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Colour has been somewhat cheapened in recent years because many brands have overused the colour palette by creating multiple variants
of the same watch in multiple colours, sometimes with multiple shades of the same colour. But colour is actually powerful. Take for
instance this Cartier Ballon Bleu chronograph in steel. The original Ballon Bleu chronograph launched some years back is in the
classic Cartier style, a silvered, guilloche dial with blued steel sword hands. Recently Cartier presented a new version of the watch,
identical in all respects to the earlier variant, except it has a slate grey dial with white numerals and white gold hands.Continue
reading |For some mindless entertainment that the internet (and iPhone) is perfect for, check out Piaget's website
dedicated to its new ambassador, Jessica Alba, where you can play photographer with some funky background music.Ms Alba would
instinctively come to mind as a female ambassador for a male-oriented brand,rather than for a line of jewellery, in my mind at least.
But the upside is thatperhaps she will be at the next SIHH which would certainly make the fair less dreary.- SJX|Together with the
National Museum of Singapore (NMS), Vacheron Constantin will be organising the "first major public exhibition" of its historical
pieces, from 24 June to 14 August 2011.Titled "Treasures of Vacheron Constantin

A legacy of watchmaking since 1755", the exhibition will see 180 items will be on display, including timepieces replicawatches, historical documents
and watchmaking tools. In addition, artisans from the Vacheron Constantin manufacture in Geneva - Engraver, gem-setter, guillocheur,
enameller and watchmaker - will be present to demonstrate their crafts.For those who have yet to visit the NMS, or have only memories
of the old NMS,this is an excellent opportunity to do so. Even though the permanent collection of the NMS is nothing spectacular,
museum is now an airy, cheerful space with a nice restaurant or two inside.

In contrast, the museum of old,in which I spent quite a bit of time,was a dim and oppressive place.- SJX|Unveiled at'SIHH 2009,
the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Chronometer with Audemars Piguet Escapement, nicknamed ChronAP, utilises the in-house Audemars
Piguet escapement, an ultra-high beat escapement running at 43,200 beats per hour or 6 Hz. Not only is it'high beat, but the
escapement is also lubrication'free.Conventional escapements run at 3 or 4 Hz and all other things being equal, a faster beat
escapements does provide better timekeeping than its slower beat counterpart for a variety of reasons.This watch is interesting not
only for the escapement but for the movement layout, which is open and architectural; reminiscent of the Breguet
La'Tradition.'Many of the movement components clearly'take their cues from vintage pocket watches, for instance the
elegantly curved bridges or the sprung ratchet wheel like those found on'a grande sonnerie.Continue reading The
chronometer from the HMS BeagleLast

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