Piaget Creations Sparkle at Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's Wedding

Richard Mille and Philippe Starck have joined efforts to support Only Watch, an Antiquorum-organized auction that presents exceptional watches. This time the auction will take place on September 20, 2007. Exclusively for the auction, Richard Mille and Philippe Starck have created a remarkably complicated timepiece characterized by extreme forms. All proceeds received from the auction will be donated to a Duchenne muscular dystrophy charity. Richard Mille and Philippe Starck had already successfully cooperated in 2005, having developed the Mille/Starck watch highly appreciated by watch critics and connoisseurs. The watch's talented designers managed to create a uniquely styled timepiece offering ultimate performance and unconventional beauty.This Ferrari has a 12-cylinder aspirated engine in a 65° V. Its cylinder capacity is 5,998 cc. The car provides an ultimate Formula 1 experience. The design of cylinder head shows Enzo's Formula 1 origins. Among them one may find: "pentroof-type" combustion chamber, having 4 valves per cylinder. In addition there are inlet and exhaust ducts created in order to maximize the exhaust coefficients and combustion speed. Top speed of this elegant monster is over 350 km/h.One Million Big Bang Hublot The One Million $ BB reveals the unique fusion between the art of jewelery and watch***. The watch's tourbillon movement is masterfully concealed with help of 493 differently-sized Top Wesselton baguette diamonds.

Diamond Cameo Watch from Harry Winston

The upper layer, the filigree, shows oversized numerals created in Art Nouveau styling. The three seconds hands of silvery tint form the tri-retrograde-function display. The three mother-of-pearl seconds display segments are placed at 6, 10 and 2 o'clock. The hands jump back one after another after 20 seconds to perform a snap back in the most graceful way.The first hand at 6 o'clock jumps back to the right to the starting point after 20 seconds. Moving clockwise, the next seconds hand positioned at 10 o'clock is followed by the third hand featured at 2 o'clock. These two hands perform the same task as the first hand - they seem to be united in a persistent precision dance. There are two hand-engraved supporting elements advantageously setting the seconds hands off, thus drawing more attention to this remarkable mechanical display. Female owners of the timepiece will be able to admire its inner life through the openings in the dial as well as the sapphire crystal window in the case-back.The elegant three-layer dial is revealed through the slightly curved sapphire crystal. A mother-of-pearl layer displays a colorful kaleidoscope. To make possible the tri-retrograde seconds timing, the Milus watchmakers have equipped the timepiece with an automatic Swiss mechanical movement that comprises an exclusive Milus 2828 module. As mentioned above, the complicated movement is visible through the round-shaped sapphire crystal window in the screw-down case-back.

Tissot Presents its New Danica Patrick T-Touch Watch

Yoshikazu Akahane, a young engineer of Seiko watches in Japan was overwhelmed by the idea to invent a mechanical timepiece that would provide the same level of accuracy as a quartz watch. During the day the engineer worked upon the development of Seiko quartz watches. It was the Seiko company that started the quartz watch revolution in December 1969, having launched the first quartz watch in the world. It was the analog quartz Astron 35SQ. In the 1970s the Seiko company introduced a series of electronic timepieces that turned the horology world upside-down. A standard quartz watch has a seconds hand that advances once per second. A standard mechanical watch has a seconds hand that makes 5-10 mini-stops per second. The movement of the Spring Drive has no escapement, so its motion is in one direction, and the hands move in the most even and silent way.The watch's case is provided with a soft iron cage that offers protection against the magnetic fields that badly effect the timepiece's accuracy. The IWC watch is secured to the wrist with an integrated stainless steel bracelet, with an amazingly low weight of under 210 g. For those customers, who are not afraid of magnetic effects, the IWC developed one more version of the Big Ingenieur also crafted in stainless steel but without the soft iron inner case. The timepiece is powered by the IWC in-house large 51112 caliber movement equipped with an automatic Pellaton winding system as well as a seven-day power reserve.

Girard-Perregaux's First Shop in China

The case of the watch is quite small, having 34.5mm size. It is made by the same standards as the famous series entitled 6000 Frankfurt Finance.The watch, dubbed Sinn 6030, includes an internationally rotating bezel, which can be used to set the indication of a second time zone. This is available through a crown found at 10. The heart of the timepiece is the ETA 2094 movement, which is the smallest chronograph movement, currently in the process of production, that is wound automatically. The Sinn 6030 modular chronograph movement is accurately refined with C?tes de Gen?ve, perlage, as well as blued screws.The timepiece includes a case made of polished stainless steel, a deep matte black dial featuring silver markers that are plated in rhodium, as well as white luminous hands and both sides of the watch are covered with antireflective sapphire crystal.The popular Swiss watch*** company Zenith presented an exhibition entitled "I'll be watching you: Inside the police 1980-1983." This photo exhibition was provided by Andy Summers of The Police.It's a great event that combined the lively art of photography created by one of the most famous rock guitarists in the history of rock music and highly-prestigious, and at the same time rather edgy watch*** company from Switzerland. It is worth noting that the exhibition was held at NYC Milk Studios."As an acclaimed professional artist in two distinct areas, Andy Summers embodies the spirit of Zenith. That he is incredibly talented, versatile and a true Renaissance man is abundantly obvious.

