Rado Ceramic Black Senior Watches

The new Rado watch shows the time in digital mode on a black dial with a grey digital display. The face of the timepiece is protected by a black metalized cambered sapphire crystal.
The see-through sapphire crystal case-back reveals the digital movement with automatic winding hidden inside. The 10-jewel movement animates hours, minutes and date functions and offers a remarkable 120-day power reserve.
The case construction of the watch incorporates the middle part crafted in black PVD-coated steel, the bezel in black ceramic, and the case-back in steel with a sapphire crystal window. As for the crown, it is crafted in steel topped with black ceramic.
Known for their innovative and scratch-resistant timepieces, Rado introduces a new revolutionary watch with their Ceramic Digital Automatic watch. Clad in a sleek ceramic black PVD coating, the watch features a minimalistic digital display to go alongside the durability of ceramic materials. Over the last two decades, Rado has become well-known for its usage of ceramic watch faces dating back to the 1980s. A sapphire crystal marks both the front and back of the casing as it reveals the inner workings of the watch.
Rado’s Ceramica model revolutionized watchmaking in 1989, making its mark with a daring design in full ceramic. A genuine revelation that has since become an indisputable icon. The legend is now forever digital. With this new model, Rado marries digitalization with the properties of an exceptional material and the perfect integration of all the elements that is the signature of the Ceramica line.
At the front it is digital, with a high-tech time display. At the back it is mechanical. The digital display is entirely driven by an automatic movement visible through the transparent case back. The result is superb technicality with a precision that has become synonymous with durability.

New Urwerk UR-110 indicates time watch

Enveloped in a secure titanium/steel case, a central carousel provides the complication with stability and equilibrium, while planetary gearing keeps the three counter-balanced time modules in parallel formation. The dial side Control Board features small seconds; an “Oil Change” indicator to alert the user when it is time for a service; and a Day/Night indicator to help keep track of changing time zones. Visible on the back, twin air turbines minimize wear in the automatic winding system.
The automatic winding system of the UR-110 is regulated by fluid dynamics of dual air turbines. As long ago as the 18th century, clockmakers were using air friction to regulate the speed of chiming clocks, and their techniques evolved to become the preferred method of regulating the rate of chimes on minute-repeaters. With the UR-110, Urwerk use the two turbines to minimize shocks when the uni-direction winding system is winding and minimize wear when the winding rotor is freewheeling in the opposite direction.
New Urwerk UR-110 indicates time by means of a revolving satellite complication on planetary gears featuring three parallel hour/minute modules resembling torpedoes. The time is displayed on the right side of the watch, with the satellites following a vertical line – 0 to 60 minutes – in a downward motion. The ingenuity of this layout lies in allowing the wearer to view the time discreetly and elegantly without the need to pull back a cuff.
The architecture of the revolving satellite complication of the UR-110 has three levels of complexity: a central carousel providing the mechanism with stability and equilibrium; planetary gearing assuring the parallel rotation of the three hour satellites as they orbit the dial; and three counter-rotating hour modules – each comprising an hour satellite, minute hand and counter balance – mounted on a planetary gear. These three modules are in constant counter-rotation to counteract the direction of rotation of the central carousel. Small seconds, a Day/Night indicator and an Oil Change indicator complete the complications.

Very interesting chair

The Triwing Chair by Marco Hemmerling is a very interesting design because there are so many different ways in which it can be used. It can be anything from a dining chair, reading chair or even a lounge chair all just by flipping it over.

The collar is really for most of the world

The world’s longest collar is made of silver, cultured pearls and smoke quartz

Imagine getting 200 stunning different necklaces all in one huge collar! In a personal milestone, jeweler and designer Sergio Aranda from Barcelona has come up with a unique deign that can easily be called the world’s longest collar. This collar is 200 meters in length, weighs 3 kgs and features 2kgs of silver, 600 cultured pearls and 1,200 smoke quartz. Specializing mainly in silver, gems and pearls, the jeweler is known for his love for innovative designs.

Hamilton JazzMaster Seaview ladies Sporty Watch

Hamilton is excited to present a new JazzMaster Seaview Medium 37 mm watch, which targets dynamic contemporary women. It brings together femininity and fortitude in a stylish combination that is extremely refined and at the same time sporty.
Impossible to resists, the new Hamilton watch comes equipped with an ivory or black dial. It proudly reveals charismatic sculpted indices. They are supported by a delicate minute graduation, printed in black. The dial is swept over by graceful hour, minute and seconds hands. The date indication is arranged in the aperture at 3 o’clock.
The upper part of the display exposes the name of the brand. It is visually balanced by the information on the type of the movement, animating the model, as well as on its water-resistance. The latter constitutes 100 meters. Protecting the dial of the new JazzMaster Seaview Medium 37 mm watch is a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
The functions described are driven by a Swiss-made automatic 2824 movement. It finds a natural home in a 37 mm case, rendered in stainless steel. The case is skillfully equipped with elegant lugs and a winding crown, nestled at 3 o’clock.
The new Hamilton lady’s watch is worn on a rubber or leather strap. It can be also accessorized with a stainless steel bracelet.

