& Mercier Riviera XXL Jump Hour: stylish and modern
2007-10-24 13:42:00
The newest compication from Baume & Mercier is this high jewellry jump hour model. The case, in 18kt white gold, measures 43mm and has a sapphire crystal. It is available also in a version with 400 diamonds (394 round, 6 baguette shaped) weighing 9.5 carats. Movement is the automatic Dubois Depraz caliber 14400 with Cotes de Geneva decoration on the rotor. It is water resistant to 50 meters. The strap is alligator with 18kt white gold buckle. Information taken from TimeZone
One less excuse not to catch a fish
2007-10-24 13:31:00
It's probably safe to say that fishing technology made some progress since the "Pocket Fisherman" days of our youth, with personal sonars and gadgets such as wireless infrared thermometers to test the waters from afar. And many follow one of the more popular trends in recreational sports, as evidenced by the Suunto's golf watch, by installing the equipment on your wrist.Origo's "Guide Pro," for example, is a wristwatch outfitted with sensors that analyze atmospheric conditions for the most recent 30 hours ostensibly to determine the optimum biting times, according to OhGizmo. Then again, given our luck, we'd probably be better off bass fishing on the Wii. Then, at least, we could confine our embarrassment to private quarters.Click here to buy Origo Watches
GRANDE CHRONOMASTER OPEN VENICE by Zenith
2007-10-24 13:29:00
18 carat rose gold (45 mm) chronograph equipped with Zenith’s El Primero 4021 automatic movement. 18 carat rose gold dial with ‘sundial’ guilloché pattern and handmade ‘Venice Lion’ strand, open dial at 10 o’clock, hours and minutes in the centre, small seconds hand at 9 o’clock, central chronograph seconds hand, 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, 50-hour power reserve, two sapphire glasses, handmade alligator strap lined with silky Alzavel calfskin and water-resistant to 30 metres. Limited edition of 100 pieces. Source: Europa Star August-September 2007 Magazine Issue
Sunnto Core - is more than a watch
2007-10-24 11:01:00
The new Sunnto Core is more than a watch
, according to its manufacturer—it's an outdoor wrist-top computer, the "total timepiece for the hardcore outdoor enthusiast." It's certainly no slack on features, including (according to Gizmag):storm alarm, altimeter, barometer, digital thermometer, weather trend indicator and digital compass as well as a newly added depth meter, sunrise and sunset timer and a menu in four languages.The Core is accurate up to 10,000 meters and capable of being used underwater down to 10 meters. It even has a clock. Most impressively, all those sensors and intelligence will only set you back $350. Overpriced for a desk jockey watch, sure, but not a bad deal for legitimate outdoorsmen at all.Via BoingBoing
Sleeptracker Pro Watch: Your "Sleep History"
2007-10-24 10:56:00
The new Sleep
tracker Pro takes the original "sleep watch" concept and adds a new software component, allowing you to download your "sleep history" to a PC and track how well you've snoozed over time. The new Sleeptracker Pro watch has an updated look, too, although it's still a bit too goofy to be worn all day.The reviews for the original Sleeptracker were surprisingly positive. Many people found that the Sleeptracker, which uses an accelerometer to gauge what sleep state you might be in and wakes you at the optimum moment of restfulness, actually did a pretty great job.The Sleeptracker Pro system is $180, or $30 more than the vanilla Sleeptracker.Product Page [Sleeptracker.com]
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New generation of Casion Bluetooth wrist Watch
2007-10-23 13:40:00
Citizen announced a new generation of their Bluetooth
wrist watch line. Compared the first Citizen Bluetooth Virt watch the company launched in 2006, the new ones are very compact and look like a normal LCD watch. Early this year Citizen introduced a slightly updated model, but that one also still had a very small screen.Features of the new Citizin i:virt Bluetooth watches include display and vibration alarm of incoming calls, incoming e-mail or news. In collaboration with the Japanese Carrier Softbank Citizen even allows you to read a preview of an email on the Bluetooth wristwatch. Another fun feature is the ability to trigger the camera of a compatible mobile phone via the watchThe new Citizen Bluetooth watches will hit the market in Japan in November. Via this Citizen press-release (Japanese). The Bluetooth watches available from Fossil are not that feature-rich yet and not so compact. Let's see if Fossil can beat Citizen with their next generation (if they actually do another Blu
