are the hands, and the face. The hands are really designed for perfect legibility in both light and dark situations, not one or the other which is sometimes the fact. They also remind me of torpedoes. I thi