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NEWS WATCHES

Xemex Concept One Chronograph Watch
It feels like it has been a while since we have seen something totally new from Xemex. The last few years saw increasingly up-market timepieces from Xemex as the Swiss watch market kept getting stronger. We all know what happened recently and this new Concept One Chronograph watch is going to be quite reasonably priced. It does beg the question if Xemex's Ruedi Kulling decided somewhere in the design process that an up-market watch would not have as much market appeal these days, and decides to place a quartz movement inside instead of a mechanical movement. Who knows, but it is a good speculation.The quartz chronograph movement is likely a Ronda, as Xemex has been known to use their movements in the past. The functionality is simple and straight forward, but it is the interesting design direction for Xemex that interests me. The entire watch is focused around the asymmetrical case, with a lot of it leaning toward the pushers. This concept is not new (though it is for Xemex). Asymmetr
Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Chronograph Watch Hands-On
SIHH 2019 saw exhibitor brand Girard-Perregaux release a surprisingly nice collection of new products mostly focused on the Laureato collection. These pieces mainly fall into the new Laureato Absolute collection - which, for the purposes of 2019, are black-coated titanium-cased with gradient black-to-blue-dials. It’s a somber color palette that ends up looking spirited and mysterious, thanks to overall clean looks, comfortable wearing experiences, and very legible dials. One of the best new Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute watches is the Laureato Absolute Chronograph reference 81060-21-491-FH6A, which I discuss in this hands-on article.Let me first defend the Laureato for a moment because I think it is a collection that gets an undeserved jab for being a Royal Oak copycat. That’s not really fair, especially given that the Laureato has been around for about as long as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. They both came around the same era in the early 1970s, and it was before th