The mid-century lounge staple and epitome of smooth easy listening is now the featured tune of a new high-end luxury timepiece by Swiss watch maker Ulysse Nardin.
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In 1946 the watch won the equivalent of a timepiece Oscar--first prize in the Geneva Astronomical Observatory Timing contest.
The price breaks not only the previous record for the renowned eggs, of which around 60 are thought to have ever been made, but also for Russian artwork, excluding paintings, and for any timepiece, clock or a watch.
First is a dive-style watch and second is a racing chronograph style timepiece.
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Constructed by London watchmaker John Jefferys, the watch turns out to be Harrison's breakthrough timepiece.
But Apple prides itself on knowing what the people want before they do, and an Apple watch would be way more than just a fancy timepiece.
The Phosphor Reveal watch line skillfully blends design and technology to craft the ultimate fashion timepiece.
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With a hand-finished ultrathin automatic movement, this power timepiece represents one of the top purchase values in the watch world.
The Japanese brands of Seiko and Citizen were booking solid sales year after year, why even the film character James Bond has ceased wearing a Swiss timepiece in favor of a Pulsar or Seiko Digital Quartz watch.
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His latest timepiece, the Loiseau 1f4, is the most complicated automatic watch in the industry with eight patents in its movement.
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Jean-Claude Biver, Hublot president, said it will be difficult to make a more expensive timepiece because of the size limitations on the surface of a watch, according to media reports.
Swiss luxury watch brand Jaeger-LeCoultre has unveiled an ultra-thin automatic perpetual calendar timepiece.
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