Poodlings
Watches and Timepieces
Cuervo y Sobrinos
The Torpedo Pirate watch represents the brand's Cuban heritage, whilst its functions and high quality materials illustrate its Swiss Made status. The Torpedo Pirate for men is available with chronograph, moon phase and GMT complications and is made from a variety of materials including steel, titanium, bronze and 18ct gold. The watch features a waterproof rubber strap. Prices start at £1985.00 and there are limited edition versions available in the collection starting at £4825.00. Cuervo y Sobrinos can be bought from Jura Watches in London.
Press Information:
Emma Faust, Amy Stevens
Believe Eve
Tel: 08452-990200
e-mail: info@believeeve.com
Nautica
To celebrate 25 years as a leading global lifestyle brand, a special limited edition silver anniversary timepiece has been created. 1,983 boxed sets will be produced to commemorate Nautica’s founding year 1983. Each watch will include a numbered stainless steel caseback and an engraved “Nautica – 25th anniversary” reflector ring. The watch features Nautica watches’ exclusive swiss yachtimer movement with a 10-minute countdown timer and chronograph function. A blue anodized top ring with 10-minute countdown indicators, frames the dial and highlights the bold red and blue accent colours. It is custom packaged in a white lacquered box with a sailboat cleat on the front of the box. The watch comes with an integrated link, stainless steel bracelet, and includes an interchangeable leather strap. The 100m water resistant watch includes luminous hands and markers and Nautica's signature screw-down crown. A new pusher design lends a modern twist to the classic chronograph function. The Nautica – 25th Anniversary watch is priced at £750.00 and is exclusive to Goldsmiths.
www.nautica.com
Press Information:
Philippa Baker
Nautica
Tel: 07770 890613
e-mail: pippabaker1@ntlworld.com
Bedat & Co.
Ref. 307 is the first in the collection to feature this contemporary and distinctive tonneau shape. The dial sections features hour-markers that are visually extended by discreet raised squares. The bezel and sapphire crystal are facetted at six and 12 o'clock to create a cambered effect and slender proportions. The dial base plays with the textures of the guilloché motif and the minute circle. The Bedat & Co. applied figure '8' emblem is placed at eight o'clock. The strap is alligator in a blue colour. Ref. 307 is priced at £5415.00
www.bedat.com
Stockist: 08456-761111
Press Information:
Kat Jameson
Bedat & Co.
Tel: 07771-787002
e-mail: kat@katjameson.com
Seiko
Premier is Seiko's dress watch collection. Four new watches have been added to the collection, ea ch with a curved sapphire glass and a second hand sub-dial at the six o'clock position. As with every Premier timepiece, the dial has a stepped, architectural construction and asymmetrically sized roman numerals. The Seiko Premier collection is priced from £250.00 to £425.00.
www.seiko.co.uk
Press Information:
Daniel Williams
Profile PR
Tel: 020-7394 7717
e-mail: daniel.williams@profilepublicrelations.com
Eton Watches
Eton watches combine both bold designs and more classic options in their ranges. New developments for this season include the tortoise-shell effect bracelet watches plus a selection of painted metal styles in a variety of colours. Eton’s characteristic jewel encrusted, ‘bling’ section of their collection features lots of brightly coloured stones, round and baguette shaped diamantes and rhinestones, plus a great use of jewels to create eye catching patterns and design details. Chrome stands out as being the dominant metal shade for this season along with some gunmetal, antique gold and beaten effects. Eton watches are sold in over 450 independent stores nationwide. Featured here is the wide black leather strap watch with supersize circular dial, priced at £20.95, available in black or brown.
Stockist: 020-8888 8238
Press Information:
Lucy Jenner-Brown
Minky Publicity
Tel: 01637 852 464
e-mail: lucy@minkypublicity.co.uk
Vestal
The Grenade from Vestal flips open to reveal a clock movement. It has a stainless steel construction, durable mineral glass crystal and is water-resistance up to 3ATM. The Grenade is available in green or black and is presented in a durable stainless steel box, priced at £109.00.
www.vestalwatch.com
Stockist: 020-7524 7750
Press Information:
Alex Craven
Coffin On Cake
08701-127505
e-mail: alex@coffinoncake.com
Couture Lab
Couture Lab is a luxury lifestyle website started by the main Net-a-Porter investor, Carmen Busquets, selling both fashion and interiors items that are sourced from top artisans and designers from all over the world. Each piece is either bespoke or limited edition for Couture Lab. The Bremont ALT1-C is a hand-made chronograph wristwatch with two sub-dials, incorporating all of the technical values and principles that form part of any revered automatic timepiece. It is vapour-resistant and the convex glass face has an anti-reflective, scratch-resistant coating applied to both sides. The blackwatch face is complemented by a black leather strap with cream stitch detailing and is securely fastened with a solid stainless steel deployment buckle and engraved security clasp. Each Bremont wristwatch is carefully handmade, adjusted and tested at their Swiss Biel-Bienne workshop. All the watches are made in limited quantities and individually registered by Bremont. This particular model retails at £2950.00. The watches in the Bremont collection come in a range of colours, retailing between £1950.00 and £2950.00 or also offer a bespoke service.