Erotic Watches by Nivrel: Time for porn
2007-10-23 13:34:00
Repetition watches are usually associated with traditional, classic timepieces which combine a variety of complications and so are attractive for their expertise workmanship. In contrast, Nivrel's Erotica collection offers repetition watches whose main attraction might be the dial design.Reference N 950.001-6 AKKKK has an 18c rose gold skeletonised and hand-engraved dial displaying a couple in an erotic position. Reference N 950.001-6 AAAMK has a silver plated dial with a couple in 18c yellow gold. Each watch has a repeater which when it strikes, the couple moves.Source: Watchluxus
Stylish luxury watches from Timex: Diamond collection for women
2007-10-30 05:12:00
Timex seems to be aiming at more luxurious market with the launch of their style luxury watches
Timex Diamond collection
for women. The watches are meant for everyday wear and feature diamonds that are hand-selected to match in terms of color, height and diameter on a watch-by-watch basis. The style of the watches is inspired by the Timex watches of the 1960s and there are five designs from a six-diamond to a twenty-four diamond case. The model here shows 16 hand-selected diamonds, clustered at the twelve and six o'clock positions. The Timex Diamond collection will retail from $125 - $325 at select department stores.Timex Watches Store
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Hamilton Watches: Modern watches of Americans
2007-10-30 01:02:00
The American Dream has been realised by a watch brand! Hamilton
watches have probably appeared in more movies than most celebrites. Known for innovative design and watch technology, the brand has an impressive resume. Hamilton's Hollywood career began in the 1950s with an impressive debut in the Oscar-nominated diving movie 'The Frogmen'. In 1961 the distinctive iconic watch, Ventura, co-starred with Elvis Presley in 'Blue Hawaii' and the intense Hollywood relationship has continued embracing over 300 movies appearances. The list of stars that have appeared in Hamilton includes Richard Gere, Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck, Michael Douglas, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Alba and Michelle Pfeiffer.Click here to buy American Dream Watches
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Tissot unveils ‘Danica Patrick’ T-Touch
2007-10-28 16:14:00
New York—Swiss watchmaker Tissot unveiled yesterday the T-Touch Danica
Patrick
Limited Edition watch, which is outstanding beside the company’s brand ambassador, racecar driver Danica Patrick.The watch lineaments a mother-of-pearl face set with 58 Top Wesselton diamonds with VS/SI explicitness totaling 0.14 carats. The caseback features Patrick’s engraved signature and the limited-edition number. A total of 2,007 units will be available worldwide.The T-Touch offers proprietary tactile technology activated by the feel of a finger. It includes features such as a barometer that indicates meteorological definitions, chronograph, circuit and thermometer. The retail bill is $1,095.At the unveiling, Patrick said she loves the watch, and on condition that she had to buy it she would, labeling it as “ideal.”(c) OnlineWatchReview.com
Panerai Radiomir Black Seal Ceramic
2007-10-28 10:41:00
Radiomir was the first watch model created by Officine Panerai. A watch that crossed the history for the heroism characterising the value men who wore the Panerai at the beginning of the ’40.In that period this model presented for the first time some technical innovations which determined from the very beginning its character and its qualities: a case very easy to read, winding crown, screwed back and a strong cushion shape, but very simple at the meanwhile. This model was the precursor of all the Panerai watchmaking, thanks to its basic and simple characteristics. The Radiomir feature became stronger along the time. Nowadays this model with sports and at the same time discrete shapes suits with technological and precious materials, fit to host high watchmaking movements. At the 2007 SIHH Radiomir will not only host the P.2003 Calibre 10 days automatic GMT, but it will also the presented with he following new versions:Radiomir Black
Seal, ceramic case, with the hand-wound movement OP
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Huge and extremely water resistant from modern Eterna KonTiki Diver Watch
2007-10-28 10:13:00
