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Ball For BMW Watches Hands-On
Florida is a good state for watches. There is a lot of wealth, a desire to show status, as well as a relaxed attitude when it comes to luxury. Perhaps it is the sun or the humidity, but people have a much more laid back sense of showing off compared to the sometimes stuffy North-Easterners. But what do I know? I am just a California boy. I am here in Tampa Florida of all places to experience the debut of the timepieces that the Ball Watch Company and BMW cars are releasing together. The location isn’t that strange given that Ball Watch USA is located nearby in the city of St. Petersburg, run by clever and constantly busy Jeff Hess.Hess built up Ball watches in the US over the last 10 years or so, but he wears a number of hats – including watch store owner. Hess knows the watch industry quite well, including its history. While Ball is a Swiss brand, its origins are totally American when it made accurate timepieces for the railroad. Come to think of it, the modern Ball watche
Traveling To China With The Longines Conquest V.H.P Watch To Mark Brand's 185th Anniversary
Just recently, I attended the 185th Anniversary celebration by Longines watches in Beijing, China. Coincidentally, the event also served as a sort of formal launch of their Record Collection, which we first saw at Baselworld 2017 and is the brand's first COSC-certified line of watches. Stylistically, the Record collection is perfectly suited to appeal to the Chinese market while the watch I wore on the trip, the Longines Conquest V.H.P, is absolutely geared more towards the western market. More on the Conquest V.H.P later, but first, a bit about Longines and just what China means to the brand.Right around the day I landed in Beijing, the New York Times published a story on the five watch brands (not counting Apple) which are doing in excess of $1 billion per year in retail sales: Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Patek Philippe, and Longines. I have to admit that I'd have guessed several other brands to close out that list of five but after spending time in both Beijing and Shanghai, I saw firsth