Monthly Archives: July 2009

introducing: ARA Master Watchmaker and Sons

Posted on July 25th, 2009

Located in Canada, ARA Master Watchmaker and Sons offers a collection inspired by 1960′s diving watches for gents and ladies. Each watch is individually regulated before release.

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introducing: SAS Watch Company

Posted on July 25th, 2009

The Sea & Air Sport Watch Company will unveil later this Autumn a cusion-shaped sports watch they have been sneaking renderings of.

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introducing: Tourby Watches

Posted on July 25th, 2009

Tourby Watches does an outstanding job with fitting Hamilton pocket watches in wrist watch cases, but they also have a collection of gorgeous big pilot watches based on Unitas calibers. Their catalog is relatively flexible, allowing you to choose the level of finish of the movement.

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introducing: the BaliHa’i Project

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

The BaliHa’i is a “comic strip” diving watch concept… well, maybe the founder’s own words will explain it better: Perhaps the most unique single attribute of the BaliHa’i is its caseback design.   So far as we know, this is the first watch to rely on the services of a professional illustrator and comic book artist, [...]

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introducing: Steinhart Watches

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Steinhart Watches started with a few collections drawing inspiration from 1960′s stainless steel waterproof watches, and they have since come up with many more collections some inspired by aviation and classical watchmaking.

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introducing: Enzo Mechana

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Enzo Mechana offers some very rugged diving watches. Here is the company’s description: During his quarter century in the watch business where he designed watches for several companies and accepted private label commissions, Enzo spent decades dreaming of his quintessential diver’s watch, inspired by the action heroes, both real and imaginary, of his youth. To [...]

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introducing: Germano & Walther Uhr, not for the faint of heart

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

If you thought you looked manly enough, Germano & Walther Uhr will make you look like a girlie man. This is as hand-made as one can get: each case is made upon request, with Herr Pietro Germano manually running the lather to carve the frame out of a solid block of stainless steel. The watches [...]

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introducing: the Kremke Watch Company

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

The German-based Kremke Watch Company offers heavy duty diving watches and military-styled chronographs for …manly men.

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introducing: Blancier

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Dutch watchmaker Blancier uses a Russian-built Cortébert calibre to produce made-to-order watches. You can design your very own watch on the web site interface, and the Lottermann & Söhne workshop will assemble it for you.

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introducing: Maurice Duplain

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Maurice Duplain has a stock of components and movements for assembling your very own Swiss watch. You can either choose from one of his already assembled watches, or choose your own components and have them assembled or doing the job yourself if you’ve got the skills.  

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