It seems that every major brand has a white watch in their collection, especially for the ladies who love nice watches as well. Or for the men who love to give their wife or girlfriend a nice watch. Linde Werdelin just sent out a press release introducing their White Watch, based on the famous 3-Timer model.

Although it is a women’s watch, its dimensions are 46mm (w) & 42mm (bezel diameter) by 49mm (l) by 12mm (h). According to Linde Werdelin, it wears like a 42mm watch though. As you can see, it has been given a softer and more elegant touch while a new strap has been fitted to accommodate smaller feminine wrists.

The White Watch is limited to 51 pieces worldwide and will be soon available at LindeWerdelin.com and authorised retailers and will retail at €4,680.

For specifications, please read my 3-Timer review here.

I have been to Singapore two times now (for business) and from what I’ve seen, it is one of my favourite places in the world. Linde Werdelin, also a favourite of mine, now introduces the 3-Timer Racing time piece. A limited edition in close collaboration with E’Collezione (their website is really worth checking out), a watch retailer from Singapore (located in the Mandarin Gallery on Orchard Road), that is based on the ‘regular’ 3-Timer model. What’s so limited about it? Well, for starters, the colours. It will be available in red and yellow and only 9 (!!) pieces each.

As you can see, the colours are everywhere except on the dial. The bezel numerals (with special designed Linde Werdelin font) are in yellow or red, the bolts in both the case and strap and the strap itself has red or yellow stitching and dots.

The 3-Timer Racing time piece also has the word ‘Racing’ engraved in the stainless steel case back. All other characteristics of the watch correspond with the normal 3-Timer models, of which I am the proud owner as well (as you can read here, for a more in depth review). The 3-Timer is a watch that is always in my weekly rotation programme of watches and although the dimensions (46 mm x 49 mm) of the watch are impressive, so is the comfort when wearing it.

Price of these 18 beauties? SGD10,800 or €5,280 each!

Specifications for the wrist watch techies:

Size: 46mm (w) by 49mm (l) by 12mm (h)
Movement: ETA 2893 – A2 mechanical automatic 42 hour power reserve
Case: stainless steel case, 24 hour bidirectional bezel, screw on case-back, 2.2mm anti-reflective sapphire crystal, screw in crown
Dial: black
Water Resistance: 300 meters
Strap: black pointed calf strap with red details &stitching and steel ardillon buckle

Update: PuristsPro is fortunate enough to have a lot of live pictures of these beauties. Click here to see them!

The Linde Werdelin 3-Timer was already available in black, white and brown and now, they introduce a green version of this superb traveller’s time piece. Just like the brown version, it is limited to 22 pieces world wide.The watch has a proven and solid mechanical mechanism (ETA 2893-2) featuring a 2nd time zone hour hand and because of the 24h bezel, you can actually use it to point out a 3rd time zone as well. This 46mm x 49mm x 12mm (w x l x h) watch is not for everyone probably, but let me tell you that it doesn’t wear as big as the specifications let you think, as you can read in my review on the brown 3-Timer here.

The green dial 3-Timer comes with a black pointed calf strap and a deployant buckle to keep it put. However, if you are – just like me – not really a fan of deployant buckles, they have a ver nice Ardillion buckle as well. What I really like about this watch, is the dial pattern as shown below in a close-up image.

As I wrote before, the dial reminds me of a turtle shell, because the colour and the pattern changes very nicely. This is only the case on the brown (sold out) and this green version though. Further more, the ‘ears’ on this watch that can be used to connect a Reef or Rock instrument makes this watch remind me of a Patek Philippe Nautilus. Because of the size of the watch, you could define it as a cross-over “Nautilus Off-Shore”. Perhaps that explains the popularity of this specific model (the guys over Hodinkee can’t stop raving about this watch as well).

The 3-Timer is water resistant to 300 meters (1000 ft) and has a screw down crown mechanism. The bi-directional bezel is very pleasant to use (not the rattle system as on the former Rolex Submariner and Omega Seamaster Professional models) and the used font for displaying the hours on the bezel has been designed by Linde Werdelin as well.

Price of this green 3-Timer is 4920 Euro. Since it is restricted to 22 pieces world wide, I guess it will run out pretty fast.

Linde Werdelin‘s trailer for the Perfect Five is here! This Danish design brand gets a lot of coverage here, simply because they make stunning time pieces and they seem to be very wanted amongst collectors. This graphic novel will unfold the LW Universe story and as a teaser, Linde Werdelin used some of its graphics in this animation…

Day 2 in pictures. I was able to see some novelties over at Bremont, Linde Werdelin, Ikepod (Yes! Alive and Kicking!), Ateliers DeMonaco and lots of others. The day ended with a very nice introduction / cocktail of the new Maurice Lacroix watches. This event was held in Bar Rouge of the Ramada hotel in Basel, on the 31st floor. Together with Ben of Hodinkee, Beth Doerr and Louis Nardin of WorldTempus, Bernard of Watching Magazine, Frank of Monochrome and Ernie and his wife of Watch-U-Seek, we enjoyed the new watches, drinks and the amazing view.

I have made a few photos for the ‘FratelloWatches says..’ forum over at Watch-U-Seek, make sure to check them out! Below are some sneak previews The Ikepod chronograph was simply amazing, the design has been done by (like all other Ikepods) Marc Newson, who is still behind this company. Prices of these models start at approximately 12.000 Euro and they feature ETA/Valjoux movements. However, these watches are not focussing on movements of course.

Next up are a two pictures that I took of the new Linde Werdelin models. The Oktopus with Moon disc (based on a F.Piguet movement) and a close-up of the gold SpidoLite SA timepiece. Look at the brushed finish and the razor sharp edges, truely stunning!

And last but not least, the MB&F Horological Machine No.3. I will try to make some shots of the ‘Engine’ for the upcoming Thunderbolt time piece.

My appointment with Bremont yesterday was also very interesting. The new U2 will become a modern classic in my opinion,. This new timepiece is currently still in development, but Bremont had the prototype up for display. Pictures will follow soon.