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Ein ewiges Ärgernis

Wer kennt das nicht? Man reist mit dem Flugzeug von Japan aus in die USA, passt seine Weltzeituhr den örtlichen Gegebenheiten an, doch dann der Schock: das Datum stimmt nicht! Der Grund: diese verflixte Datumsgrenze. Ein Umstand, der schon Jules Vernes Romanhelden Phileas Fogg auf seiner Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen zu Schaffen machte.

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An eternal irritation

Who hasn't experienced this? Travelling by plane from Japan to the USA, adjusting your world clock to the local conditions, but then the shock: the date is wrong! The reason: that darned International Date Line. A circumstance that already caused problems for Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world in 80 days.

A special kind of sea dweller

Every Rolex is special and has its own special story. That's clear. At the end of the day, it's something special that every watch manufacturer's advertising tries to entice us with. But: the Rolex Deepsea D-Blue is - truly - something special.

green even greener

You almost get the impression that Rolex did everything wrong when they robbed the Rolex Submariner LV of its green dial. Or were they putting an end to a trend in Geneva that all the well-known watch manufacturers were only gradually jumping on, a good decade after the launch of the "Hulk"?

And they do exist!

Auction in favour of LICHT INS DUNKEL

Everything Remains Different

TIMELOUNGE Market Update

And they do exist!

If you want to be popular, make yourself rare. This saying, which my parents vehemently inscribed on the flags of one or two of my childhood crushes, probably reached Glashütte in Saxony at some point.

Auction in favour of LICHT INS DUNKEL

CHARITY - AUCTION issue 2 on 29 November 2023! TIMELOUNGE is once again donating 16 beautiful watches, the proceeds of which will be donated to LICHT INS DUNKEL and PINK RIBBON!

Everything Remains Different

You can probably say pretty much anything about the watch year 2023, but not that it lacks excitement. After the great hype of recent years, watch prices are still falling to a fairly comfortable level. Nevertheless, at least among the new breed of watch investors, a little panic is spreading here and there due to this unfamiliar situation.

TIMELOUNGE Market Update

After a uniquely strong price increase at the beginning of the year, especially for the brands Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe, the market for Royal Oaks, Nautilus, and Aquanauts cooled down considerably again in the second half of the year. Where do things go from here?