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New Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 & Elvis Presley's Original Watch Hands-On
Icons and watches go together like coffee and cream. Nowadays, with the cult of celebrity so firmly ingrained in western society, it seems obvious that having a leading star flash their wrist candy at their adoring audience would see a brand’s sales go through the roof. But when Elvis Presley wore the Hamilton Ventura in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii, the then American brand couldn’t have imagined the enduring effect of Presley’s contribution. To celebrate what would have been the King’s 80th birthday, Hamilton are releasing the Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 watch.This incarnation of the brand’s most iconic range is worlds away from the stainless steel variant worn by Elvis on screen some 54 years ago, but it still features the unmistakable Hamilton Ventura DNA. With brands scrabbling for innovative case silhouettes to set them apart from the crowd, the Hamilton Ventura, with its asymmetric triangular case, seems almost like the designers of the time activated R
Konstantin Chaykin Announces Limited-Edition Minotaur Watch
With China becoming one of the world's most important luxury market over the past several years, watch brands have increasingly turned to designs tailored to the Chinese market or referencing Chinese culture. Perhaps the largest category of these are watches commemorating Chinese New Year, with brands across the industry developing limited-edition variants referencing the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Boutique haute horlogerie brand Konstantin Chaykin has been a prolific part of this trend since 2019, and as the Year of the Ox begins in 2021 the brand has turned its eye toward an unlikely inspiration on this Chinese holiday:? ancient Greece. The limited-edition Konstantin Chaykin Minotaur revamps the brand's signature pareidolic "Wristmon"concept with a brand new complication and a mythical new theme centered around the legendary bull-headed monster of the Knossos labyrinth.The 42mm case of the Konstantin Chaykin Minotaur shares much of its overall form with the rest of the brand's of