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Jeep Watches
I drive a black Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, and I'm obviously a watch fanatic, so a collection of Jeep watches certainly seems like a good idea to me. It looks like there are about 14 different styles with a nice variety of functionality ranging from rotating bezels to digital or analog...
The Vibrating Casio G-Shock GW-400CJ
The folks over at Wrist Dreams have picked up on the new vibrating Casio G-Shock GW-400CJ-1JF marine sports watch. I was just commenting the other day on how Casio is really pushing the limits of digital watches, and as if to prove my point, they announce one of the most...
easyWatch Wants to be the New Swatch
easyGroup is a "business incubator" with a portfolio of companies from easyJet to easyPizza. It is essentially a brand, like Virgin, which is used to explore new and eclectic business opportunities. Their newest venture: the easyWatch. According to this Reuters article, the idea behind easyWatch is to fill the void...
Proposed Legislation May Break Your Digital Watch
If your digital watch automatically adjusts for daylight-savings, congress may be about to make it obsolete. According to this CNN story, lawmakers recently approved legislation that will extend daylight-savings by a total of two months: Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months,...
Seiko Introduces the First E-paper Watch
Getting caught up on my gadget news this morning, I noticed that my pals over at Gizmodo got the scoop on a new E-paper watch that Seiko exhibited at Baselworld 2005. It actually looks more like a bracelet than a watch, but since it tells the time, I guess that...
The TAG Heuer Calibre 360
While getting caught up on email this weekend, I came across a note from TAG Heuer about the Calibre 360 concept watch that was introduced at Basel this year. First, TAG Heuer introduced the Microtimer, the first wristwatch accurate to 1/1000th of a second. Now they are making watch history...
The Bell & Ross 01 Instrument Collection
Bell & Ross has announced their new 01 Instrument Collection at Baselworld 2005. There's very little information available other than pictures at this point, though I've been promised some early information, so I'll post more once it arrives. In the meantime, the Bell & Ross website lists four models: BR...
The Casio Overland
Of course, the Casio Overland only appears to be available in Japan (aren't all the coolest Japanese watches?), but if you have some strings over there, they might be worth pulling to get your hands on one of these. In my opinion, the Casio Overland is the nicest looking solar...
Rado Invents the World’s Hardest Watch: the Rado V10K
Swiss watchmaker Rado has been obsessing over highly scratch resistant watches for over 40 years, and now it looks like they have truly outdone themselves with the Rado V10K. The name "V10K" comes from 10,000 Vickers. Vickers are a measurement of hardness and resistance, and 10,000 is the top of...
More on the New Tissot Navigator 3000
I know from reading my server logs that a lot of people come to Watch Report to read the post on the new Tissot Navigator 3000. For all you Tissot fans out there, here's the rest of the story: According to a supplier for Jared, the Tissot Navigator 3000 will...
Fake Rolexes May Fund Terrorism
Casio recently had their brush with terrorism -- now it's Rolex's turn. According to this Reuters article, items like fake Rolexes and counterfeit designer handbags (in other words, things you buy on the street rather than in stores) may fund terrorism. Apparently there is evidence that counterfeiters in New York...
Fossil Announces New Star Wars Watch
Only on Watch Report can a story on Patek Philippe be followed by one on a new Fossil Star Wars watch. But as I'm fond of saying, every watch is right for someone. And if you're a total Star Wars geek, and you don't care who knows it, then this...