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NEWS WATCHES

RSW Diving Tool Watches: Toolicious
How cool is this new Diving Tool watch from Rama Swiss Watch (RSW)? The wildly functional yet avant garde “instrument” watch seems totally plausible to wear, yet nothing else like it exists. The case is mostly square, with an functional, but cool, looking round rotating bezel over the dial. I like to totally horizontal orientation of the crowns and pushers as well – nice design cue. The first few seconds of looking at the watch you’ll be a bit distracted by the novel look. Then you’ll appreciate just how usable the watch is. Really nothing that crazy about the design in terms of utility.From a diver’s perspective the watch has everything in the right place. 300 meters of water resistance plus the rotating bezel and bright lume covered dial make for an good underwater tool. The large dot hour markers have been cleverly enhanced with a vertical stripe that I feel actually makes the watch easier to read. It also makes the hour markers look like screws.
Vulcain Company Under New Ownership
Swiss watch brand Vulcain announced today that they have been acquired by new corporate owners. Little is yet known about the unnamed group except that it is from Luxembourg and already involved in luxury watches. By no means the first time for the brand to change hands since its origin in 1858, the message is that we should expect Vulcain to be reenergized and “reawakened” with new financial support and corporate direction.Vulcain continues to make really nice and interesting watches, but they could have arguably done more to grab watch enthusiasts’ attention with novel offerings. They are another brand that has become synonymous with a single well-known collection, the Vulcain “Cricket” alarm watch. And, thanks to the brand successfully placing it on the wrists of several US presidents, as many readers surely know, it has become known also as the Presidents’ watch (hands-on from 2011 with the Vulcain 50s Presidents’ watches here).