100 years ago Heuer presented a stopwatch that was the first to time to 1/100th second precision. This TAG Heuer celebrates that
When a watch is Swiss made, it is often seen as a quality stamp, a guarantee for quality. Which is not necessarily true. The label is nothing more than a guarantee that a watch has a movement that is Swiss and its movement is cased up in Switzerland and the manufacturer carries out the final inspection in Switzerland.
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A watch movement is considered Swiss if the movement has been assembled in Switzerland and the movement has been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland and the components of Swiss manufacture account for at least 50 percent of the total value, without taking into account the cost of assembly. From 1 January 2017, the Swiss law set the minimum at 60 percent.
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Again, it is not a guarantee for quality, it is more a Swiss law to protect watch industry. Just like champagne can only be called champagne if it comes from that area in France.
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Swiss made watches
This year’s model of the Chopard Grand Prix De Monaco Historique 2016 Race Edition is more sophisticated and has a rose gold version too
When you look at the Strom Agonium Nethuns II you get the idea that someone found an ancient watch in a sunken pirate ship
The Eterna 1948 for him Reveil brings together old and new in an iconic and limited edition watch when Eterna found 70 vintage alarm movements
The Air-King is back and it has grown: the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King now measures 40 millimeters, an increase of 6 millimeters
The Bell & Ross Vintage BR 123 Aeronavale is the three-hand small seconds version, which has been added to the Vintage BR Aeronavale collection
The Cartier Drive de Cartier 1904-FU MC is the second model in the Drive de Cartier series inspired by classic cars
The original L.U.C 1860 was an ultra-thin timepiece, this new and re-issued Chopard L.U.C XPS 1860 Stainless Steel too: 7.2 millimetres
This Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso a Eclipse is a tribute to the famous Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
This new Certina DS-2 Chronograph Flyback extends de DS-2 series with split-seconds function, also known as rattrapante function