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For the third year running, Dubai Watch Week brings a welcome ray of sunshine to the watch industry in this month of November. The Seddiqi group’s vision remains unchanged: to make this non-commercial event a knowledge-sharing platform for the watch community.

The event has grown considerably in just two years, and this autumn sees it take things up a level, with a specially built facility on the attractive terraces of the DIFC (and nothing is done by halves in Dubai…). Some new brands are joining the party, bringing an additional layer of gravitas: A. Lange & Sohne, Dior, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Richard Mille, Vacheron Constantin and Voutilainen, to mention just a few. And, as for every year since 2015, there’s also a well-thought out and comprehensive programme of forums, workshops and events.

For 2017, the theme of the 16-20 November forum will be “Classic and Contemporary”. We’re looking forward to hearing more about what millennials are doing for the industry, in a panel discussion featuring Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of Art & Design at ECAL and Kurt Klaus of IWC, and listening to Fabrizio Buonamassa, director of Bulgari’s watch design centre, talk about discoveries and inventions: Paul O’Neil (WorldTempus) will also be debating counterfeit culture with Mohammed Seddiqi.

The revival of classical craftsmanship and contemporary techniques will be the focus of the main DWW 2017 exhibition. © Dubai Watch Week

There will be open and wide-ranging discussions on the evergreen themes of customisation, technology, e-commerce and counterfeiting by brand leaders, collectors and media. Laurence Nicolas, who chairs Dior’s watch department (and who rarely speaks in public) will tackle the issue of design, while Julien Tornare, Zenith CEO, will explain the importance of marketing in plotting a brand’s rebirth. The outspoken journalist Suzanne Wong and Audemars Piguet CEO François Henry Bennahmias will debate the question: “Are grand complications a men-only club?”

With that said, I am among a large population of mechanical watch lovers who do care about accuracy. That there is still development in the traditional watch industry to make systems that actually pioneer new achievements in accuracy will be something that pretty much any watch collector can stand behind. I know that not everyone will be a fan of the aesthetic design of the Defy Lab, or the Defy El Primero 21 for that matter, but I think they will want the technology for sure. Zenith and LVMH now take a leading role in the pursuit of accuracy, how will the others respond? Attached to the case of the Defy Lab is a rubber strap with an alligator exterior lining and a titanium buckle. Price for the 10 piece unique Zenith Defy Lab reference 27.9000.342/78.R582 is 29,900 CHF each.

This year the DWW will also provide an opportunity to extend the annual celebration of the GPHG, with timepieces arriving straight from Geneva after the ceremony. Delegates will also have chance to share the excitement of the sale room in an auction workshop led by Christie’s, dive into a mechanical movement with legendary watchmakers, and to learn the art of engraving, enamelling and miniature painting with master craftsmen. Members of the public will have completely free access to the “Classic & Contemporary”, GPHG and “Telling the Time” exhibitions in the DIFC and Dubai Mall throughout the week.

All you need is your plane ticket, and your local guide is sure to show you where to find the best street food.

Swiss Rolex Replica watches

Rolex is a well-known Swiss watch brand, which is rumored to have the Swiss government background. Rolex is the German Hans Weiss • Dov (Hans Wilsdof) with the British Davis (Alfred Davis) in 1905 in London partnership.

In the watch circle, Best Swiss Replica Watches enthusiasts often use the word to describe the Rolex, that is, “once and for all.” This is precisely what the Rolex rugged best proof. Today we recommend three rugged Rolex watch, hope you like.

Rolex Daytona Replica watches

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch series 116520-78590 black plate

Watch series: Series Daytona
Movement Type: Automatic mechanical
Case Material: 904L stainless steel
Strap Material: 904L stainless steel
Case diameter: 40 mm

Rolex Replica watches

Rolex Daytona Replica watches are famous Heady, and have precise chronograph function. Which watch with 40 mm diameter design, case and bracelet of 904L stainless steel to build, have a stronger corrosion resistance compared to conventional 616L stainless steel. Rolex watch is equipped with an internal self-developed cal.4130 self-winding movement, this movement is absolutely outstanding performance with micro-mechanical engineering masterpiece, contains the innovative and patented technology crystallization, both in solid and reliable, accurate timekeeping or maintenance of convenience, are luxury self-winding chronograph lay a new benchmark.

