Luxury Timepiece/Jewelry Maddaloni Blog

Apple has done it again! Word on the street is 800,000 iPads have already been sold to date and Apple expects to sell 2 million! New and future iPad owners will surely want to beautify and protect their coveted techno toy with the ideal, elegant and tasteful Montblanc 4810 Westside Notebook- Ident # 101865- complete with a notepad, credit card pockets and a loop for a fabulous new Montblanc writing instrument.

This is a marvelous new reason to reach out to your customers and yet another new and wonderful reason to buy something from Montblanc- sure to provide lasting pleasure. Many of your clients are already either a proud owner or a soon-to-be owner of the iPad, or they know someone who already is or who will be!

Talk about the ideal gift for yourself or for that new or soon-to-be owner of an iPad. Invest now to gift immediately or hide away until the holidays. The model is on order and hopefully will be received before the end of April. Given the popularity of Apple products, get your orders in quickly…

Out of all of the intricacies that create a fine timepiece, watch complications can be the most critical. Any additional function to a timepiece beyond displaying simple hours, minutes, or seconds can fall under the category of watch complications. And, as any watch connoisseur knows, the more complications placed in a luxury watch, the higher in value and more collectable it becomes.

Although there can be many types of watch complications, including a retrograde or a minute repeater, there are three common watch complications that most high-end watch brands have focused on in the past: a tourbillion watch, a perpetual calendar watch, and a chronograph watch.

Watch makers began to realize the negative impacts of gravity on timepieces and rearranged the inner frames to carefully rotate and calculate time accordingly. Literally meaning “whirlpool,” tourbillion watch complications can only be created by the most talented, precise, watchmakers. A true tourbillion watch requires time, patience and skill to create, as it is the most difficult and delicate of all watch complications

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Tourbillion: Watch makers began to realize the negative impacts of gravity on timepieces and rearranged the inner frames to carefully rotate and calculate time accordingly. Literally meaning “whirlpool,” tourbillion watch complications can only be created by the most talented, precise, watchmakers. A true tourbillion watch requires time, patience and skill to create, as it is the most difficult and delicate of all watch complications.

Perpetual Calendar: Watch components that may seem elementary, such as a calendar, can actually be the most intricate part of compiling a timepiece. Watch complications, therefore, include showing the day, month, year, or even the specific day of a Jewish calendar or leap year. By having a perpetual calendar, watch collectors view that timepiece to have more functional value and an increased significance in manufacturing.

Chronograph: Watch functions can include the ability to utilize a chronograph, or a function that calculates independent time intervals, which help watch connoisseurs track multiple times. Current time and elapsed times can both be tracked with this complication and there are often two or more functioning intervals within a chronograph. Watch complications that include a chronograph, therefore, not only become more usable to the owner, but display the worth of the luxury watch as wel

Luxury watch complications can have hundreds, or even thousands, of intricate parts to properly function. Assembly and repairs are often difficult because of the parts and their need for attention is directly related to the delicate and precise watch complications. Some fine watch brands pride themselves on the ability to craft a detailed, complicated timepiece; watch collectors view them as the best in the industry. The watch complications of a Ulysse Nardin timepiece, the calendar of a Glashutte Original watch, or a Cuervo Y Sobrinos chronograph watch, for example, showcase how leading watch brands have set the standards for complicated watchmaking in the industry today.

Attending a timepiece event is an opportunity to learn more about the luxury watch brands that collectors know and love. Even if you are not an established watch connoisseur, you can gain valuable insight from visiting a timepiece event at your local jeweler or fine watch dealer.

You’ll See The Newest Trends: A timepiece event is an opportunity for luxury watch brands to show off their upcoming collections. You’ll be able to view and experience the newest timepieces before they are debuted in stores. You’ll also get the first preview of the most recent advances in fine watch technology.

You’ll Feel The Timepieces: Because they are not yet available in stores, the timepieces that are displayed at a fine watch event will give you the chance to touch and feel the next products to be released. One of the best parts about attending an event at your local jeweler or fine watch distributor is the knowledge that you’re purchasing an authentic watch. You’ll never be presented with replicas or knockoffs, only the products of a well crafted, authentic watch.

You’ll Get Questions Answered: Attending a timepiece event will give you the chance to ask questions about your favorite timekeeper and be presented with more insight about how it’s made. You’re knowledge about purchasing an authentic watch will grow within minutes.

Even if you’re not a fine watch collector, there are plenty of reasons to attend a timepiece event. Not only will you get a preview of what’s to come from fine watch brands, but you’ll get to feel and experience the timepieces, too. Once you attend a timepiece event, you’ll be convinced that this luxury watch preview is the best way to learn about your favorite watch brands.

Corum Admirals Cup Chronograph 40 mm.

Hampton’s Magazine June 5th - 18th

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Ulysse Nardin has created the world’s first environmentally friendly, hybrid smart phone, “The Chairman”.  Beautiful to hold, with a 2.8-inch multi-touch screen, finger print reader to unlock the phone, 5 mega pixel camera, WiFi and an email application with a browser. It will incorporate a Ulysse Nardin designed kinetic rotor system, which is blended into the mechanical and aesthetic design of the smart phone. This smart-phone is hand-assembled under the strictest guidelines mandated by Ulysse Nardin. We have not heard how much battery life will feed the phone, but it is so cool!! The phone is made in Rose Gold, Rose Gold & Blue, Rose Gold & Steel, Stealth Black and Steel & Blue trims. It has been confirmed that the Chairman will be able to use many mobile phone service providers in the world. The price of the smart phone has not been released.  We’ll keep you updated.

Orbita Corporation has come up with the perfect solution:  Attractive and compact watchwinders in a variety of colors to keep these self-winding watches on time and ready to be worn at a moments notice.  Each winder is supplied with two mounting cushions; a standard-size and a more petite version to accommodate smaller watch straps.  Watches are easily mounted and removed on both versions.

The Sparta Mini series is offered with faux lizard covering with a choice of crème, red, blue, pink and white colors.

The Sparta Winder simply plugs in to the wall.  There is no need for any programming or complicated controls.  Once every 10 minutes the winder cycles automatically and causes the watch to swing in a series of arcs, replicating normal wrist motion.  There is no possibility of over winding or otherwise damaging the watch mechanism.  The winder is extremely quiet in operation and is provided with an iron-clad two year guarantee.  List price is $295.00.