Christopher Ward will be launching a limited edition watch in October titled the C70 Brooklands. The C70 is part of the C70 Grand Prix series of watches that celebrates the original six races that eventually became known as today's Formula 1. Brooklands was a purposely built motor racing circuit near Surrey, England. It opened in 1907 and ran for many years, until it was closed in 1939 at the onset of World War 2. It is one of the very few race circuits with banking corners. The C70 Brooklands celebrates this great circuit.

It is a beautiful watch. The green color of the dial represents the chassis colors of the nation's racing colors, in this case British Racing Green. The watch is a limited edition watch with a run of only 200 pieces. The C70 features the following functionality: hours, minutes, seconds, date (4:30 o'clock) and chronograph.

The chronograph on this watch is unique as the minute indicator is centrally mounted. The C70 Brooklands is powered by the popular ETA 251.232 quartz movement. This movement is super accurate and has been awarded the C.O.S.C. certification. The movement is thermo-compensated and has an independent adjustable hour hand, which is great if you travel. The movement is also set apart by having 27 jewels.

The watch is encased in a stainless steel case, 42 mm in diameter and 10.7 mm thick. The sapphire crystal is domed. The C70 is water resistant to  10 ATM and comes fitted with a Spanish 'Toro Bravo' Italian leather strap. Every watch will be serialized. The retail price is about $680 USD.

For more information: http://www.christopherward.co.uk

The Bongo Chronograph is from the Lancaster Watch Company. The Lancaster Watch Company was founded in 1992, and went international in 1995. The watches are made for Lancaster by four Swiss watch manufacturers. The watch, reference 0548BKNRAR is a large watch. This model offers the following functionality: hours, minutes, seconds, date (4:30 o'clock) and chronograph.

The watch is available in IP Black coating, stainless steel or gold (coating?). The watch comes in at 45 mm in diameter and is 11.5 mm thick. The lug width is 22 mm. The watch is fitted with a mineral crystal. All Bongos are issued with a rubber strap.

The Bongo Chronograph is powered by a Miyota calibre OS20, which is a quartz movement. It has a water resistance rating of 10 ATM. The watch will retail for about $490 USD.

A unique aspect of the watch is the raised Arabic hour index at the 12, 3 and 9 o'clock position. It is very thick. The hour index and the hands are luminous. The watch is available in a number of colors for the markers, e.g. orange, red and blue.

To digress, IP Coating stands for ion-plating coating. It is similar to PVD, Physical Vapour Deposition. It is the basic form of coating the case of a watch. Other methods include CVD, Chemical Vapour Deposition and DLC (some say the best) Diamond-like Coating.

Panerai has announced a new P.3000 movement. There will be four variations. The basic P.3000 caliber with a 2 hand movement, the P.3000-1 with a small second at 9 o'clock position, P.3000-2 with small second and date (3 o'clock position) and finally P.3000-3 with a GMT complication added. Ivan has posted some details as to what this means for the future of Panerai watches.

Specifications:

• Hand-wound
• Power Reserve 3 days
• 21 jewels
• 16 1/2 ligne diameter
• 5.3 mm thick
• Two spring barrels
• 3 Hz Frequency Oscillation (21,600 A/h)

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Officine Panerai P.3000 Movement

Original post written by John Harrison. This review was edited by Riley with the permission of the author.

The MRG-7500BJ-1AJF is a chronograph G-Shock model first released by Casio in 2007. The DLC titanium case and bracelet look great. And it packs in some nice features like 5 band atomic sync. This watch has only been officially for sale in Japan, and it has a street price of around $1,700 USD.

Specifications:

• Shock resistant construction
• Titanium case and bracelet with DLC coating
• Sapphire crystal
• Perpetual calendar
• Tough solar charging
• Water resistant up to 200M
• Atomic clock signal reception (maximum of 6 times/day) + manual reception
• Japan: JJY on 40kHz/60kHz
• North America: WWVB on 60kHz
• Europe: MSF/DCF77 on 60kHz/77.5kHz
• ±20 seconds a month at non-atomic reception
• World time: 27 cities (29 time zones) time indication and daylight-saving time setting
• Chronograph (1/20 seconds, 60 minutes)
• Time alarm
• Battery charge warning
• Power save function
• 5 months power reserve (full functions)
• 2 years power reserve (power saving mode)
• Dimensions: 50.4 × 46.8 × 14.6mm
• Weight: 113g
• Retail price: $2,309 USD

The case and bracelet of the MRG-7500BJ-1AJF consist of DLC coated titanium. In contrast to many catalog pictures, the watch does not appear black in person, it is more of a dark gray color. The watch features four round screws around the sapphire crystal; a signature of the MR-G line. And the titanium case back of the 7500 is secured by four screws. Its water resistance rating of 200M is a standard for all G-Shocks.

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James Stacey has posted a watch review of the Artego 300M diver. This is a classically-styled diver model with a 316L stainless steel case and Miyota 8215 movement. You can pick one up for around $350 USD. Take a look and see what you think. There's a video of it in action and everything else you need to know.

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Artego 300M Diver Watch

The RSW Outland 3H watch is one unique watch, with its industrial look and rows of hex-bolts above and below the dial. The strong black design is balanced out by a bit of color on the dial. There's four flavors to choose from.

RSW is a brand of Rama Watch SA. It was founded in early 2000 by M.A. Marachly, and the company is based in Switzerland. RSW makes contemporary looking watches for discerning collectors.

The 3H continues the saga of the Outland collection. In this watch, the disc design for time telling has been replaced by a normal looking 3 hands, hence the name 3H. This does not mean that in this latest incarnation the Outland is no longer futuristic. In fact, far from it. It keeps the neo-brutalism design the original Outland watch is known for. Best of all, it still maintains the famous folding crank-crown mechanism.

The watch looks very industrial with the front of the watch adorned by 6 very large hex-bolts. There's three on the top and three at the bottom. The font used for the hour index markers are reminiscent of the digits seen on digital watches. Besides a number of dial color variations, the watch is available in stainless steel or a PVD/stainless steel combination.

Outland 3H specifications:

• Functions: hours, minutes, seconds and date
• Movement: ETA 2824-2 automatic movement
• Case: stainless steel PVD Black
• Case size: 52 x 44 mm
• Crystal: sapphire
• Water resistant: 10 ATM
• Price: $2,100 USD

For more information: http://rsw-swiss.com/

Casio Japan has announced a new Red Bull F1 Racing team limited edition chronograph. This Edifice watch has the Red Bull logo on the face and comes with a special stand and photo display. It will be released on November 30th in Japan with a price of about $365 USD. Casio continues their fifth year of sponsoring the F1 team with drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.

Casio Edifice EF-550RBSPJ Red Bull Limited Edition

Key Features:

• "Red Bull" logo on the dial at 12.
• An original design on the dial. A superimposed image of an engine cover metal plate.
• One of the six dials has retrograde needle back and forth from side to side / 20 second measurement.
• Disc with three colors represented in red and blue Red Bull time of day.
• "Red Bull" machine "RB6" comes with picture stand and watch stand.

Specifications:

• Waterproof: 10 ATM water resistant
• Stopwatch: 1 / 20 second measurement, 60-minute
• Other Features: Date, 24 hour display
• Accuracy: ± 20 seconds per month difference
• Power source: SR927W
• Battery life: 2 years
• Dimensions: 50.8 × 45.1 × 12.1 mm
• Weight: 181g
• Retail price: $365 USD

For more information: http://www.casio.co.jp/release/2010/1005_ef-550rbspj/