Top 10 Watches Debuted at Baselworld 2016

Every watch brand release new model or update the existing model at Baselworld watch fair. The Replica Rolex Reviews are best to reveal the features, prices and updates about best watches. In this article I am going to summarize the top 10 lists that debuted at Baselworld 2016. In this fair new watch product strategies were observed in almost all watch brands. First was the collection of the entire new watch collection and second was the modification in existing collection. However we are going to share top 10 new watch collection presented at Baselworld 2016.

2016 was not a bad year in watch production as lots of new and distinct timepieces were presented. Watch industry is hundreds old and business models and themes existing from long time may be obsolete when compared to the latest business strategies of other industries. The luxury watch industry exists in a self-contained bubble which is separated in terms of operation from rest of the world. Luxury satisfies one more emotionally than practically. In other words we can say that luxury watch industry is more like an art market than a fashion market. Beside watch companies selling problems the market is seriously in need of quality watches. There are two points; one is industry problems in selling watches though to end-customer and the second is the market‘s appetite for watches. The two concepts may appear odd to each other but actually they are not. How in high demand market it is not able to sale watches? Watch brand marketing, invigorated product design and media efforts successfully help high-end watches to increase the demand and reach more people in last few years. It is true that watch industry has been very slow adopt the increased needs of global marketing which eliminates regional borders and is expensive price-sensitive and at the same time modern ways of distribution and sales procedures. People want wristwatches but the way to owning them is currently difficult and confusing one for all involved parties. The most discoursing factor of Baselworld 2016 the 30% reduced attendance of watch brands, distribution and retailers from around the world. It is really hard to explain the current situation as like any economy, it need some detective work to reach the core causes and effects of various factors that adds to market weakness or strength. For me the established wholesale model of watch brand supplying to market, relying on retailer and distribution partners to sell watches to end-consumer is increasingly showing age and cracking the edges. Examination of a new product launch is another example to discuss this issue. Baselworld is the biggest watch event in the world in which buyers from around the globe reaches watch brands to place orders for nee watches that will be delivered to them and from them to the end consumer. Now the question is what will happen if a watch brand release a small number of new products?

Low production can be very handy to reduce overall inventory in the market. It doesn’t make any sense by producing more watches when there are already too many unsold available in the market. The constant supply directly results in price reduction because of the demand and supply imbalances. While less product in market means fewer sales.Not all watch brands are part of the low product bandwagon. Most of the brands have totally different approach by re-launching with a new face, new product and sometimes entirely new product strategy. Brands like Omega and Tudor are two of the top ones that are participating in launching new products in 2016. On the other hand brands like Rado, Gucci and Tissot are continuously trying to reinvent their images by offering tons of new products. Both above mentioned categories of agree that the status quo of selling watches is not better enough for them. Shipping directly the consumer is one of the best ways to get profit. The traditional distribution way that includes range of middle men and third party retailer from the brand to the final consumer must disappear. 

Brands like Rolex that ardently control the market can surely hand on for long time but the watch industry future is to remove the wall between the brand and the consumer and to connect them directly. In this way watch industry can get rid of enormous problems. Directly selling to consumers can help watch brand to lower the prices and sustain for much longer time. It doesn’t mean to remove third party retailers entirely because it would be foolish. Selling watches need passion with specialization. Effective specialist retailer will always remain the important part of watch industry that employ educated peoples to sale exotic and complex watches. Though there are limited numbers of stores around the world but still they are unable to carry one watch industry alone. Watch brand can’t achieve their goal by offering online sale technically as selling directly from a brand in one piece needs a proper strategy. Online selling means smooth transaction without any huge price variances with competitive retailers and also investing heavily in market for diverting consumer traffic. There are various brands that offer online sales but in heavily crowded market they offer most expensive price available. Do you think a consumer will shop directly online when the price is higher than the gray market? Off-course not, they will think that all products are same and the street price is less than retail price. Here is list of top 10 watches debuted at Baselworld 2016.

