famous] – Swiss Watch Makers https://swisswatchland.com Professional Watch Repair Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:18:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://swisswatchland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-New-Swiss-Watchmakers-Logo-Watch-Repair-32x32.jpg famous] – Swiss Watch Makers https://swisswatchland.com 32 32 Top 5 Watches Honoring the 2018 World Cup https://swisswatchland.com/2018/06/25/top-5-watches-honoring-the-2018-world-cup/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:29:58 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3317 The World Cup has recently started not too long ago and maybe the team you are rooting for has won or lost their first couple games. Soccer being the most popular sport in the world, the World Cup brings in guests from every country to watch this spectacle. To honor the World Cup, here are the top 5 soccer watches that are either limited edition or sponsored for a team.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Leo Messi Limited Edition

Lionel Messi could be named the greatest player in the world at this point. One watch brand that has won their hearts in Audemars Piguet. AP have made an exclusive Royal Oak with three different case combinations for the Barcelona Star who has joined the company’s ambassador ranks in 2010.

Franck Muller Perpetual Calendar Bi-Retro Chronograph for Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese star has been TAG Heuer ambassador for the past couple years but has caught the attention of Franck Muller. He had a limited edition perpetual calendar that fits his style. On the dial, the number 7 is encrusted with diamond which signifies his jersey number for both Real Madrid and Portugal.

 

Carl F. Bucherer Patravi ScubaTec SFV Special Edition

You may wonder what the Swiss national team sponsor is, and that is Carl F. Bucherer. Every player on the Swiss team has been gifted a Patravi ScubaTe which has red and black accents, engraved soccer players on the dial, and the SFV’s logo at 6 o’clock on the bezel top the list.

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David Beckham’s Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime

David Beckham could be named one of the most stylish soccer players out there. He has a big interest in watches and has been seen wearing watches such as Rolex models and Jacob and Co. models. He became the official spokesperson for Breitling in 2012 and sports a Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime which has a beautiful guilloche pattern on the bezel.

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Hublot Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Chronograph

Last but not least, Hublot has been the official sponsor for many soccer players and the World Cup. For the last World Cup in Brazil 2014, Hublot released a Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Chronograph that was especially developed so that the wearer can time each 45-minute half of the game.

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]]> Pope Francis’ Kerbedanz ‘Armenian Alphabet’ Watch https://swisswatchland.com/2018/06/13/pope-francis-kerbedanz-armenian-alphabet-watch/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:43:11 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3217 Usually the Bishop of Rome is offered many gifts by people and manufacturers all over the world. When it comes to gifts , the Pope and the Catholic Church cannot receive gifts. They have a way of thankfully declining. When offered a gift, it is usually auctioned for charity or it is sent to the Vatican museum.

Vatican City

Recently, Pope Francis has been gifted a Harley Davidson which was auctioned off for 280,00 Swiss Francs. The auction later helped build a homeless shelter home in Rome.

Argentina, where the Pope was born, is the country with the second-most Armenian population after the US. Armenian based Watch brand Kerbedanz, has gifted a timepiece which differs from any other piece.

His Holiness Pope Francis with the Management of Kerbedanz

On the dial of this timepiece the traditional time indexes have been replaced with the origianl Armenian alphabet, which consists of curves and entangled angles.

The dial consists of solid gold covered with micro sculptures and subtle guilloché design. The bracelet appears to be a beautiful dark navy leather which contrasts the gold of the dial very nice.

This timepiece is extremely unique and is dedicated to the traditional Armenian language.

It’s safe to say that this Kerbedanz is priceless!

]]> Top 10 Most Beautiful Watches https://swisswatchland.com/2014/02/11/top-10-most-beautiful-watches/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:55:26 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3232
Top 10 Most Beautiful Watches
#10 Harry Winston Opus 11
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The Opus 11 includes 155 jewels and 566 components.
The center hour circle displays the hour with 24 placards that revolve and rotate on a complicated system of gears attached on an epicycloidal gear-train.
#9 Breguet Grande Complication Tourbillon 5317
This Men’s watch has 39 mm 18K Yellow Gold case with tourbillon. Self-winding movement engraved by hand. 5-day power-reserve indicator. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback.
#8 Jaeger-LeCoultre è Duomètre à Sphérotourbillon
The Sphérotourbillon appears to be floating in the air as it majestically sits on the elegant gray dial of this Duomètre Sphérotourbillon watch in pink gold. This model will delight lovers of Fine Watchmaking who are seeking a model that combines originality and sophistication.
#7 Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Unique Travel 
The first watch to combine user-friendly access to the world’s time zones with flexible setting of the time in the destination zone to the nearest minute. This timepiece capitalizes on the “Dual Wing” concept, thus avoiding any loss of precision.
#6 Jacob & Co. Rose Gold Astronomia Diamond Baguette
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The gravitational triple axis Tourbillon timepiece features a three-dimensional sidereel display that boasts an Oval Sky Indicator of the Celestial Panorama, “Jacob Cut” Red Moon Orange Sapphire with 288 facets and diamond encrusted 18K rose gold. This timepiece costs a whopping $1,015,000 USD!
#5 Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire
The Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendar watch revolutionizes the perpetual calendar in terms of function and appearance. Its innovative design has produced a three-dimensional concentric display of the day, date and month. A flying tourbillon, rotating once every minute, occupies center-stage.
#4 Ulysse Nardin Moonstruck
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The watch has 18k rose gold round case, fixed smooth blue ceramic bezel, mother of pearl blue and rose gold accents. It has Swiss automatic movement with hours, minutes, dual time zone and moonphase functions, sapphire crystal, navy blue alligator strap with rose gold deployment buckle, exhibition case back.
 
#3 Patek Philippe Ref 6102 Grand Complications 
 
Patek Philippe knows what they are doing! This distinguished Grand Complication lives up to its name, coming in at number 2.

This timepiece is a start gazer to say it can be looked at just like the beautiful night sky. Patek Philippe uses their 240 mechanical movement on this timepiece. Illustrating the hours and minutes of solar time a beautiful sky chart with the phases as well as the orbit of the moon. It gives you the time of the meridian passage of Sirius and moon. And a hand for your date. Composed of 315 components 45 jewels
with a diameter of 44 mm. It has power reserve of 38-48 hours and produces 21,600 vph.

#2 A. Lange & Söhne Perpetual Calendar Terraluna

The Terraluna comes in a case choice of rose gold or white gold, both with a solid silver dial.
It displays minutes, hours, seconds, and a leap year indicator positioned accordingly.

The movement (above) is pure beauty at its finest.


#1 Van Cleef & Arpels’ Midnight Planetarium Watch:

It is now possible to wear the night sky on your wrist.
The dial displays Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn with a rose cold casing.
The month, days, and a red marker for your special day, are all displayed along the bezel.
This piece of arm candy is perfection what with its gems for the corresponding planets.
It is true to the actual planet’s revolution around the sun.
This extraordinary time piece includes the gems:
Serpentine for Mercury
Chloromelanite for Venus
Turquoise for Earth
Red Jasper for Mars
Blue Agate for Jupiter
Sugilite for Saturn

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]]> James Bond 007 https://swisswatchland.com/2014/02/10/james-bond-007/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:04:40 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3214 Omega and James Bond

Agent 007 has always seen sporting a Omega timepiece, sometimes with spy modifications.

 

This super spy has been wearing a trusty Omega for about 2 decades. A watch good enough for a super spy now that says something about Omega.

An Omega timepiece has appeared since 1995 in Golden eye up until the latest movie Skyfall (2013)

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