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Liu Bolin – The Art Of Camouflage And Watch Magazines

Liu Bolin (1973) is an artist from China who’s famous for his camouflage work. On himself. You probably have seen some of his work on Facebook updates or other blogs, where he totally disappears or embeds in the background. Liu Bolin is also known as “The Invisible Man” and most popular works are from his “Hiding in the City” series.

Liu Bolin   The Art Of Camouflage And Watch Magazines

During the last few days Liu Bolin has been active in Germany and did a very nice camouflage piece in the MIK in Ludwigsburg (Germany). He made himself disappear in front of a newsstand. On Liu Bolin you will find the German watch magazine called Uhren Magazine. On the right of Liu, you see the watch magazine Chronos. Both German titles and regarded as the best out there.

Other example of work from Liu Bolin are:

Liu Bolin   The Art Of Camouflage And Watch Magazines

Liu Bolin   The Art Of Camouflage And Watch Magazines

More information about the current expo in Germany can be found here.

More information about Uhren Magzine and Chronos can be found here. If you are a resident of Germany, Austria, Switzerland or The Netherlands (and can understand German), make sure to click the Inside Basel & Geneva event banner on the right. An interesting watch diner event that is being organized by the publisher of these watch magazines.



The 2013 Watch Awards By AskMen

AskMen.com – The 2013 Watch Awards

AskMen – to which I am a regular contributor – just introduced their 2013 Watch Awards voting page.

The 2013 Watch Awards By AskMen

Besides the vote of a number of watch experts they also ask YOU to vote for the 2013 Watch Awards. AskMen defined a number of categories and in each category you have to vote for your favorite timepiece.

These categories are:

  • Beginner Watches
  • Sports Watches
  • Special-Occassion Watches
  • Watch-Snob Approved Watches
  • Brand Of The Year

On the 31st of March, the results will be published on the AskMen.com website. And here on Fratellowatches of course.

Click here to vote on your favorite timepieces of The 2013 Watch Awards.



Top 50 Most Popular Watch Brands Of 2012

Yesterday, Chronolytics published an overview of the Top 50 most popular watch brands of 2012 in their monthly newsletter. The overview is based on data of the biggest on-line watch market platform in the world (Chrono24), which receives approximately 40 million page impressions each month. Chronolytics collects, analyzes and reports this market data to the watch industry. These market studies includes trends amongst watch consumers, interest in brands and models, the effect of marketing campaigns, and so on.

The Top 50 most popular brands has been based on the most searched-for watches on Chrono24 by visitors from the USA as well as from Europe. It clearly shows a lot of similarities, but it also shows that there are some differences in the interest in certain brands. It is quite remarkable that small and relatively unknown brands as Sinn and NOMOS do quite well amongst US watch consumers.

The Top 50 overview has been based on all watches, including new, pre-owned and vintage.

Top 50 Most Popular Watch Brands Of 2012

Chronolytics is a company founded by Robert-Jan Broer, Ebner Verlag (publisher of WatchTime, Chronos, Uhren Magazine) and Chrono24. We started this company on the 1st of March 2012 and provides consumer insights to watch manufacturers.

If you want to receive the free monthly Chronolytics newsletter with these market overviews and insights, please go to www.chronolytics.ch and sign up.

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