As part of CASH CA’s latest January releases, the Japanese brand produced a small capsule accessories collection with Jam Home Made. A highlight piece from the drop includes this all black Watch & Band in full cow leather. Production includes a slightly turned watch face, a thick band and silver lock buckles. Purchase the piece in the coming weeks through CASH CA.

CASH CA x Jam Home Made Watch & Band is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

To commemorate the London 2012 Olympics, Omega has created this special edition Seamaster 1948. 1948 was the last time London hosted the Olympics, and is an ode to its return to the city. The watch will see itself released in limited numbers next year and is rumoured to be priced at around $6,800 USD.

More info on this great watch here.

Source: HB

Omega Seamaster 1948 “London 2012″ Watch is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

With the heavy push towards heritage and more recently military styling we all are encountering modern day commando’s full of glory but lacking all of the guts it takes to proper make use of the garbs they wear. With great care one can definitely add military inspired pieces to their own waredrobe. The most subdued outfit becomes outstanding with the proper gentlemanly and style sensitive of wristwear, without it the mediocre remain just that. The swiss made March LA.B pieces Union Los Angeles recently took stock of is the perfect example of a piece which can elevate ones style. Functionality, Form and style perfectly coexist for one of the finer wrist wear pieces I have seen in recent times. The specs all check out for such a proper piece, military styling done right.

Spec List:
Swiss quartz analogic movement
Caliber RONDA 517/ 3 hands (day/date)
Engraved white dial / silver indexes
March customized date
Genuine Maratac grey band w/ stainless steel rings
Anti- reflective domed glass with sapphire coating
Screwed case back
Waterproof 10 ATM / 100M

March LA.B AM 1 37MM Arctic Watch is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

I don’t normally like Modern Watches, I find it hard to imagine most of them becoming classics in the same mould as so many previous models. Breitling however seem to have found a way around this. The fine details of the new and limited edition Breitling Transocean Caliber 01, simply combines the classic features of the Breitling Transocean with the modern technology of Caliber 01. Available in limited numbers at $6,700 USD.

Image: Perpetuelle via HB

Breitling Transocean Caliber 01 Limited Edition is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

If you ran things in sixties China, only one watch came along for the ride. Sported by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai, The Shanghai Watch Company was the brand that told elite Communist Party officials what time it was. Men would check your wrists as they shook your hands. Women would glance to decide if you were worth talking to. Because of the limited supply, a Shanghai watch meant power. There was a well known saying that no girl would marry you if you didn’t have a Shanghai watch.

I came across Shanghai brand watch when I was doing research on China state run factories, I was fascinated by the story that one day sitting my friend MC Tang King down in my desk, who is looking for his ideal watch… we sat down in the geekiest way and we found this model that we both really like, Tang King was so stoned by the time he saw this and determines to get hold of it, but the factory stop producing this model since 1980. We got on Taobao ( Chinese Ebay ), and that’s how my whole obsession started…

Set up in 1955, the Shanghai Watch factory has produced over 120 million watches. Still in its original location, it has remained constant as the world moved on. Nothing digital is allowed in. It’s a place of pipes, valves, dials, rubber tubing, heavy machinery. And human precision. These days it’s a little run down, a bit shabby, but the workers continue to craft these legendary watches with pride.

I visited the factory four times, every time I learned something new. The last time Sammy and I took our friends Nick, Weiwei and Melvin from Weiden + Kennedy Shanghai office to meet Mr Zhang Xin Dong, who is in charged of product development. Along with the best planing director, art directors and photographer, I guess that time Mr Zhang finally gave up persuading me not to bother him…with my very short shorts…

One more week… one more week to go you will see our Shanghai Watch x W+K Shanghai x JELLYMON watches… 5 designes… 5 stories…. something I know if I don’t make it happen I will definitly slap my wrinkly face when I’m 50!

Knowing my shaky hands… Melvin’s pictures finally does my story justice!

Thank you thank you thank you …

Shanghai Brand Watch is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

TAG Heuer’s brand name has perhaps been one that implies superior quality, immaculate craftsmanship, fine luxury watches, and always on the cutting-edge of design. In adopting the slogan of ‘avant-garde communication’ they have developed a communication instrument named ‘Meridiist‘. This impressive device is Swiss engineered hand and assembled from 430 components, Constructed from corrosion-resistant watchmaking 316L steel. The phone features a Unscratchable 60.5 carats sapphire crystal dual displays, 28 days power reserve and 7 hours of talktime, including a notable feature of a front independent time unit, a feature synonymous with the labels timepiece history. And with a price tag of around £2500, you really can’t expect anything less. 

It has been reported that a pilot launch of the Meridiist at Selfridges London has sold out on the very first day it was available. Confirming the market opportunity for overly expensive luxury phones. 

If you’ve got some $6100USD worth of spare cash lying around, and feel like a new luxury phone. These will be available from September in Tag Heuer Botiques and at selected watch dealers around the world. Take a look at the images below.

Info: PSFK

Tag Heuer’s Meridiist ‘Communication Instrument’ Sells Out Within a Day is a post from: SLAMXHYPE