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I\u2019ve been lamenting the fact that I\u2019m not in Basel,Switzerland for BaselWorld right now. BaselWorld of course, is the huge annualwatch & jewelry show. My wife and I attended in 2006 and had a fabuloustime. In fact, we left with hopes of attending every two or three years. Well,that didn\u2019t work out.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Now you have to understand, I\u2019m self-confessed watch geek.So for the last six years I\u2019ve been frustrated and worse, taunted from afar. See,I\u2019m on BaselWorld\u2019s mailing list so I get updates and invitations every year. Justhaven\u2019t been able to pull the trigger.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Well lo and behold, last evening my friend and onlineco-conspirator Robyn Hawk offered me a chance to vent my pent-up frustrationsin a positive way. Her premise? With social media, blogs, and online pressreleases, sitting at my computer might just be the next best thing to beingthere. So she asked me to sift through the ether and send her reports fromVirtual-Basel.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Here goes\u2026 how about a little taste of Germany to start?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Glash\u00fctte Original, one of my favorite brands, is releasingat least seven new models. I don\u2019t have enough room to cover all seven, but Ido want to talk about the new PanoReserve. The uncluttered asymmetric dial onthis gentleman\u2019s dress beauty provides plenty of visual interest. There\u2019s astandard two hand display with small seconds at six, sits to the left of center.A power reserve indication and panoramic (big) date to the right keep things inbalance.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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All this covers a manually wound 48 jewel, 42 hour powerreserve in-house movement, contained in steel or rose gold, strapped down withgenuine Louisiana alligator in either black or brown.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The stainless steel version with grey ruthenium dial caughtmy eye, but the watch is also available in stainless steel with silver dial,and rose gold with silver dial. Personally, I also think a version in rose goldand the grey dial would be a looker.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The next Glash\u00fctte entry is the Lady Serenade. Classic andfeminine, with just enough diamonds to catch a lady\u2019s eye, the Serenade offersa traditional dial with applied indices and decoration. The rose gold versionfeatures four symmetrically placed arcs of small diamonds set in thin lines ofrose gold. This certainly kicks the looks up a notch from previous entries inthe line.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Lady Serenade is available in three versions ofstainless steel, and an additional three versions of rose gold. You can add adiamond-set bezel to any of the six models.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Serenade is strapped to your wrist via beige, brown, or tangerine(?!) Louisiana alligator or bronze satin to compliment the case materials anddial decoration.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Glash\u00fctte\u2019s Manufacture Caliber 39-22 powers the LadySerenade. The date resides at 6 o\u2019clock, and the movement has a power reserveof 40 hours.<\/span><\/div>\n
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OK! How\u2019m I doin\u2019?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Unfortunately, we can\u2019t cover every new watch this way andgive you a sense of what\u2019s going on. So stay tuned here for another report fromVirtualBasel tomorrow, when we\u2019ll backtrack a bit and try to give you anoverall audio-visual sense of Hall 1.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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A Little About Ed Estlow<\/a>:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
Guest watch geek \u2013 er\u2026 blogger Ed Estlow resides in theNorthern Time Zone. A self-professed chrono-junkie, he writes compellingstory-filled copy for his clients from wherever he happens to be. Contact himat Ed@EdEstlow.com<\/a>, on Facebook (look forNorthernTimeZone), or check him out at www.about.me\/edestlow<\/a>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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