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Christophe Claret Adagio Watch

Now with three watches bearing his name, Christophe Claret - master watch maker and designer - is able to boastfully indicate he is a real watch brand. The oft-cited and relied upon movement making genius makes his work look easy. Producing highly limited super high-end watches with a distinct character and focus on complicated functions. Interestingly enough, between his Dual Tow and 21 Blackjack watches, the Adagio feels downright straight forward.

Looking like a follow-up to the Shabaka watch that he made for Jean Dunand, the Adagio has a sort of space-age Egyptian design to it, and comes in a 44mm wide case in either 18k rose or white gold, or in platinum. Aside from telling the time, the watch has a second timezone in 12 hour format with a day/night indicator, a big date, a subsidiary seconds disc, and a minute repeater. The beautiful dial comes in a series of materials including the pictured onyx, ruby, jade, lapis lazuli, and more.

Powering the watch is a Christophe Claret made SLB88 manually wound movement that is visible through the open case-back. Each Adagio watch style will be limited to just 8 pieces, from prices ranging from 268,000 - 318,000 Swiss Francs.

Ariel Adams publishes the wrist watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Adagio See-Thru Kettle

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining

Adagio Teas has a great selection of premium teas, as well as some interesting tea makers, but the latest addition to their line is one of their most stylish. The Glass Water Kettle not only allows you to see the progress your water makes as it heats up - a process more interesting than you might imagine - but it glows with the light of both electric and gas burners. The writing on the sides of the kettle explains the process of boiling water, but you'll look right past it once the bubbles start dancing around inside the glass. Price: $29.

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