www.couturelab.com
Press Information:
Antonia Collins
The Communications Store
Tel: 020-7938 1010
e-mail: antonia@tcs-uk.net
a.b.art
a.b.art Swiss designer watches offer a choice of nearly 100 modern timepieces for men and women. The men’s new MM Series features a traditional hand winding mechanism, super sized light dial available in black or white and soft leather straps in black or tan at £686.00. For women the petite KS series with classic round dial, plain display or simply defined hour marks in stainless steel or gold plated casings with black, grey, white, champagne or silver dials from £136.00 and £144.00 for the gold plated edition.
www.abart-uk.com
Press Information:
Jeni Cropper
Jeni Cropper & Associates
Tel: 01943-603133
e-mail: jeni@jenicropper.co.uk
Diamantini & Domeniconi
The Butterfly range of wall clocks from Diamantini & Domeniconi were designed by Susanne Philippson who has previously designed for Habitat, Droog Design and Muji in Japan. The design comes with three butterflies in different sizes enabling a range of different decorative prospects. Materials used include laser-cut metal and stainless steel super mirror. The Clocks, priced at €250.000, are available in a wide range of colours including white, red, orange, violet, green, turquoise and stainless steel.
www.diamantinidomeniconi.it
Press Information:
Roberta Eusebio
Diamantini & Domeniconi
Tel: (00-39) 02 2040 4989
e-mail: info@robertaeusebio.it
Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Constantin introduces it's new Quai de l’Ile line, named after the brand's historic Geneva address. This range is personalised to meet the client’s wishes. The two self-winding mechanical movements, stamped with the Geneva Hallmark, have been designed and developed at Vacheron Constantin and the products come equipped with the following accessories: box, passport, USB key and multimedia elements. The Quai de l’Ile’s mechanism can be seen through the line's semi-transparent dials. Prices for the Quai de l'Ile range is from £17580.00 to £29360.00 for the standard models. The collection is being launched in only 100 retailers worldwide.
www.vacheron-constantin.com
Press Information:
Nikki Thomas
Vacheron Constantin
Tel : 020-7312 6830
e-mail : nicola.thomas@richemont.com
Kahuna
Kahuna watches are created for surfers and the new collection consists of floral straps, bold colours and more delicate bracelet style pieces. This watch is waterproof up to 50m, it has a stainless steel case and comes in a range of colours including red, purple, white, green and black, retailing at £34.95.
www.kahuna.co.uk
Press Information:
Vicky Sims, Ruth Curran
Fearnhurst PR
Tel: 020-7837 5966
e-mail: vicky@fh-pr.com
e-mail: ruth@fh-pr.com
Rotary
Limited Edition X is the latest addition and the tenth model in its series of automatic movement watches. Limited to 500 pieces worldwide, the piece is an automatic movement timepiece crafted in PVD rose, gold plate. The clear white dial is complemented by the oversized Roman numerals and the minute track around the extremity of the dial. As with all of the limited edition models, the case back allows the automatic movement to be seen. Each timepiece is presented in a self-winding oakwood presentation box. The Rotary Limited Edition X is priced at £495.00
www.rotarywatches.com
Press Information:
Abbi Holland
The Dreyfuss Group
Tel: 020-7434 5508
e-mail: abbih@rotarywatches.com
Guess
This limited edition Python inspired watch is by Guess and retails at £109.00. The watch features a unique python dial with an oversized polished gold case surrounded by Swarovski crystals. The strap is leather with an imitation python design. 100% of the profits from this watch will go towards Safe House Ethiopia www.safehouseethiopia.org, a charity located in Addis-Ababa that is dedicated to providing the children of Ethiopia a better life through nutrition, education and safety. Available from October 2008 to January 2009.
www.guess.com
Press Information:
Marie Grove
Guess
Tel: 07795-664890
e-mail: mgrove@sequel-uk.co.uk
Citizen
Citizen Ladies’ Eco-Drive Calibre 4700 Chronograph, priced at £279.00 is equipped with a 24-diamond bezel and mother-of-pearl dial. Created in stainless steel two-tone and water-resistant to 100m, this timepiece's other features include: 12/24 hour time, non-reflective crystal glass, cabochon crown, screw-back case and a five year guarantee.
www.citizenwatch.co.uk
Stockist: 08000-157670
Press Information:
Ally woodruff
Citizen
Tel: 0118-936 8843
e-mail: awoodruff@citizenwatch.co.uk
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