Dear friends of the cultivated madness,
I stumbled across a new release that I think is worth showing:
the Isotope × Revolution Mercury Limited Edition

Case: Steel
Diameter: 38 mm
Height: 10 mm
L2L: 44.5 mm
Water resistant: 100 m
Movement: Caliber I-7 (modified Swiss-made ETA/Peseux 7001 by Landeron)
Power reserve: 42 hours
Extra: Limited to 150 pieces
Price: 2315 Euro

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New watch: Isotope × Revolution Mercury Limited Edition

More depth: The IWC GST Aquatimer, reference IW3536-01

The IWC GST series:

In 1998, the GST series replaced the sporty watches developed in collaboration with F.A. Porsche and Porsche Design in the IWC Schaffhausen portfolio.
The four model series, consisting of automatic and quartz chronographs, wristwatches, and diving watches, significantly reduced the extensive Porsche Design by IWC range, which at the time comprised nine series. The GST…

More depth: The IWC GST Aquatimer, reference IW3536-01

Dear friends of cultivated madness,

Vulcain brings a new retro diving watch, but without an alarm: the Vulcain Skindiver Nautique, modeled after the Vulcain Nautique Sport from the 1960s, comes with a matte black or vertically brushed blue dial.

CASE : Vertical Brushed Stainless Steel 316L and Unidirectional Rotating Bezel with Black Ceramic Inlay
CASE-BACK : Polished Stainless Steel 316L
DIAMETER : 38.00 mm…

New Watch: Vulcain Skindiver Nautique

Dear friends of the cultivated madness,

Mido is expanding its Commander 1959 portfolio with another model. The Mido Commander 1959 “Pixel” has a typical '60s design… [/sarcasm]

Case: steel
Dimensions: 37 mm / 10.5 mm
Movement: Mido Kaliber 80 (ETA C07.621)
Glass: acrylic
Water resistant: 50 m / 5 bar
Price: 790.00 EUR…

New watch: Mido Commander 1959 “Pixel”

Dear friends of the cultivated madness,

according to WatchTime magazine, Rolex is finally pulling the plug on Carl F. Bucherer watches. After years without profits, Rolex is ending the Carl F. Bucherer watch brand and vacating its sales areas. WatchTime magazine refers to a report in the Swiss Handelszeitung.

Around 70 of the former 100 employees are to be kept on within the group, and some of them will probably be deployed in the new Rolex factory being built in Bulle.

It is still…

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound… – Rolex buries Carl F. Bucherer Watches

Dear friends of the cultivated madness,

according to WatchTime magazine, Rolex is finally pulling the plug on Carl F. Bucherer watches. After years without profits, Rolex is ending the Carl F. Bucherer watch brand and vacating its sales areas. WatchTime magazine refers to a report in the Swiss Handelszeitung.

Around 70 of the former 100 employees are to be kept on within the group, and some of them will probably be deployed in the new Rolex factory being built in Bulle.

It is still…

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound… – Rolex buries Carl F. Bucherer Watches

Dear friends of the cultivated madness,

to mark the 65th “birthday” of “Astérix”, created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, something new is coming out of France: the Chronofixe × Seconde/ Seconde/ Astérix, limited to 500 pieces. The watch doesn't just feature a comic character printed on the dial; the details have also been lovingly adapted – the discerning reader will notice the inscription on the bezel and the date disk…

Case: steel
Diameter: 37 mm
Height: 12.8 mm
Lug to…

New watch: Chronofixe × Seconde/ Seconde/ Astérix