1.    Ulysse Nardin Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon

The Ulysse Nardin Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon is one of the best watches that are genuinely beautiful and new presented at Baselworld. This is the first time that new complication has been introduced to the Marine case collection with nanowires in moving the boom-style retrograde minute hand is successful in furnishing the coolest way of telling time with an elegant big double-disc jumping hour display. The teak’s use on its dial boosts the appearance out of the park. The bold watch will be produced only in 18 pieces with a price of 280,000 francs.

2.    Bulgari Octo Finnisimo Minute Repeater

Few consumers still don’t that Bulgari is more than a fashion brand and their watches are awesome. Bulgari Octo Finnisimo Minute Repeater is a perfect “status watch” manufactured in subtle sand-blasted titanium. The watch features a high end minute repeater in titanium and it is also the thinnest minute repeater of the world. The watch is slim 6.85 thick and 40mm wide with a lovely traditional technique. The watch screams confidence and is not compensating for anything. The watch will be produced in only 50 pieces with a price of 160,000 Swiss francs.

3.    Sinn 910 Anniversary Split-Seconds Chronograph

The watch is unique side of Sinn with not a serious tool watch but a conservative piece that features a split seconds chronograph with very affordable price. The split-seconds chronograph complication is high end and rare with historical tool watch appearance and also features a lovely cream colored dial. The Sinn 910 Anniversary Split-Seconds Chronograph attracts the people with sophisticated tastes with its rather low price. The watch will be produced in limited 300 pieces at a price of $5,940 for each one.

4.    Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture

 The Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture offers an expensive priced complication at very affordable price. The perpetual calendar has a rich history and heritage that can be found in most expensive watches on the world. Frederique Constant offers one as a module on an in-house movement with a great option for all watch lovers that can’t afford expensive watches. The classic appearance with solid construction and complication can be owned at a price of only 8,000 Swiss francs.

5.    Citizen Eco-Drive One

The Citizen Eco-Drive One is the slimmest light-powered watch with pure innovation. The size and weight of the watch is so low that it feels like a piece of paper on the wrist but appearance is elegant. It is a quartz movement but not boring and also an ideal example of Japanese thrust for perfection. The watch is only 2.98mm thick with peerless style, innovative and refinement. The best thing about Japanese products is that they are not overpriced at all. The price of limited edition version is $4,400 and for the standard version is $2200.

6.    Bulova Moon Watch

Bulova Moon watch is an unfussed tool watch with a very affordable price. The watch has a level of accuracy and precision with high frequency quartz movement which makes this tool watch a popular design of late 1960s. This monochromatic “professional astronaut” wristwatch is price at $550 in strap and $650 on steel bracelet.

7.    Chanel Monsieur De Chanel

Chanel Monsieur De Channel features the first in-house movement in Parisian elegance case without any over-design. It takes talent and hard work to produce a good looking and feeling thing that can appeal for long time. The watch is available with a price of $34,500 for 18k beige gold version and $36,000 for 18k white gold version.

8.    TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T Tourbillon Watch

The watch is being loved for its appeal to a younger generation watch collectors for the Swiss watch world. An Automatic chronograph tourbillon is placed by TAG Heuer in a sport watch for daily wear. The timepiece is a perfect example of the brand is doing best to producing unique watches. The fresh-looking TAG Heuer DNA fluid sporty tourbillon is available with a price of $15,900.

9.    Bremont Ragatta AC

The watch can be used proudly on variety of occasions. Bremont Regaata AC with its sport design has elegant appearance and features which makes it compelling and a complete versatile package. The 235 steel models of the watch are priced at $6895 and 135 gold models are priced for $15,895.

10.     Angelus U30 Tourbillon Rattrapante

The Angelus U30 Tourbillon Rattrapante is large, modern looking watch with complicated movement. Angelus is available under Arnold & Son and has very limited production currently. The comfortable automatic movement has a split-seconds chronograph and also a power reserve indicator. The watch also features a bold comfortable case and a legible dial. The price of this classy timepiece is  $60,000. 

