With its new Tudor Fastrider Ducati (Ref. 42000) automatic chronograph, the recently resurrected Swiss watchmaking brand continues its trend of offering not particularly bright timekeepers for those considering the canonical Rolex design language too flashy for the price.
Carl F. Bucherer Releases Manero AutoDate in Rose Gold
The new Carl F. Bucherer Manero AutoDate (refs. 00.10908.03.13.01 & 00.10908.03.13.21) self-winding timekeeper looks like one of the most serious competitors to the legendary Patek Philippe Calatrava series of mechanical dress watches.
Alpina’s New Startimer Pilot Features In-House Caliber
As you may have already guessed, the 2011 self-winding Alpina Startimer Pilot Manufacture Aviation is not an ordinary “aviator”. The new model not only offers superb legibility both in broad daylight and in total darkness but also features an in-house movement: a rare thing even among relatively expensive timekeepers.
Oris Maldives Edition 300M Diver (643 7654 7185 RS/MB)
The Oris Maldives 300M Diver (Ref. 643 7654 7185 RS / MB) celebrates the World Oceans Day while raising some money to Bluepeace, an environmental NGO, which is based on the Maldives and has its main objective “to protect the environment through environmental education and training.”
Edox Issues an Eclectic, Skeletonized Minute Repeater
The Swiss brand, which is mostly known for their flashy, yet affordable mechanical and quartz timepieces, has recently started selling the new self-winding Edox Cape Horn 5 Minute Repeater Skeleton (ref. 87003 3 AID).
Hamilton Conservation Auto Chronograph
The Swiss-American watchmaking brand and the environmental nonprofit organization Conservation International (CI) joined their forces to create a special-edition Hamilton Conservation Auto Chronograph (ref. H604160). Presented by CI’s Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors… wait for it… Mr. Harrison Ford himself, the new timekeeper seems to be based on the recently unveiled Hamilton Khaki Pioneer chronograph.