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HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 123 - Gant Get No Satisfaction
John “Gant” get a break and we talk about my hands-on time with the Devon Tread 2 Steampunk watch. We also discuss Roger Dubuis’ new strange adverting campaign and giveaway, as well as the winners from the 2012 annual Grand Prix D’Horlogerie de Geneve watch awards.Listen to the HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 123 here.
De Bethune DB28 GS Grand Bleu Watch Hands-On
With the De Bethune DB28 GS Grand Bleu, the brand presented what it called “its first 100% sports watch.” First things first, that’s cute. De Bethune has earned its reputation as an horological sculptor of sorts - often quite literally sculpting watches out of meteorite, for example. With swiveling case sections, arched and skeletonized lug structures, spaceship-like movements and so on, this small, yet notable independent has been among those few who ventured beyond the cliche of “watchmaking art” and turned it into a work that actually resembles art. With all that said, let us see how well art and sports go together.I will not dwell on the artistic aspect much longer - mostly because the “watches are like art” cliche is so terribly bad and so awfully over-used in horological discussions that in those few instances like this one where it could possibly be applicable, it’s a moot point already. Anyhow… A new caliber, water resistanc