Top Things To Look For In A Luxury Watch- Medium Range Luxury

 

Once you are familiar with passion and tastes of wristwatches, you surely have higher expectations. You will find that Replica Watches Reviews are the best way to own a perfect luxury watch within your budget. As you enter into the world of horology, you will realize few things. Among such things you will prefer mechanical movements over simple quartz movement and the names are going to attract you when it comes to owing favored watches. If you are looking to buy watch for $1000 or more, these are the factors you need to consider in getting a medium range luxury watch.

1.    Mechanical Movement

Watches for $1000 or over mostly have a mechanical movement. If the watch doesn’t have one, you should go with special type of quartz movement like Super-quartz. Quartz movements are more accurate and reliable but mechanical watch movement don’t need a battery and represents the classic way of watch making. Such watches also offers a certain emotional value with tick tick ticking of a quartz watch simple can’t offer.

2.    Anti Reflective Coating

Glare is the enemy combatant here and you want a bit of it while reading the face of the watch. Compare the dial of a higher-end with medium luxury watch in the light and you will find the answer. Similar to the (AR) anti reflective coating on glasses, on watch crystals, the coating improves legibility dramatically. AR coating is applied to the two places, being on the rear and front of a crystal. Everyone wants the coating on both sides but you should care about the bottom preferably. There is one issue with AR coating that it can wear or scratch off and need to be reapplied. In some cases, a new sapphire crystal is required if you beat up the watch too much. Lastly, a curved sapphire crystal refers to the “double AR coating” (applied on the both sides of the crystal).

3.    Screwed Links In Bracelet

This a common concept found in most of the watches. Metal bracelet is made of links connected to each other. There are two types of items used to grip together that are pins or screw bars. Pin is a small rod available in variety of styles and qualities. Pressure is applied with the help of small hammer or device which inserts them into the bracelet. In order to adjust the bracelet, a tiny pressure tool is used to move pins and also to reinsert them. Small screw bars are inserted into the bracelet with the help of small screw driver. They are best because of the high quality, nice appearance and also last for long time. If you have proper tools then you can easily adjust both types of link bars. Heat sensitive glue is used sometimes to hold screws in place and must be heated up for unscrewing.

4.    Chronometer Certification

The feature is not common in medium range luxury watches but the addition can increase the reliability and valve of your watch. In-fact, very few number of Swiss watches have COSC Chronometer certified. In Chronometer certification process, a watch movement is sent to COSC where it is rested for period of days. The movement is tested in various different positions. Each movement has the specific testing which means that it is more than a simple testing of a movement design. The watch’s rate results are observed during the test to determine overall accuracy of the movement. In order to be Chronometer Certified, the movement must be accurate within -4/+6 seconds/day on average in all positions. It means a movement must not gain more than 6 seconds or lose more than 4 seconds a day. If a watch is not COSC certified, it doesn’t mean it will fail the test but the movement has not been used in COSC testing.

5.    High Quality Case Finishes and Polishes

Chromed metal was super mirror polish on steel which was really hard to achieve and needed to be properly polished. It was hard and beautiful and the look of chrome was very famous but at some point, imitative chrome was invented. The fake chrome was a cheap coating. The same concept is applied to the nice looking watch surfaces. In a bit higher level, watches have milled steel blocks with precision cut and polished by hand. In cheap watches, stamped or injection molded metal is used which is neither nice nor durable. If the underneath metal is better, it will be polished and finished on the surface in a better way.

