Burgeoning watch company Skywatch was built on simple principles: to craft a timepiece of Swiss-made quality and precision, with a pricetag that the average man could actually afford. Founded by UCLA grad Gabriel Ibarra, Skywatch has quickly grown to gain distribution in the US, Europe and the Middle East by aiming to make watches […]
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Apr
A daily wearer timepiece for the Rolex & Hublot crowd
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Dec
104 timepieces in dedication to Brazil's greatest living architect
Swiss watchmaker Hublot celebrates Brasilia (Brazil’s capital) and the architect who planned the modernist dream city with its aptly named Aero Bang Niemeyer watch. Hublot, as the official timekeeper of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, has worked with world renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer, to design the exclusive watch that commemorates Niemeyer’s 104th birthday. Niemeyer, […]
13
Jul
Swiss watchmaker squeezes a little more juice out of an old design
Hublot have gotten a lot of mileage out of their Big Bang Watch (we covered the All Black II here), but this is one worth mentioning because it’s a collaboration with mastermind JAPAN, who have grown a house built on immaculately designed and produced goods. We were fans of their adidas Originals Hardland High-Tops, and […]
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Nov
From $300 to $1 million, black out your wrists this holiday with the ultimate in anti-bling
There seems to be an inordinate amount of black watches being released lately, some with a simple noir theme while others are completely blacked out, darker than Dick Cheney’s soul at an orphanage. The pricetags similarly run the gamut from an affordable $500 for Angular Momentum’s Roiro watch to a mind-blowing $1,000,000 for Hublot’s garishly […]