Eterna paid close attention to robustness and functionality in the selection of materials and the processing. The bridge and rotating bezel are stainless steel as are the screwed strap horns. The engineers decided to use black, PVD-coated titanium for the construction of the container to save weight while not compromising stability. The case-back bears the KonTiki medallion commemorating the historic origins of this watch line. In 1947, the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia on a raft of prehistoric design named after the sun god of the original inhabitants of Peru: KonTiki. During this 8000 kilometer adventurous ocean journey, Heyerdahl wore an Eterna – a watchmaking masterpiece built by pioneers for pioneers. Movement: Calibre ETA 7750; self-winding mechanical movement with specific Eterna rotor; hand-decorated; blued screws.Dial/Hands: Black dial; flange with tachymeter; central hours, minutes and seconds hands; index marks and hands, par
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Nixon Murf Watch is Retro Cool, Heavy As Sin, but so Modern Stylish
2007-10-28 04:26:00
The Nixon
Murf Watch has a Japanese direct drive quartz movement with hour and minute indicators, and an LED light.The stainless steel case includes a push button adjusting screw crown on the face of the watch. The watch has an integrated light pusher, behind the screw crown. Not that complicated. However, the watch is seriously heavy, or about the same weight as your iPhone.It also has a full-view crystal case, and if you turn it around, you can see into it from three different sides, which is kinda cool – that is, if you’re mindlessly bored and have nothing else to do. This item will be in stores in mid-December (price unknown, but expect to pay a couple hundred.)Source: Wired
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, Modern
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New modern models from TokyoFlash: Morse Code
2007-11-04 13:35:00
Tired of people looking over your shoulder to see the time? Put a stop to that with a Morse
Code watch. Tokyoflash is proud to present the first ever Morse Code watch.The watch has 3 modes for telling the time.Using a bulit in speaker that refracts the sound off your wrist through the solid stainless caseback it sounds out the time in Morse Code.If thats to hard to follow, you can press a button to see the time in Morse Code on the LED display. If that's still too hard to decipher or your running out of time, one more press of a button you can see the time in regular digit form.Stimulate your mind and learn to tell the time in Morse Code. The quality is second to none at 150 grams, this watch is built like a Navy Seal! With its high polish strap & mirrored lens - in bright sunlight you could even signal in Morse Code.Time only 12 & 24 hour mode AM / PM in 12 hour mode Audio Morse code time LED Morse code time Regular digit time mode 1 Year WarrantyPolished Mirror finish The on
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Bozeman SmokeJumper Watch For Fire Relief
2007-11-04 13:11:00
The SmokeJumper Chronograph was the first watch manufactured by the by the Bozeman Watch Company. Housing a legendary caliber (movement) from the Vallée de Joux, this exquisite 27 jeweled automatic winding powerhouse will impress any watch aficionado. It was released as the first piece in our series of COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronometres) automatic timepiecesEach SmokeJumper is delivered with both a stainless steel bracelet and a hand-stitched saddle leather strap. These straps are made of the same saddle leather found in our Bozeman Dry Goods line of leather luggage, and were sewn right here in Bozeman, Montana.The SmokeJumper is our tribute to the airborne firefighters who risk it all to preserve life, save property, and protect our national forests, and with each purchase a charitable contribution will be made to the National Smokejumper Association.SmokeJumper Chronograph series valued at $5,500. The online auction will run through Jan. 1, 2008 through the watch comp
Wyler-Zagato: Swiss precision and Italian modern design unite in the first watch
2007-11-04 06:02:00
Just over six months after childhood friends Marcello Binda (President of Wyler Geneve’s parent company, the Binda Group) and Andrea Zagato
(President of the eponymous company) first announced the partnership between exclusive atelier and luxury watch
brand, the two companies are proud to present in record time a timepiece that perfectly combines the DNA of both brands.At the exclusive Atelier Zagato near Milan, Zagato president Andrea Zagato used the new Wyler-Zagato watch as an example to illustrate the entire design
