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Fortis Spaceleader Volkswagen Design White Watch

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Last year my favorite new Fortis watch was the Spaceleader. The futuristic chronograph watch was designed by the Volkswagen Design team and offered as a special limited edition of 2,012 pieces. I first wrote about the Fortis Spaceleader watch here. For 2011 Fortis is offering two additional limited edition versions of the Spaceleader Chronograph. Each have white dials and are great looking in a sort of "Omega Speedmaster evolved" sense. One model has a white rubber strap and the other models has a black rubber strap. The case is in polished steel and is "wrapped" by the strap structure. Fortis and Volkswagen really hit on a good design and I think these new color variations will be just as popular as the original Spaceleader watch. Inside the watches are Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750 automatic movements. Look for these timepieces soon.

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

Junghans Max Bill Gold Chronoscope Anniversary Watch

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The Max Bill watch is one of a few classically recognizable designs that has endured the test of time and still presents a timepiece you'd want to wear today. Produced by Junghans, the Max Bill collection was brought back (again) last year in a few really nice renditions of the classic that enjoyed a lot of modern conveniences - though the crystals are still curved plexiglass. For 2011 Junghans offers the Chronograph (Chronoscope) version of the Max Bill watch in an 40mm 18k gold case. The thin case frames the dial really well, and there are matching gold hands. Inside the watch is an automatic chronograph calibre J880.2 movement (so happy it is an automatic). In true 1960's style, the gold case with silvered dial is matched to a thin calfskin leather strap. All in all a perfect classic. Junghans will produce just 150 pieces in the limited edition Max Bill Chronoscope Gold Anniversary piece set. Price is 6,990 euros each. Now I just need to figure out what anniversary the watch is celebrating.

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

BRM Limited Edition Gulf Oil Watches

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BRM Limited Edition Gulf Oil Watches
The most famous Gulf Oil watch was a Tag Heuer. Now French watch brand BRM has their own limited edition Gulf watch. Actually, there will be about three of them. While many people might not be so keen on the Gulf connection (it has to do with car racing), the back and orange motif of the pieces are great. I love how the inside of the portholes on the black leather strap are done in orange. What you see here is a Gulf edition of the BRM V12-44 watch. It is 44mm wide in a PVD black steel case with lots of little case details and articulating lugs. The Gulf logo is placed on the dial as well as on the crown. Inside the watch is a Swiss ETA automatic chronograph movement. The entire Gulf Oil collection will be 100 pieces in total. The pictured model will retail for 6,400 euros.

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

Fortis B-47 Big Black Watch

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Fortis B-47 Big Black Watch
Fortis sometime ago realized that black"stealth" watches make no sense if they aren't fun, and aren't legible. For that reason Fortis is commonly known to have all black watches with white hands. This new B-47 Big Black model uses that concept for a new bold looking limited edition timepiece.

Richard Mille RM 028 Americas Limited Edition Dive Watch

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Richard Mille RM 028 Americas Limited Edition Dive Watch
Richard Mille's famous "basic" circa $80,000 dive watch now comes in a limited edition variant for the North American market. The RM 028 is complimented by the RM 025, which is many times more expensive. Special in this limited edition is a DLC black coating application all over the watch case, along with a red trim on the dial and crown. The RM 028 is 47mm wide in an all titanium, and is water resistant to 300 meters. You can read more about the standard RM 028 watch here - where you can learn more technical specifications. The watch contains a Richard Mille automatic movement with the date and a variable geometry movement.

Limited to just 30 pieces, the Richard Mille RM 028 Americas Limited Edition watch will be priced at $82,000.

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

Panerai Limited Edition Watches For Beverly Hills & New York

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As a nod to dedicated brand lovers in the US, Panerai releases four limited edition watches for the cities it feels have the highest concentration of US watch collectors. There will be two watches for each city - each with a specially engraved caseback. The Beverly Hills models have an engraving of Beverly Blvd, complete with palm trees, while the New York models will have a section of the Statue of Liberty on the back of the case.

Panerai fans have proven to gobble up limited edition pieces such as this, so I anticipate a healthy reaction. Beverly Hills gets the Panerai PAM 406 and the PAM 416. The 406 is a my favorite one, being a Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT watch. This watch will retail for $17,900, being the most expensive of the bunch (looks like I have ritzy taste). There will also the more simple PAM 416, which is a much more basic Luminor Marina model with the time a subsidiary seconds dial. This one will go for $5,100.

