As Monochrome already reported, the second floor hall recently invited watch and art afficionados to enjoy the small exhibition of Xavier Magaldi titled Tempus Fugit.
On a gloomy Saturday morning I packed my photogear and went to visit it. Cite Du Temps is open for visitors and easy on...
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Painting exhibition Tempus Fugit
March 28 to April 29, 2012
The City of Time Gallery (Deck Machine) – Geneva
From 9am to 18pm every day (free admission)
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 As many of you out there will know and appreciate, yesterday was the Final Four showdown to determine which two college teams would advance to the finals of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament - March Madness has nearly run its course. So last night I did some timing tests, and the...
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Here are the details:
Technical details
Movement:
HAN4112 automatic movement with module, based on the Sellita SW200 calibre; 28'800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz; 30 jewels; rotor with skeletonised Hanhart logo; power reserve of min. 38 hours
Functions:
Small seconds at 9...
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Courtesy of the ochsenblog
Logo-free watches, of course – coloured and black/white or white/black Tintas on a white background. We've added the ochs logo to the display so people know what they're looking at...
Courtesy of the ochsenblog
It's usually only branded, embossed, punched or...
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So fun stuff -
I got to drop in at the Hanhart booth and look at some past inspirations! When I have to think of a word to describe Hanhart - it is authentic!
And the man himself, Thomas Morf took the time to hold forth on all things Hanhart! I will be back with more detail!
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When I worked at Tourneau in San Francisco, my first boss there - who is now the manager of the store in Bal Harbour - he had style. One watch - Rolex Submariner, subtly worn with a suit that actually fit correctly! So many guys pick out a suit like their picking out office supplies - they...
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Goliath stories - a wine tasting competition in 1976 pitting the pride of France against the best that the Napa Valley of California could summon - referred to as the Judgement of Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)
What continues to strike me in this story line is...
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As I am the owner of both of these enterprises, some content will be shared, but Tempus Fugit will return to being more of a BLOG, whereas Chronometers.org will become more of a "Reuters for watches" type of location - a place to go and get (hopefully) all the latest watch news.
Again -...
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The anno cinquanta with annual calendar function is the first watch we ever produced: it's been an archaic beauty since 2008.
The price of gold has almost doubled since that time (another reason why we've been using other materials such as titanium and brass for our new tinta concept)....
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