Review of the Kobold Soarway Diver

It's a travel watch in the tradition of the Rolex GMT Master, but with a neat twist: It has two buttons that increment or decrement the local time. When you travel, simply press the buttons as required to jump to your destination time zone! Simple to use, hard to make and very functional. However, being a Swiss chronometer of in-house design, the Ulysse Nardin is out of my price range. Imagine my surprise and delight, then, at discovering that well-regarded Swiss brand Oris now has a similar watch, the Oris Atelier Worldtimer.There are two versions, with and without bracelet. The picture shows the version I prefer, on an leather strap. Features of the watch includeSapphire crystals front and back, with interior anti-glare coating and doming on the front for easier visibility. As with all G-Shocks, you get a tremendous amount of functionality: This one works with both Japanese stations, WWVB in the US, Mainflingen in Germany and Rugby in England. There are newer G-Shocks that also receive in China, but 5-band is pretty normal. The display at 6 o'clock shows which signal was last received.If there's no radio reception, it's accurate within 15 seconds per month.Street price is about $120USD, in line with the majority of G-Shocks, representing an excellent value for a nearly indestructible watch. I hope they decide to add Superluminova or Lumibrite, as that'd greatly add to the visibility of the watch at night. As you'd expect with a G-Shock, the watch is comfortable to wear and legendarily durable.

The New Sinn 657

Tough solar, shock resistant with a 7 month power reserve.Waterproof to 200m (660ft)Mineral crystal, well-protected by the bezel and protecting plastic bits.Analog hour and minute hand, seconds are on the 3 o'clock LCD displayStopwatch, 1/100th second resolution, up to 1 hour.6-minute countdown timer.Automatic backlight that illuminates on wrist twist in the dark. Illumination is a yellow LED at 6 o'clock, so the LED displays are not readable.Single *** alarm, optional hourly chimeMetal case, resin band.5-band 'atomic' timekeeping, meaning that it receives radio signals up to six times per day to set the time.I had previously owned a GW-1310, and this is a nice improvement in small ways: The hour hand makes the time more readable at a glance, and the bronze bezel is understated and attractive. The watch is quite subdued as G-Shocks go, with the reverse LCD displays giving a nice touch of the unusual. The AWG101-1V also has some other improvements that I greatly appreciate. For one, you can see in this picture that the band has notches on the inside. You don't notice them while wearing it, but the strap keeper is held in place by them, and thus the end of the strap doesn't work loose while you're active. A nice touch, that.Casio also added luminescent material to the face of the watch on the hands and indices, which unfortunately fades quite quickly.

Review of the Orient CFT00004B

The charge symbol is abattery that is displayed in the center of the screen between the dateand the time. Solar power is an absolute necessity in a quartz watch asbattery changes are annoying and back lights, like Indiglo, can drain conventional power sources quickly. The solar system also puts the watch to sleep whenit is not in use or facing a light source to save the reserve, pressing any button or returning the watch to the light will wake it. I do wish that Timex hadincluded the ability for the watch to be calibrated by an atomicsignal. Many Casio watches feature this technology and while the Timex is notdifficult to set, atomic calibration is great and I can't help but feelthat it is missing from the otherwise full feature set of this watch.Timex has included the standard feature set available in most of theirdigital watches including a chronograph, timer, and multiple alarms.All of thefeatures are controlled by a set of five buttons including onededicated Indiglo button and one button located below the screen. Along with the well designed screen and ample feature set this watch isvery well designed for its main purpose, to be worn on a wrist. Thecase is integrated with the resin strap and carries a fixed shape thatsits perfectly on your wrist, sized to fit with a tang buckle and asingle holder. Timex shows the innovation that 20+ years of refiningthe same design brings, for example, the keeper that holds the leftover strap against your wrist has a small plastic tab on the underside that keeps it in place.

Review of the Casio Edifice EFX700D

Rolex makes their own movements (most watch manufacturers purchase them from another company) which means the inside of a Rolex is as well crafted as the outside.The only complaint I have about the Rolex GMT Master II is the clasp. The watch overall has an amazingly solid feel that exudes quality and craftsmanship -- until you get to the clasp. The first thing I don't like is how Rolex tries to make it invisible by stamping a pattern into it that makes it blend in with the bracelet. Clasps are an important part of a watch, and in my opinion, should be emphasized and celebrated, not hidden. And the second thing I don't like is the fact that it's too thin and cheap looking. Admittedly I haven't had any problems with it, and the Oysterlock bracelet is generally very well respected, but I maintain that the clasp looks cheap and a little silly. If I've come to realize anything about watches over the years, however, it's that you will never find a single watch that you love every last thing about and has every last feature you want, so in the overall scheme of things, I can overlook the clasp issue -- as long as it stays fastened.Overall, I love the GMT Master II.If you're looking for a very handsome, very high quality, low-key watch to accompany you on trips across time zones, the GMT Master II will not disappoint.The Rolex GMT Master II is available with a black or brown (ugh!) dial, and with three different bezel styles: all back, red and black, and the classic blue and red (also knows as the Pepsi bezel). The Rolex GMT Master II currently sells for $4,525 and is almost never discounted. As always, if you decide to go Rolex shopping, make sure you are buying from an authorized dealer or a reputable personal seller.