New York gets the PAM 407, which is a Radiomir 8 Days with a price of $12,500. it also gets the PAM 417, which is the same as the PAM 416, but with the New York style caseback engraving. All of the watches are in steel with brown leather straps. Al are 44mm wide, save for the Radiomir which is 45mm wide. The 406 and 407 will be limited to just 20 pieces, but the 416 and 417 will be limited to 150 pieces each. The watches will be available only at Panerai boutique stores in their respective cities.

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

Tsovet SVT-AT76 "Electric Blue" Limited Edition Watch

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A first for up and coming designer watch brand Tsovet, is this "Electric Blue," and it is the first mechanical watch they have released. Recently their switched over all of their quartz movements to ones made in Switzerland, and this Electric Blue version of their popular SVT-AT76 collection signals a new era in what they will offer in the future.

The steel case is 48mm wide and PVD coated in a matte gun metal gray. The dial looks to be a slightly different shade of gray with "electric" blue numerals and light colored hands. Tsovet wanted to add something else aside from merely an automatic movement - so they called upon master strap maker Micah Dirkstem to craft a light tan calf leather strap that is Bell & Ross style and fits the case style quite well. Inside the watch is a Swiss ETA 2892 automatic movement. Tsovet will only produce 25 pieces of the Electric Blue. The watch will cost $1,995 and be available next month. You an pre-order one here.

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

Cuervo y Sobrinos Pirata Limited Edition "Complete Calendar" Watch

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Cuervo y Sobrinos Pirata Limited Edition
Offering a slight variation on their Pirata watch line, Cuervo y Sobrinos offers this limited edition Pirata "Complete Calendar" watch with a Swiss ETA Valjoux 7751 movement in it. Limited to just 200 pieces, the watch (now available) is 45mm wide in titanium, steel, and bronze. The latter material being only rarely used in watch cases. I wrote more extensively on this Cuervos y Sobrinos Pirata watches here.

The watch has a series of design cues meant to evoke a pirate and navigational theme. The Cuervo y Sobrinos brand started in Cuba, but is now operated by a Swiss company. The Valjoux 7751 movement is an automatic, and has a series of functions built on to the base 7750 chronograph. The watch adds an annual calendar, moonphase indicator (done a bit differently in this watch), as well as a synchronized 24 hour hand (for AM/PM indication). The watch is quite cool with some neat design features and comes on a comfy rubber strap. Price for this limited edition Pirata is $9,500.

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

Linde Werdelin Hard Grey DLC Limited Edition Watch For America

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For the first time, England based watch maker Linde Werdelin has produced a limited edition timepiece to be exclusively sold in the United States. Limited to just 11 pieces, the Hard Grey DLC will feature the same base watch as "The One," but with a gray colored DLC (diamond like carbon - very hard material) coated case. Featuring the standard Linde Werdelin case, the watch will have an almost neon yellow SuperLumiNova coated set of hour indicators and hands, a new red-colored Linde Werdelin logo on the dial.

The steel case is 44mm and very comfortable. Inside the watch is a Swiss ETA 2892 automatic movement, while the watch comes with two straps. One strap is the pictured brown alligator strap with gray contrast stitching, and Linde Werdelin also includes a black rubber strap. Look for these 11 pieces sold exclusively in the US where Linde Werdelin watches are sold. Price is $7,300.

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

Dievas Reaper Limited Edition Watch

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Dievas has released a limited edition of just 50 pieces set of this new, very cool, but with a sinister-looking face, "Reaper" watch.The military pilot-style watch is meant to honor the MQ-9 Reaper UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) drone built by General Atomics. The Reaper is pretty cool. but the connection is quite ironic as the Dievas Reaper is a pilot style watch and the Reaper plane does not require a pilot.

At 42.5mm wide, the steel case is blackened with something Dievas calls 6SteelBlack (might be some type of PVD application process). The dial is really where all the "wow" is, with its mix of black on black and "fluro" yellow. The neon yellow hands and square hour markers (all with applied SuperLumiNova luminant) are really remarkable looking against the black colors of the dial. The rotating bezel is bi-directional and can serve to indicate a second timezone.

