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		<title>Introducing: Rheinmeister</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/09/03/introducing-rheinmeister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unitas 649X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valjoux 775X]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in 1971 in Köln, Germany, master watchmaker Dirk Maier went to work within the Swatch Group (Omega, Longines and Rado) before starting his own business. He registered the brand Rheinmeister by taking cues from the Rhein (Rhine), one of the most important European rivers that serves as natural border between Switzerland and Germany. Maier tries to source [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Karl Falk</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/31/introducing-karl-falk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unitas 649X]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany-based Karl Falk sells watches that feature a single hand. There is an online store (Singlehandwatch.com) dedicated to the genre. Karl Falk is featured there alongside another brand like Defakto, but award-winning Meistersinger is missing from the Web site list. Back to Karl Falk. The brand&#8217;s name is that of a 19th century watchmaker. Their flagship and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Motor City Watch Works</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/31/introducing-motor-city-watch-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seiko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assembler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom dials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom hands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pimp your watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Motor City Watch Works offers services in the customization of watches. Besides repair, servicing, refinishing, crystal replacement and pressure testing, they also have spare parts to use for your watch modding project. The staff can also apply bead-blasting and Cerakote ceramic coating.]]></description>
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		<title>New category: Militarophilia</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/26/new-category-militarophilia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/26/new-category-militarophilia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[historic designs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militarophilia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have added a new category filter called Militarophilia, from Latin militaris and Greek phileo, the &#8220;love of things linked with armed forces&#8221;. Will be added to that category all brands that either: draws inspiration from a real watch that is or was endorsed by armed forces has its watch endorsed by armed forces uses the image of armed forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Opus Duae</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/26/introducing-opus-duae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[German-based furniture designer Lars Amhoff, Chicago artist Nigel Dennis and German jeweler Martin L. Riedel teamed up to create Opus Duæ, an Art watch only released in 25 pieces. The Opus Duæ watch comes with a stainless-steel 45 mm case with screw-down crown, water-resistance to 10 bar and hardened curved mineral glass. The dial uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Drass</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/26/introducing-drass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assembler]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hat tip to OceanicTime editor Tlex for pointing out to his May 2010 article for precisions. This year, Italian watchmaker Anonimo unveiled Drass, a spinoff of their eponymous brand. Anonymo has been building watches since 1939, and its history is linked to that of more prestigious Officine Panerai. In activity since 1927, DRASS is the oldest supplier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: North Eagle Military Watches</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/25/introducing-north-eagle-military-watches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/25/introducing-north-eagle-military-watches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miyota 82X5]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[custom dials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based in Bologna, Italy, North Eagle Military Watches sells Italian armed forces-themed watches. They offer the possibility of using custom dials and their automatic range starts with a Miyota automatic at EUR 220 up to a Dubois-Dépraz modular chronograph for EUR 850. Watches can be ordered directly from their Website at www.northeagles.com.]]></description>
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		<title>New Lindburgh &amp; Benson nautical watch</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/23/new-lindburgh-benson-nautical-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/23/new-lindburgh-benson-nautical-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.watchprojects.com/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hat tip to Tlex of OceanicTime.com We have already discussed Lindburgh &#38; Benson&#8216;s brand of sports watches Schaumburg. The German watchmakers have recently released a new diving watch.   The Aquamatic III comes in 44 mm of diameter and features an inner rotating ring controlled by the stem at 2 o&#8217;clock. This is a system which efficiency is subject to caution: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Azimuth</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/23/introducing-azimuth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/23/introducing-azimuth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETA 28XX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unitas 649X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valjoux 775X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assembler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[historic designs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vintage movements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Azimuth somehow managed to source new old stock vintage movements such as the Fontainemelon 96 and a Marvin/Election hand-wound calibre. They took extreme care in designing limited series of military watch homages that met great success. Featuring vintage movements or modified contemporary UNITAS calibres, those timepieces boast a good reputation and now count amongst the very few watches that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Ril Concept Watches</title>
		<link>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/21/introducing-ril-concept-watches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.watchprojects.com/2010/08/21/introducing-ril-concept-watches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis J.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miyota 82X5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historic designs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ril Concept is the brainchild of Roger Gilbert and Nathan Halfon, two finance professional buddies who shared a passion for watch collecting. Gilbert works between Chicago and London, Halfon works between Genva and London and together the jet-setters decided to create a company that would deliver lifestyle solution for timepieces, clothes, homeware, food and events. [...]]]></description>
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