process at Zagato, from the initial sketch to the prototype through the CNC model. Throughout the evening event, the presence of legendary Zagato automobiles from past decades served as a constant reminder of the Zagato design philosophy that is found in the Wyler-Zagato watch.The high-end timepiece uses the same case, made of highly resistant titanium, as Wyler Geneve’s exclusive tourbillon models and features a shock-absorbing case design in which the movement is h
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Memphis Belle military watches: Super Professional 50/100 ATM
2007-11-02 14:09:00
44 mm high quality titanium case with black PVD finishing, light and extra strong. It’s a super-professional military watch, with high-standard technical requirements and provided with manual valve for helium gas expulsion on the left side of the case. Enriched by a completely modified and exceptionally well finished movement with COSC Chronometric Certification, this time-piece owns also a special bezel with ‘shark tale’ teeth for a better prehensility during under water use.Best quality titanium case, 44mm, pvd finishing, screw bars with patented auto-block device. Screwed embossed case back with black pvd finishing.Screwed crown with pattern in relief and double o-ring safety device.Semi automatic valve for helium gas expulsion with pattern in relief.Anticlockwise turning bezel with shark tale teeth and engraved scale. Luminous dot at 12H position.Anti-scratching Sapphire Glass 1700 Vickers with anti-reflection coating.Automatic movement ETA 2824.2 modified, with anti-shock N
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Modern Cutting-Edge Watch Design from Graham London
2007-11-02 13:47:00
Everything about the Swordfish - from its meaty 46-millimetre case and design of bold shapes and colours to the left-hand controls on certain versions - immediately declares its pedigree. This watch could only be a Graham
London! Enthusiasts and connoisseurs of luxury watchmaking will instantly come to that conclusion when they first see the new version of the British brand's Swordfish chronograph.Graham London is synonymous with cutting-edge design. Practical and easy-to-use controls, clear and legible luminescent markers, 12-hours with sweep seconds and 30-minutes counters boasting sapphire crystal magnifying glass - impeccable design never leaves anything to chance. Like all Graham London timepieces, every feature of the Swordfish is meticulously thought out, right down to the tiniest detail, and everthing has purpose beyond its aesthetic value.Animated by the famous bi-compax chronograph movement (calibre G1710), the Swordfish provides perfect precision and an impressive 42-ho
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Diamond PIAGET Limelight Magic Hour
2007-11-02 13:43:00
For the very first time, thanks to an invisible mechanism developed in the Piaget workshops, the Limelight
Magic
Hour watch is endowed with the unique power to be three watches in one.When positioned horizontally, the ellipse provides a generous dial opening with a free-spirited yet timeless style that exudes harmonious perfection. At a gentle touch, the oval swivels to take an impish break. The watch gracefully lends itself to a clever game of transformations that imbue it with a surprising and even disturbing charm. This creative model constantly hints at its original mystery. Sheer magic…Another 45° turn and the watch reveals its diamond-set golden numerals and sparkles with dazzling radiance, transfigured into a stunning and exceptional jewellery watch: “Magic Hour”.Stemming from the innovative spirit of Piaget, this model features an integrated case and bracelet, no lugs, and took 800 hours to develop (not counting the original conception of the rotating bezel). Thirty-six
New Stylish C1 COSC-Certified Chronograph
2007-11-01 14:46:00
The COSC-certified Concord C1 Chronograph marks the launch of a truly new construction born of an unusually sophisticated concept drawn from advanced technological research and innovation. This powerful timepiece asserts its exceptional personality through an ambitious watch case 44 mm in diameter and 16.7 mm from front to back – a study in sturdiness at its best.Assembled to absorb and dampen blows and jarring, 53 components make up a case water-resistant to a pressure of 20 ATM. A rubber-coated protective metal ring featuring eight decorative tabs that extend over the bezel, is fitted over the middle case and secured by seven self-blocking side screws. The system protects an impressive, 3.3. mm-thick anti-reflective sapphire crystal that seems to emerge from the case. The setting crown is composed of steel, rubber and composite materials, enduringly interlocked for greater compactness and resistance. A raised C1 logo on the rubber end-piece adds a final touch to the design.The case