6.    SuperLumiNova Luminant

If a watch features a luminant compound applied to the face or hands, it doesn’t mean the timepiece will glow perfectly in the dark. For instance take a look at cheaper watches around you, they will glow for 10 seconds and then gradually glow in a dull manner for 5-10 minutes. This is not a good luminant feature and when you are going to invest $1000, you really deserve a quality lume in luminant applied watch. SuperLumiNova is one of the best luminants. It is surely the most famous quality luminant but not the only one available. If there is luminant with good reputation with other names, you can choose them. A wristwatch should have enough layers of luminant and must be on a large surface area. Checking a luminant is simple. Just cup your hands over the watch is enough to have the shine of luminant pop out. So, always buy a watch with a reliable luminant compound.

7.    Brand Pedigree

Most people are familiar with those mainstream brands and there are also many lesser known brands which are sometimes far better than the mainstream brands. There are countless brands out in the market and it makes hard to rely on alone name recognition whether the brand is worth getting. If you are not good with brands then see the story behind it and also the stories behind the designs.

8.    Observable Dial and Movement Decoration

Mid range luxury must have some manner of decoration. This can be automatic movement rotor with special polished finish or a textured dial on the watch face. Such little features add more valves to the watch and also refer to the efforts used in the little touches. Look for machine engravings on the dial and variety of potential polishes on the movement. Even the legendary Rolex Submariner wristwatch has a sort of decoration on the movement rotor. These features makers your watch even more memorable to you.

9.    Unique Design

There are basically there types of watch designs. First are the basic original designs that are not based on any type of specific watches from the past. Such types of watches are mostly mixture of designer’s own interpretation of watch making and classic watch genres. The second category is an homage watch which is a replication on iconic, emblematic or any specific watch. The third category includes timepieces which are a mixture of well known styles or look and then adds their own twist. Usually every watch falls into these three categories. There are varieties of homage watches that you will find in entry level luxury watch range but in mid level luxury watches there is much originality in the timepieces.

New 2016 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King Watch

 

The wait is over for Rolex watch lovers after the Basel World 2016 when Rolex launched its Air-King at the fair. These Replica Watch Reviews are intended to help in understanding the new model of the Rolex. Rolex has launched its new model with few very interesting ways. Though is not attractive as new Rolex Datejust 41 or Rolex Daytona but it is a surprise package with features that no one would expect from the Swiss king.

Rolex make changes and updates the timepieces at a perfect time when they are needed and the new Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King is a perfect example of it. One of the most prominent complaints about Rolex Air-King was that the case diameter of 34mm was not large enough for the latest trends. The task was not new for the Swiss master but instead of releasing an upsize model, the old model was dropped and just after two years a brand new Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King was released with few enchanting features but 40mm- wide case was the most notable one. Rolex wants the Air-king’s larger dial to read clear and loud. The previous model of Air-King was extremely conservative with a bit scaled down appearance. But the new design is much bolder and attractive of 2016 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King. This model also fits perfect between the Rolex Milgauss and the Rolex Explorer l.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King re-debuted with a single version with an eye catching black dial. The 40mm wide case is virtually the same as of the Rolex Milgauss and the dial sports with the same polished 3-6-9 as is present in Explorer l. But surly it is an interesting mixture. The mixture of minute and hour markers on the same scale is an unusual design from Rolex. Rolex has the right to be proud on its rich history of tried and proven tool watch designs that made it the highest spots on planet earth. However, this new Oyster Perpetual Air-King with its dial designs appears to be misfit in the range of tool watches. One can hardly deny that reading an hour or only double digit minute markers on its dial is rather easier than noticing single digit hours at some places while minute markings at others.

The movement used in Air-King is the 3131 caliber that operates at 28,800 vph and also has the reserving power of 48 hours. Just like all other Rolex watches, the Air0King is first tested by COSC and then by Rolex Superlative Chronometer certification. This latter new test refers to the fact the watch will be tested to run between -2/+2 seconds per day. Being an entry level Rolex, the Air-King Ref.116900 is an appropriate model for those who couldn’t get into the previous model with smaller 34mm case size. The new hour and minute markers may take a little time to get used to but this is not a big problem at all. The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King with one black dial and a classic Oyster bracelet has a price of 5, 99 Swiss francs (including tax).