Mido All Dial Helium Valve diving Watch

Cleverly designed, with the irresistible beauty. The mechanical perfection of the new Mido watch is gracefully united with its enchanting design. The style of the watch has been added a sporty touch.
Mido All Dial Collection explores the sea bed and presents a new sporty model that will delight diving enthusiasts. The new Mido All Dial Valve watch with helium superbly combines advanced technology and aesthetic appeal, a prowess characteristic of the All Dial collection. Reliable and accurate, it can safely be worn when exploring the marvels of the sub-aquatic world.
The daring sport of scuba diving is an intense, almost timeless activity in which beauty accompanies danger. Under the surface, the vital rhythm is slowed down, conditioned by the increased water pressure. In such an extreme environment, a reliable timepiece on your wrist is a top priority, a guarantee of safety, and therefore of diving pleasure. The All Dial Valve with helium offers this degree of reliability and divers need not think twice about wearing it as they go in search of the pleasures of the deep.
Its large dial, protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, provides a faultless display. Even in poor lighting conditions, the hour reading is optimized by the Super-LumiNova treatment covering the oversized numbers of the hours 6, 9 and 12, as well as the indexes. A day and date window is placed at 3 o’clock. The hands are palm shaped. Also treated with SuperLuminova, they ensure perfect legibility, even at night. The automatic movement with its decorated oscillation weight is visible through the transparent case back.
This model possesses an automatic helium valve ensuring optimal reliability when diving for long periods in a bathysphere. The valve evacuates molecules of helium penetrating the interior of the watch when diving in deep water, thereby preventing its glass from being driven out on returning to the surface.
Guaranteed water-resistant up to 300 metres, this model comes with a rubber bracelet and a folding clasp with two push-pieces and a folding diving buckle.

Edox Ultra Slimclassic ladies watch

This is a 6.2 mm thick, 33 mm wide watch. it is most certainly ladies sized, but doesn't it look like a men's piece? Maybe a bit dainty, but certainly masculine.Edox used their Grand Ocean watch case as a start for an ultra thin timepiece The case is a mixture of black PVD and gold toned steel.The dial is very easy to read.
Even the ultra-small setting crown doesn't detract too much from the Grand Ocean's spirit of adventure. Of course, in terms of craftsmanship and ingenuity the watch doesn't even come close to the real wonders of Swiss mechanical watchmaking. However this version of the Edox Grand Ocean may be an ideal choice for those seeking a watch, which is both sporty, elegant and combines high accuracy with moderate pricing.
Thanks to the use of such a thin movement, the timekeeper's 33 mm case is only 3.20 mm thick.
What's even more pleasant is that Edox's designers managed to successfully and almost impeccably adapt Grand Ocean 's signature styling to this ultra-slim model without losing a single bit of the original line's boldness and beauty.
This is a classic ladies watch.

Fashion watches, you have it?

Stylish watches are often in the eye of the beholder.
While everyone has their own idea of what a stylish watch would look like or how it will be built, there are a number of specific watches that are socially considered to be more stylish than others or watches which are considered by the watch industry at large to be stylish. For a long period of time, many people considered pocket watches to be an eternally stylish item. These are unique watches that existed long before wristwatches had ever been developed. They were used for basic reasons, such as a casual telling of the time - which many people continue to use watches for this reason, but pocket watches were also used for more important and specific reasons, such as telling the time for the comings and goings of trains. Eventually, the wrist watch was developed and while many people still appreciate pocket watches for their classic elegance, in mainstream society wrist watches are the more commonly used timepieces.
Today's watches are designed for a number of different lifestyles and experiences. Diver's watches are specifically designed for individuals who dive and spend time under water. Classic watches are designed to act as testaments to timeless elegance and class. Sports watches are designed in order to provide accuracy and durability in active and more tumultuous lifestyles. Despite the fact that these watches are designed for certain lifestyles, all of these different types of watches can be made so that they reflect the styles of the time. Stylish watches can be found in all different genres of watches and stylish concepts are almost always incorporated into the newly developed timepieces.

Typically, stylish watches are designed to be fairly durable and reliable. This means that while their complications may differ, the materials they are made out of are typically durable ones. Materials such as ceramics, titanium and plastics are used in order to make stylish watches. While watches made out of gold and silver are pretty and fashionable, they are soft metals which are not always as durable as the other materials which may be used.

Bay Guardian, SF Weekly reach antitrust settlement

Both publications issued statements saying the two sides "have settled their differences on mutually acceptable terms," but did not specify a monetary amount. The announcement comes six weeks after the state Supreme Court denied a hearing on the Weekly's appeal of the damage award.
The legal battle began in 2004, when the locally owned Guardian filed a lawsuit accusing the Weekly of using cash infusions from its parent company in Phoenix to underwrite cut-rate ads in hopes of ruining its competitor.
The Weekly and its parent, Village Voice Media Holdings, denied they had any monopolistic intent and said the newspaper's low-priced advertising was legitimate competition that benefited local businesses. They said the Guardian was losing money because of declining reader interest and the sagging economy.
In March 2008, however, a San Francisco jury decided that the Weekly had engaged in illegal predatory pricing to try to drive the Guardian out of business.
The jury awarded $6.2 million in damages, and Superior Court Judge Marla Miller tacked on almost $10 million in antitrust penalties.
Interest added another $5 million during the Weekly's appeals. Court orders allowed the Guardian to collect half the Weekly's ad revenue as part of the damage award.
Both papers are distributed for free and depend on advertising for their income.
The central legal issue in the case was the scope of California's antitrust law, which prohibits a business from taking advantage of its power in the market to damage a competitor.
The Weekly argued that below-cost pricing is legal. To win damages, the Weekly said, the Guardian should have had to prove that the Weekly was likely to have raised prices to cover its losses once it drove the Guardian out of business, thus hurting consumers.
That is the standard for damages under federal antitrust law, the Weekly said. But the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco, in a ruling in August that upheld the verdict, said California's broader law bans all below-cost pricing that seeks to damage competition.
The state Supreme Court left that ruling intact in November.
Bruce Brugmann, the Guardian's editor and publisher, said Monday that the case produced "a model for protecting other small, independent businesses facing predatory pricing schemes from competitors."
Andy VanDeVoorde, a Village Voice Media executive, said SF Weekly would "continue business as usual" and "has continued to widen its lead over the Guardian, despite the six-year legal distraction."