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Jacob & Co. Celebrates the Epic X with a New Collection of Four Watches
The Epic X has become a major feat in Jacob & Co watchmaking, setting a trend for those who love skeleton style watches. The design spawned the brand’s Epic X Chrono and Epic X Tourbillon, as well as the Epic X line, which now has four iterations. Each watch has a 44mm case and a specific color story, but focuses on the Calibre JCAM45 skeleton theme. There is a wide barrel at 12 o’clock and a balance wheel at 6 o’clock. These markings are enhanced by vertical bridges that run between them and feature a Parisian stud guilloche pattern that brings extra texture and light to the watch. In the…
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Chopard Alpine Eagle XL Chrono
Fly back like an eagle. Over the past few years, many new products have joined the crowded cheap watch scene, and while they have new designs, they have adopted aesthetic codes that originated in the 1970s. Collectively, the three brands that happen to overlap with what some call the holy trinity of Swiss watchmaking are at the center of this vintage-style bracelet watch cult. Last year, a major independent, family-owned Swiss watchmaker joined the ranks of brands making such watches, offering high-quality in-house movements, impressive ergonomics, and seemingly aiming to solve the problems that everyone knew existed. itchy design. It manages to stand out, thanks in large part to some…