Engineered for elegance

Leading Swiss lifestyle watchmaker Tudor has launched its new models _ the Glamour range and the new Heritage Chrono _ at the 2010 BaselWorld fair in Basel, Switzerland, with designs which combine links to the past with a new age feel.

Bulova rediscovers tech groove with Precisionist (National Jeweler)

Basel, Switzerland–Bulova, which became the darling of space racers after the Accutron was released 50 years ago, is back in the tech game with the Bulova Precisionist, unveiled at BaselWorld as “the world’s most accurate watch.”

Telling time with a wristful of dinosaur poo and meteorite (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) – Yvan Arpa has put dust from the moon and rust from the Titanic in watches.

Watchmakers go back to basics as ‘extravagance’ ends (Channel NewsAsia)

BASEL, Switzerland : Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world’s biggest watch fair in Switzerland warned Wednesday that the “years of extravagance” were over.

Basel watch and jewelry fair to open amid fragile recovery – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)

Basel, Switzerland – Makers of luxury watches and jewelry were hoping Wednesday to put a painful year behind them, as the annual Baselworld trade show prepared to open amid a fragile economic recovery and changing tastes…

Watchmakers go back to basics as ‘extravagance’ ends (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Luxury watchmakers are going back to basics with classic designs, as industry players at the world’s biggest watch fair in Switzerland warned Wednesday that the “years of extravagance” were over.

Watch trade show set to open in Switzerland amid fragile economy (EARTHtimes.org)

Basel, Switzerland – European watchmakers were hoping to put a disastrous year behind them Wednesday, as the annual Baselworld trade show was set to open amid a fragile economic recovery.

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