IWC Ingenieur chronograph steel automatic Kal. 69375 Ref. IW380801 Reviews

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Girard-Perregaux Neo Bridges Watch Hands-On
At SIHH 2017, I enjoyed seeing the interesting new Girard-Perregaux Neo Bridges Automatic Titanium watch – that takes an aesthetic concept the brand began a few years ago and makes it just that much more accessibly priced (but still pretty high-end). Luxury watch brands have been pushing to release more models with appealing and distinctive “high-tech” designs that don’t cost over $50,000 (or $100,000). Again, that doesn’t make them what you might consider affordable, but compare the $150,000-plus Girard-Perregaux Neo Tourbillon from 2014 (hands-on here) with this 2017 Neo Bridges that comes in just under $25,000. Two peas from arguably the same pod, but one is just a lot more practical.When Girard-Perregaux released the Neo Tourbillon, the idea was to create a more contemporary take on the brand’s iconic Three Bridges Tourbillon which has been a mainstay of its modern upper-high-end collection. The impetus was a lovely pocket watch the brand debuted
Piaget Gouverneur Watches Hands-On
Say friend, are you looking for a fancy formal watch that isn’t quite like anything else but won’t make your friends do a double take? Well then Piaget might just have something for you. This new collection for 2012 is a sort of amalgamation watch taking into consideration design cues from many different Piaget timepieces including the Polo, Emperador, and Altiplano. It isn’t round, it isn’t a cushion, it isn’t minimalistic, it isn’t sporty. It is somewhere in between all these things and feels like Piaget’s best stab at recreating the magic which is the durable design of Patek Philippe’s Calatrava family.What do they call it? Francophiles will love the “Gouverneur” name which is merely “Governor” in French. I wonder if there is a French equivalent of the English “eh governeh?” Though for us English speakers, spelling “Gou-ver-neur” is a bit of a drag. That won’t stop me from liking th