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New modern Sony Ericsson's Bluetooth music watch
2007-11-01 14:33:00
There's nothing more annoying than the phantom mobile phone call. There you are, minding your own business, when suddenly you feel your leg vibrate and you're sure your phone is ringing, but when you take it out of your pocket, it's not.One solution is Sony
Ericsson
's latest Bluetooth
watch
(remember early anounced Hyundai phone-watch?) -- it vibrates unmistakeably when you receive a call, and displays the caller's number. It even alerts you when you get a text message.We had a go a while back with another Bluetooth watch, but the advantage the MBW-150 has is that you can use it to control a Walkman phone's music player.On the side of the MBW-150 there are dedicated music keys which let you search through tracks and pause or play them. The watch also pops up track information on its display so you can see what's playing.The advantage of being able to do all these things from your watch -- apart from looking like James frickin' Bond -- is that you can keep your phone in your ba
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Modern LED watches for plus-sized wrists
2007-11-01 14:27:00
The aptly named Guru is a subtly curved streamlined piece of retro futuristic electronics. That may seem like a contradiction in terms, but we're thinking 'The 5th Element' meets 'Blade Runner' meets 'Gaticca', or something equally stylish. With a vertical 82 LED digital display set out in four blocks in either red or amber, this tri-function watch runs through a hypnotic light show display before showing you the time, date or alarm settings. With a smart leather strap, stainless steel facia case and a very posh gift box, the Guru Dice watches
are style personified, and they're even water-resistant.Funky leather watches with custom developed LED displays. Choose from a silver coloured frame and red LEDs or a black frame with amber LEDs. LEDs split into 4 cubes on the watch face. Press the control button once to reveal the time - the LEDs form the number. Press the control button twice and the month in digits and date is displayed. Press the control button thrice to select an al
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Tokyo Flash B Version
2007-11-01 14:21:00
Time is of course relative and yet in the grand scheme of things somewhat ethereal, making it fairly confusing stuff. So rather than getting bogged down in absolutes that in essence don't truly exist, surely it's better to make the whole time telling thing approximate, and therefore naturally more interesting. Whatever that means. The Tokyo
Flash
B Version Watch is certainly not into absolutes, it's more about probability theory and approximations, or something like that. With a watch face that looks like it's been ripped from the con of a submarine, and a very neat pre-time whizzy LED display, it tells the time (when it's stopped being flashy and funky) using three separate indicators. The round face with its radar-like blue line tells you the hour, the short bar tells you the minutes in multiples of 10, and the long bar in sub-ten minute increments. So by our reckoning, the image here says it's about 2.24, but who cares what the actual time is, when the design of the watch and
Watches of the Year 2007: Vacheron Constantin’s The Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde Day and Date
2007-11-10 03:51:00
At the end of each year, the two watch magazines Montres Passion and Uhrenwelt give the Watch of the Year Prize, an award made by a jury of professionals from the watch industry and announced at a ceremony that has become a key event of the watch year. On November 1st, 2007, in front of 700 people assembled at the Beau Rivage Hotel in Geneva, Juan-Carlos Torres, Vacheron Constantin’s CEO, received, on behalf of the brand, the Jury Prize for the Watch of the Year 2007 - “Montre de l’Année 2007” - for the Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde
Day and Date.The Patrimony Contemporaine Retrograde Day and Date is equipped with a double complication movement that takes its rightful place in the new generation of self-winding movements manufactured from A to Z in the Vacheron Constantin workshops. Stamped with the prestigious Geneva Hallmark, the caliber 2460 R31R7 offers hour and minute as well as retrograde date and day functions. The 18kt rose gold case is a generous 42.5 mm in diamet
Mr Jones Watches (MJW): "More or Less" model is available yet!
