Watches

2012 marks the 60^th anniversary of Japanese manga series Astro Boy. To celebrate the occasion, Casio has released the Astro Boy 60^th Anniversary G-Shock watch.  The G-Shock DW-5600 watch features a red silhouette of Astro Boy on the backlight; Astro Boy’s picture is also printed on the strap and engraved on the back.

The Astro Boy 60^th Anniversary G-Shock watch comes in a red box with Astro Boy logo and some images from the comic books; the watch is limited to 1,000 pieces and will be available for pre-order on November 3^rd, to be shipped later in the month.  The limited edition G-Shock is priced at ¥15,750 (or about $200 at today’s exchange rate).

Muhammad Ali celebrated his 70^th birthday in January and to commemorate the occasion, IWC Schaffhausen auctioned a special edition watch at the annual Celebrity Fight Night in Phoenix, Arizona.  The one-off timepiece is called IWC Muhammad Ali Big Pilot’s watch.

This one of a kind watch comes in a white gold case and features a black dial with red Super-Luminova applied to the three hands and hour markers.  The case-back features special engravings and Muhammad Ali’s signature.  The IWC Muhammad Ali Big Pilot’s watch comes with a black alligator strap with red lining and is powered by IWC caliber 51111 automatic movement and has a 7-day power reserve.  The watch comes in a package with a book, “GOAT – Greatest Of All Time”, which features over 3,000 pictures and illustrations of the champ by more than 150 artists and photographers.

Porsche Design studio was founded by Ferdinand Porsche 40 years ago, over the last four decades the luxury brand has produced some very striking products such as watches, clothes, eyewear, and even kitchen knives.

The first product under the Porsche Design brand was the black Chronograph I wristwatch, which was followed by the introduction of their sunglasses line.  To celebrate the brand’s 40^th anniversary, Porsche Design has created a limited edition set called the “40Y of Iconic Products” which includes a watch and a pair of sweet looking aviator sunglasses.

Romain Jerome, the watchmaker famous for taking moon dust, volcanic ash from Iceland, and metal from the Titanic and putting it into their DNA line of watches (seen here).  The watchmaker has now created a new watch in the same line but with a bit less exotic material.  Their latest creation is the DeLorean DNA watch and yes the watches contain metal from the famous DeLorean DMC-12 sports car.

I don’t think I need to give you a history lesson on the DeLorean DMC-12 sport car, if you haven’t been living under a rock then you should know what car I’m talking about.  If you don’t know about the car, I suggest you download one of the Back to the Future movies.

Arnold & Son is another watchmaker, I’m sure, you’ve never heard of; I certainly haven’t.  The company was started by John Arnold of Cornwall, England in 1764.  I don’t think the company has been in continuous operations since 1764, but if it has, please comment below.  Anyways, below are two of the latest watches to come out of the Arnold & Son workshop called the DBG and DBS (no relations to Aston Martin).

Both of the watches look very similar, except for the case finish, and are pretty elegant looking.  The watches feature dual time and have a skeletonized

Are you one of those people that like to go on extreme adventures, where there is a good chance you’ll need rescuing?  If yes, you might be interested in the all-new Breitling Emergency II watch, which helps finding you just a little easier.

Breitling already had a watch called “Emergency” that came with one 121.5 MHz frequency emergency signal transmitter that could be used to send out an “SOS” type signal.  The drawback to that watch was, the signal had a 90 nautical mile range and the signal was sent out to emergency rescue planes flying at 20,000 feet or below; under normal weather conditions.  With bad weather conditions, the signals effective range is reduced.