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Hublot Big Bang, Royal Oak rip off? With better marketing? Not an original look or style, but it sells like hot cakes, wins design awards? Am I missing the boat watch lovers, tell me something to help change my mind. I keep hearing the buzz and still can’t get a hold of this one. Hublot has been a cruise boat line that had some appeal for American tourists drunk on rum punch and ready to go swimming other than that it was three clicks below Chaumet in name recognition. Now it is the toast of Switzerland! Is this watch for real! Please feel free to blast me on this one! CTWG
October 27th, 2006
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The count down is on to the first annual Watchapalooza… Mark your calanders, wind your watches… October 20 and 21st we’ll be paloozing at Henne Jewelers CTWG
October 12th, 2006
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Here is a watch I saw in Basel at the Eterna/Porsche design section of the show. It is a 46MM Monster! Equipped with a ETA 2897, this big dog would be a shoe-in for multiple sales in the United States, right? NO! As of last spring, no United States distributor. I hope this watch makes it stateside soon either by raft or not. Eterna is another great company with poor American distributorship picks. With virtually no U.S. brand recognition anymore, what are we to do with companies like this? Oddly enough you can get Porsche Design in the states, just not Eterna. Huh? CTWG
For more information about Eterna watches call Chad the Watch Guy at
412-682-0226.
October 5th, 2006