The watch has a sapphire crystal and the case is water resistant to 50m and has an exhibition caseback. Inside is a Swiss ETA 2824 automatic movement. Dievas pairs the Reaper with a black calfskin leather strap that has been treated to be water resistant. The back of the strap is yellow. Price for each of the 50 Dievas Reaper pieces is $1,080, and you can get one here.

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

Limited Edition Version of Decision Points Goes On Sale This Month

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A limited edition version of President George W. Bush's new memoir Decision Points is being published by Random House. Each copy is printed on high-quality, acid-free paper and bound in a full cloth case with foil stamping. The book has a ribbon marker and a special color photo frontispiece not found in the regular hardcover edition of Decision Points. Each book is individually hand numbered, packed into slipcases, and shrink-wrapped. A press release from earlier this year said that 1,000 copies will be published. Each will be hand signed by President Bush. It will be available for purchase on November 30 but can be pre-ordered now. It has a retail price of $350 but can be found for $311.50 on Barnes & Noble.

[via Booktryst]

BMW Z4 Silver Top Edition

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If you live in Japan and have an extra 6 million yen just kicking around, you might want to contact your local BMW dealer, because the German automaker's Japanese importer has just announced a rather enticing special edition.

It's called the Silver Top edition, and is based on the Z4 sDrive23i. It's powered by a 2.5-liter inline-six with a six-speed automatic transmission, but what sets it apart is the color combination: A silver retractable hard-top (with matching door mirrors) contrasting the black body and a red leather interior. Gorgeous, but it's only available in Japan and only 15 examples will be made.

The Limited Edition Barbie Foosball Table

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The Limited Edition Barbie Foosball Table
FAO Schwarz has the perfect gift for the ultimate Barbie lover just in time for the holidays.

The Bonzini Babyfoot Barbie Foosball Table is the most extravagant item from Mattel's limited-edition, privately commisioned, "The Plastic Collection" of carefully curated Barbie items from around the world.

Only an exclusive few of Barbie's biggest fans now have the opportunity to purchase the limited edition foosball table, as only eight tables of this type will be commissioned.

From the imagination of young french designer Chloé Ruchon, a student at Decorative Arts School in Strausburg, comes the ultra-pink Barbie foosball table. It was created in partnership with Mattel and the Bonzini group, the worldwide leader of foosball tables.

Richard Mille RM 016 Orange & Yellow Limited Edition Watches

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The Americas (US, Canada, and some territory in the ocean) are getting a new limited edition Richard Mille watch in two colors. Based on the standard RM 016 model, this limited edition RM 015 DLC Titanium is done in a 38mm wide titanium case that has been DLC coated. There will be 15 models with the orange dial, and 15 models with the yellow dial.

The RM 016 is actually one of my favorite timepieces that Richard Mille offers. It is simple (in the context of Richard Mille watches), rectangular and quite thin (under 9mm). the edges of the case on the top and bottom are curved for comfort, and the dial is a mixture of "easy to read' and the popular skeletonized Richard Mille aesthetic. The movement is an automatic, and offers the time and the date with 55 hours of power reserve. The bolts of the case has a high-tech feel to the watch, and the design of the movement is quite impressive.

With a DLC coated titanium case the watch is gonna be light and quite scratch resistant. I would probably opt for a yellow dial in this watch. Price for each of the watches in this total of 30 piece set is $65,000.

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

The Limited Edition Ferrari Paddock Chronograph

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The Silver Ferrari Paddock Chronograph limited edition watch.
If you are a passionate fan of the "Red from Maranello" or if you are searching for the perfect holiday gift for an enthusiastic collector of Ferrari-related objects, here is the latest offering from the most famous car manufacturer in the world: the Ferrari Paddock Chronograph watch.

The limited edition timepiece is currently available exclusively through the official Ferrari online store. The unique Swiss-made watch by Ferrari (as seen above) is the classic color combination of silver and brown. The Paddock Chronograph is a limited edition of 299 pieces and is now available exclusively for Ferrari online customers.

The male chronograph watch is 10ATM water resistant, has a quartz movement (Cal. Ronda 5050.C.) and a 42mm (diameter) mat-polished stainless steel case with a shiny stainless steel bezel and a screw down crown and push-buttons. The flat hardened mineral crystal is treated with an anti-glare coating while the chocolate brown leather strap has contrasting silver stitching and a steel butterfly buckle with two pushers. The case back carries the iconic Ferrari Shield as well as an individual Limited Edition number engraved on it.

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