backstage of Hugo BOSS Runway

The big fashion company, HUGO BOSS release the "Backstage" runway model contest

Color vs Mood StressWatch by Michael Mathis and Gerda Hopfgartner

Michael Mathis and Gerda Hopfgartner designed attractive watch. The watch can show your emmotion, the sign can know from changed color. The black bar graph at the bottom of the watch is the stress line, and if the colors on the watch face are cool greens and blues, you’re pretty laid back. If they turn into hot pink, red or orange, look out. The readings are taken via the lower part of the bracelet and the data gets transformed to guidelines for relaxation.
This StressWatch is worn on the wrist and monitors heart rate and body temperature in real time. Measurements are taken from the lower part of the watch’s bracelet and displayed on the watch face in recognizable patterns, colors and a bar chart across the top of the watch.
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Panerai Radiomir Titanium 47mm: "California dial"

The Special Edition Panerai Radiomir Titanium PAM00349 is inspired from the 1930s. It features an interesting design on the dial called a "California dial." This is where the top half of the numerals are Roman, and the lower half are Arabic. The dial is also sterile, which means it has no text or branding. While the timepiece is attractive, its clear homage to an older watch and lack of Panerai branding mean that it is almost exclusively a collector's item. The fact that Panerai is making only 12 of them further makes this point obvious.

The 47mm wide cushion shaped case is in titanium (clearly a modern element). Case is water resistant to 100 meters. The lugs are removable so that you can change the strap. On the dial you have rose gold hands covered with lume and a classic style of Panerai subsidiary seconds dial. Around the dial is a thin toothed chapter ring that has always look nice and adds depth to the look.
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Tempus Vivendi Collection by Thomas Prescher

Thomas Prescher presents a new creation from his Tempus Vivendi collection. Right out of his workshop in Switzerland comes the Qatar watch, a timepiece dedicated to the nation of Qatar.
The origins of the Tempusvivendi collection, with their double retrograde hands stems back to the 19th century - seen on only the most luxurious and decorated for clocks and pocket watches.
The all gold 39mm wide watch case features an specially made automatic mechanical movement that has been ornately decorated all over. Visible through the sapphire crystal caseback, the automatic rotor is engraved and highly personalized, while the movement itself features hours of traditional style engraving work. Each gold surface is hand engraved as well. The watch is attached to a hand-sewn alligator strap.

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The limited edition Cutthroat watches from Montana

The Bozeman Watch Company show off the second set of limited edition Cutthroat watches from Montana. The brand is known for classic looking luxury watches with an outdoorsy American twist, using Swiss movements. There are really very few smaller Americans brand such as this. As an homage to fishing and the famous Cutthroat trout, this newest edition of 100 pieces is broken up into at least 5 color choices. Four dials are in silver with either red, orange, blue, or green trim (as the color of the lume on the hour markers and tips of the hands), and one version with a black colored face. These are distinguished by regional or thematic names such as the "Yellowstone" or "Whitefish" editions.

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The new Timeless Olympic collection

This is a sexy Speedmaster. Its one of the first retro styled watch. This wacth completed with combo of design elements here from the new style Speedmaster case, to the railroad style numerals and of course the Olympic game touches. It all started back in 2008 with Omega's limited edition Speedmaster Summer Olympics watch in gold with a new type of movement modification giving a five Olympics rings style chronograph and calendar.
Its a part of a new Timeless Olympic collection that features connections to Omega's link as the official time keeper of the Olympic games. Until now, these were all limited editions.

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Elegant watch by Bovet

Since earlier this decade when it was purchased by Pascal Raffy in 2000, Bovet has been steadily making itself standout as a unique luxury watch maker. With a steady stream of about 2000 watches made a year, the exclusive brand is still a nice luxury watch maker. The watches are quite impressive actually, and the company plans to up to production to about 4000 watches a year soon. The next step for the luxury watch brand is to make its own in-house made movement. This is quite an ambitious feat for a brand with this modest level of production, but they can certainly do it.

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Swiss Design and Quality by IWC

One of nomination for a Luxist Award is IWC, has risen to be considered the top luxury watch brand among wealthy Americans. Frequently sighted on the wrists of athletes to actors and bankers, the wide adoption of IWC watches proves that watch lovers want timepieces with utilitarian roots.
IWC is known for offering luxury watches for a wide array of budgets from mid level luxury to the ultra high-end. IWC watches are also split between two major styles, with activity themed offerings such as Pilot or Aquatimer diving watches, and classic "thinking person" styles such as the mega popular Portuguese or Ingeniuer timepieces. Equally proficient in steel or gold, IWC is also known to offers excellently finished movements of in-house design and manufacture.

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The Timeless Innovator by Patek Philippe

The Timeless Innovator were candidate for the best luxury watch brand, the Patek Philippe, nominated for a Luxist Award. All Swiss made and designed, Patek Philippe sits as a benchmark of modern classic watch style as well as technical innovation. Not afraid of progress, some of their most traditional looking timepieces contain space-age parts.
Patek Philippe is so well-regarded and trusted, that they even developed their own movement certification system, that they only use to rate their own watches. Such a degree of self governance would only be allowed from a brand such as Patek Philippe.

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Bluetooth Watch by Sony Ericsson

You know you have a phone call because your watch is vibrating and the display shows a new SMS has arrived. You’re in touch but nobody has to notice. Your watch has become an alternative phone display, in mineral crystal glass and stainless steel. It will even ensure you won’t forget your phone.

Key Features:

• Information on your wrist
  
• Press play
  
• Rechargeable
• Neat and discreet
  
• Auto pairing™
  
• The Bluetooth™ experienc

Specifications:

• Technically innovative, but with classic watch design.
• Stainless steel: allergy safe.
• Wireless call handling.
• Wireless control of music player on mobile phone.
• Analogue time keeping.
• Caller ID display.
• SMS notification.
• Solid wireless link to phone: Bluetooth™ 2.0.
• Range: Up to 10 metres.
• Out of range warning.
• www.Sonyericsson.com.