Rolex Datejust Replica watches

Rolex Datejust II Series 116300-72210 silver platter watch

Watch series: Datejust series
Movement Type: Automatic mechanical
Case material: stainless steel, polished outer ring
Strap Material: Stainless Steel
Case diameter: 41 mm

Rolex Replica watches

Rolex Datejust Replica watches with a 41 mm diameter design, case and bracelet in all 904L stainless steel to create, than ordinary 316L stainless steel has greater corrosion resistance. Watch with luminous disk using the bar when labeled rod luminescent hands to ensure that the night can be clearly read, the pointer and watch all the time scale used for the 18K white gold. Independent research and development for the Rolex watch cal.3135 interior equipped with self-winding movement, accurate and swatch and durable.

Rolex Explorer Replica watches

Rolex Explorer watch series 214270-77200 black plate

Watch series: EXPLORER
Movement Type: Automatic mechanical
Case material: stainless steel
Strap Material: Stainless Steel
Case diameter: 39 mm

Rolex Replica watches

These are new Rolex Explorer Replica watches type I, published in 2010. Watch with a 39 mm diameter design, case and strap for Rolex 904L stainless steel design, with superior corrosion resistance. By Rolex watch with a completely independent research and manufacture of 3132 automatic winding movement. 3132-type movement when the Swiss won the official count accredits certification which specifically awarded to success through the Swiss chronometer testing center (COSC) detection precision watch. This movement of the structure and movement of all Oyster same unmatched reliability.

Rolex Replica watches

Rolex Replica watches are made of strong, durable known, and also the production of mechanical Rolex watches, is recognized as the most accurate mechanical watch go. So I think if you want to start with a robust mechanical watch, do not want to watch and worry about the problem, then the mechanical buy a Rolex watch it, by the way, Rolex wrist watches sale in all brands watch, counted on its after-sales service is very good, among the best.

Rolex Replica watches

The Histoire de Tourbillon series is going to get Harry Winston Mens Replica in trouble. Seeing how every iteration of this series of incredible legacy replica watches has gotten exponentially more and more complex every year, we’re starting to wonder how on Earth will they be able to deliver something that can up the ante from the previous version. Still, it doesn’t look like 2016 will be the year the Histoire De Tourbillon plateaued, with the introduction of the downright galactic Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 Replica for Baselworld.

So how, exactly, does one go about topping 2015’s eye-watering, $600,000 Tourbillon 6, which marveled with nearly 700 parts, two time indicators, an 80-hour power reserve, and a tri-axial tourbillon – all housed in a titanic 55mm case? Easy. You double down with not one, but two bi-axial tourbillons married by a spherical differential that averages their behavioral patterns relative to position and gravity to yield a spectacular, synchronous ballet with time. Easy, right?

On paper, the HW4502 movement might appear simpler, as it’s comprised of only a hair over 500 components and 84 jewels. Plus, this latest version doesn’t contain nearly as many different complications as the Tourbillon 6. Also, it’s still about the same size as your (above-average-sized) modern wrist replica watch, at 43.5 millimeter wide and 8.65 millimeter thick – and again, those are the dimensions of just the movement alone! Anyhow, that notable reduction in component count seems to have enabled the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7’s movement engineers to focus on the technical wizardry behind taking a single tourbillon complication with two axes of differing trajectories that drive the escapements, and doubling it – a scientifically calculated feat Winston describes was accomplished with “extraordinary technical intensity.” Sounds about right.


The two biaxial tourbillons each contain 117 components and each weigh 0.76 grams – that is… wait for it… a mind-boggling 0.0065 gram average weight per component in these “whirlwinds.” The balance wheels inside the tourbillons have been inclined at 30 degrees (read more about why that matters in this epic hands-on of the Greubel Forsey Double Balancier) and are ticking away at a relatively hectic 3 Hertz or 21,600 beats per hour. Biaxial means two axes of rotation, and that, in turn, usually means two separate timings. The situation is no different in the case of the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 7 either, as the interior cages of the tourbillons make a full rotation in 45 seconds, while the exterior cages come around in 75 seconds, respectively. This dance lasts about 55 hours, when you’ll need to manually re-wind the hand-wound caliber.

Focusing on the tourbillons has also simplified the dial and made the replica watch overall more legible – an accomplishment we appreciate just as much (if not more), as any further advancements in technical complexity. The dial is this rectangular, gently skeletonized design in anodized aluminum, with numerals and hands that you can actually read. Given the 50.9mm diameter of the massive, 18k white gold case, the dial should be about the same size as you’d see on a Reverso – so legibility shouldn’t be an issue anymore.

You’ll also note that while the white gold case has been slimmed to a paltry ~51mm in diameter and 17.3mm in thickness the lugs have also been shortened and turned down, likely in an effort to further improve wearability as well.