2007-11-08 17:02:00
This watch offers you two ways of looking at the passing of time - around the circumference of the dial the words "one more, one less" slowly pass.The watch comes in a MJW presentation box with the signature of the designer Crispin Jones on the box to verify its authenticity. Produced in a limited edition of 100 individually numbered examples.The price is £79.99. Only this one model
from Mr.Jones collection is available
on the company shop website.
Artemisia collection from LIMES
2007-11-08 13:56:00
The name pays fitting tribute to the 16th Century female painter Artemisia Gentileschi, who is considered to be the first female Master.The Artemisia is offered in two different dials: One with fine Guilloche and applied indices, and one with mother of pearl and 8 genuine set diamonds.The German-made case by Ickler offers a distinguished shape and possesses an elegant coin design decoration on the perimeter. A sapphire crystal is fitted on top, and the highly decorated Eta 2824-2 movement can be seen through the sapphire display back. The diamond watches have 67 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0,38ct, Top Wesselton / SI) set into the stainless steel bezel.Different colored leather strap offered in black, brown, pink and light blue, as well as suave and elegant stainless steel bracelets are available. The bracelets can also be ordered separately. The screw bars make changing the bracelet exceptionally easy.With these features, the Limes Artemisia adapts graciously and seamlessly to the
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The latest creation of the Pharo collection
2007-11-08 13:50:00
Movement:Decorated Swiss automatic movement ETA 2824, adjusted in five positions, 28.800 vib/h, 25 jewels, blued stainless steel screws, Glucydur balance, Nivarox 1 hairspring, Incabloc shock absorption, LIMES logoWatch case:Stainless steel, polished, 65 brilliant-cut diamonds Top Wesselton/SI, approx. 0,9ct, diameter 40,5mm, thickness 11,0mm, curved sapphire crystal with double-sided antireflective coating, sapphire display back, crown with Ickler logo, waterresistant 50mDial + Hands:Two tone, sun ray Guilloch pattern and applied indexesBand:Brown leather strapPrice: $ 4100.00Click here to buy
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New model from Glashutte for Rimowa
2007-11-08 13:36:00
Movement is the automatic Glashutte caliber 100. Rimowa is a German luggage manufacturer founded in 1898A limited edition of 100 pieces in stainless steel with a special carrying case made by Rimowa of Germany, with a display back that can be changed from solid to sapphire. From WatchZone
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New modern Tissot PRS516 Automatic Chronograph
2007-11-08 13:29:00
The Tissot PRS516 watch is packed with state-of-the-art features to fulfill all of your unique timekeeping needs. The fashionable look of the leather straps with unique holes provides stunning contrast to the silver watchcase and distinguished dial and bezel.The PRS516 Tissot Swiss watch also has a see-through case back, precision automatic Tissot quartz movement, a Tissot chronograph function for timing a specific event, and water resistance. The Tissot chronograph on each PRS516 Tissot watch is contained within three subdials on the face of the watch, keeping track of the hours, minutes and seconds that are being timed.Price is $395
Maximilian Büsser & Friends: Horological Machine No.2
2007-11-07 15:20:00
Horological Machine
No.2 (HM2) is a holistically conceived and engineered three-dimensional timekeeping machine for the wrist. The functions and indications were specifically conceived to tailor to the strengths of HM2's chief watchmaker, Jean-Marc Wiederrecht. The bespoke architecture of the highly technical movement was developed to both fit and complement the radical form of the modular case. HM2 is the world's first mechanical movement offering: Instantaneous Jump Hour, Concentric Retrograde Minutes, Retrograde Date, Bi-Hemisphere Moon Phase and Automatic Winding. The case, with its flying buttresses, bolted portholes and sliding crown guard, was so complex - over 100 components go into its construction alone - that it could only be developed with an innovative modular method inspired by the Meccano sets of Maximilian Busser's childhood. And in line with best engineering principles, this modularity also simplifies future refurbishment of the case should it ever be necessary.Horo
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