Posted in Luxury on 20 November 2009
If you are the kind of person who is looking for a cool clock to keep you aware of the time during these cold and dark and gloomy months, you must perhaps think about buying this cool Chumby One alarm clock. To say that it is just an alarm clock would be an understatement as it is comes with more than 1200 applications which can be used when it is co0nnected to Internet.
The Chumby One alarm clock costs $100 and this is a big reduction in price when compared to the $200 original Chumby. Thanks to Wi-fi you can check your Twitter account, update your Facebook, and send email and do thousands of things. It even gives you the much needed weather report and snow fall warnings, just in case you plan to set out for a walk during the afternoon.
Posted in Luxury on 17 November 2009
Swedish designer Henrik Amberla is known for many things and most importantly it is his Milky Way alarm clock that walks away with all the trophies. Thanks to the turning motion, it triggers a snooze function and the other way around makes it turn on the alarm function or set the time.
It comes with an extremely smooth and sleek look and when you wonder why it has been named the Milky Way, the design makes it pretty apparent. It reflects the duality of life and also of the day. The day beginning to change into a night and the night turning into day is reflective of the way the Milky Way behaves too. With a design that mimics the Milky Way, you can even use the Milky Way Alarm Clock to encourage your space voyage dreams that may take you far beyond our solar system.
Posted in Diamond, Precious Stone, Watch on 12 November 2009
And we though all sorts of diamond watches had already been made. Well, almost! Brand Century has come up with a very unique way to do the unexpected. It has come up with a very graceful use of synthetic sapphire crystals that it is known for. Close to 341 diamonds along with nine of these large and clear sapphire crystals have been cast in 18 carat white gold to create the spectacular Century Grace Watch.
As far as the dial goes, it too bears the gentle kiss of the sapphire crystals. This has been cut and polished in hand to complement the 164 baguette cut diamonds on the case. There are dauphine watch hands to mirror the dial.
Posted in Luxury on 8 November 2009
Christophe Golay is an amazing Swiss watchmaker who believes in the integrity of the design and chicness which is rarely seen by others. These high-end watches can be afforded by few but those who do join the ranks of the world’s elite. He has just unveiled a $350,000 watch by Cephee. The first watch under the Cephee series is called Ether, and it looks amazingly cool with about 150 baguette diamonds.
It even allows each of the diamond to reflect its own light making it one of the most advanced watches ever, with high-engineering platforms. The hands are placed on a chic sapphire and the straps are made of the softest leather possible. The Cephee watches are some of the best in the world and I am sure you would love to get one for yourself if you can afford a watch like that.
Posted in Diamond, Luxury Brands, Precious Stone, Watch on 6 November 2009
The recession might have activated a slowdown in the designer watches market but it could not do anything to dampen the spirits of Christophe Golay. Well, this brand believes that there will always be buyers for ultra-luxury items whether financial hard times or not. In fact, it was with this optimism that it just launched a $350,000 worth super-end timepiece in the U.S markets.
This new range of real stylish and rather extravagant watches comes from Cephee (that’s the name of the product line) and display the finest of Swiss craftsmanship and technology. Among the first ones to be introduced under the new Cephee tag, the watch is called ‘Ether’.
Posted in Events, Exhibitions, Luxury Brands, Watch on 31 October 2009
The forthcoming 35th anniversary sale from Antiquorum is what the watch collectors and connoisseurs are looking forward to. This event will be held for two days on 14th and 15th of November in Geneva itself. Well, it’s not just the reduced rates but also the exquisite watch pieces which will go on display that is creating all the buzz. We are told that the famous shop brand has decided to keep the most exceptional timepieces aside to mark its special moment.
And the highlight of the sale will be the Calibre 89 timepiece that belongs to the esteemed Matsuda collection, and is designed by none other than Patek Phillipe himself. In fact, this watch is already being touted as the most complicated time teller in the history of the world with not one or two but a sum total of 33 complications!
Posted in Luxury on 31 October 2009
If you are the kind of person who would travel a lot and would need to be alerted every time you are somewhere important, you might have to readjust your time again and again, and also readjust the alarm based on the local time.
Now that is one hell of a job isn’t it? You might as well purchase this cool watch unveiled by Zenith. It comes with 41 jewels and is called eloquently, El Primero. It comes with world timers and you could adjust the time to the city you are in and it looks like the globe as well. At one end of the clock is the American Cities and at the other end are the Asian cities.
Posted in Luxury on 28 October 2009
What could be better than an expensive and luxurious Horological Machine? Well, what would actually be better than that is actually buying one for us. Here is a luxurious Horological machine that is manufactured by MB&F and is called the Horological Machine 2.
This cool machine is a watch engineering tour de force and comes housed in a fingerprint resistant PVD coated titanium enclosure. It is also soft to touch and comes with moon phase, retrograde date, and instantaneous jumping hour. This is a rather expensive machine and hence the prices are not revealed.
Posted in Concept, Designer, Jewelry, Luxury, Technology, Watch on 24 October 2009
It’s a rather regular phenomenon for brand Gerlad Genta to blow their customers away with their collections of super-stylish watches. But their newest offering Arena Metasonic is even more. One look at it and you will realise the many years they must have spent developing this concept. This timepiece is symbolic for holding the company’s obessession with giving their watches a musical twist. We have seen some that repeat time at your command and even those that chime at regular intervals. If we hear correct, you get both and some more in the Arena Metasonic watch.
The frame is 46mm wide and has been made in titanium as well as other special metal alloys to achieve a superior sound quality. The case indeed must have taken a long time to design what with the highly stylized construction that includes technical looking pushers and levers. Even the manually wound movement is very complex since it can be seen through the dial and caseback right behind the sapphire crystals. You can see the cute little hammers too that beat playfully when the sonnerie is activated. We have a sneaky feeling that you might need to wind this watch quite often.
Posted in Automobile, Designer, Fashion, Luxury, Watch on 24 October 2009
Automotive designers Andy Shaw and Robert Silkstone like to keep themselves busy. So apart from designing cool cars, lately they had been spending a lot of time to develop their first range of watches. We are told that they took almost two years to work on the concept. And the result? Britannic and Vanguard-Precision. These are the names of the two timepieces that will blow you away and burn a hole in you purse too.
We are told that the two watches draw a lot from the designers’ background in the automotive world. In fact, intensive techniques like spark erosion and wire-EDM machining have all been very cleverly combined with laser engraving. For creating Britannic, the inner case of the watch has been CNC machined. It holds six rare 10 BA screws that were used back in the days of the British Empire. A pattern influenced by the Fibonacci sequence can be seen on the laser cute face of the watch. On the other hand, Vanguard precision has a brown leather calfskin strap with natural colored stitching. Its face reminds one of the flow of cotton through the cloth mills of northern England. It also carries the slogan “Come Into The Factories.”
