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Happy Valentine’s Day!

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:50:15 +0000

Although the site is still in the final stages of its build I felt it was my duty to post a quick V Day post. There are a few ways to look at today, hopefully for you, it’s not depressing.

1. Buy some roses, chocolates, and a nice piece of jewlery. Although you are falling into the “corporate scam” this is the tride and true system to getting laid. And seriously, what is so wrong with this one? In the end everyone ends up happy.
2. Mope in your room, trolling “Lost” forums and listening to Alanis Morisette. This does nothing for the self esteem… At least your socializing on a forum I guess.
3. Complain and preech to everyone on how Valentine’s Day is a made up holiday put out there by the corporate agenda to “make” us spend our hard earned money on junk candy and dead flowers. Or they will go the other route preaching about martyrs of early Christian church in Rome BLAH BLah blah… We hate these people.

Calibre de Cartier Collection

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:40:38 +0000

Despite having the mucho macho Santos case, jeweler and watchmaker Cartier felt a need for something a little more in the spirit of the Übermaskulin. At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, the storied luxury brand revealed just such a watch: the Calibre de Cartier, the brand’s first model aimed resolutely at men and only men. At 42mm and slimmer than recent iterations of the Santos, Tank, Pasha and Rotonde, Cartier is clearly expressing its design savvy to show that bigger is not necessarily more masculine.

With the Calibre de Cartier, the brand delivers a classically minded watch, with contemporary ambitions and pure watchmaking sensibilities. Speaking of which, Calibre de Cartier is powered by the in-house manufacture 1904MC self-winding movement. This is the brand’s first manufacture self-winding movement and it features a slew of improvements over the garden-variety ETA clone mechanisms, including ceramic ball bearings and the use of a pawl system over reversers.

Calibre de Cartier is available in steel, pink gold or a combination of the two. Three dial variants are possible at this time: black, white or chocolate brown. This is the most basic option for this model, with the watch showing hours, minutes, small seconds and date (via the aperture at 3 o’clock).

Matt Brown a la French Yo

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:35:14 +0000

A l’occasion de sa résidence chez Since.Upian, Fubiz est partenaire de l’exposition de Matt W Moore aka MWM qui débutera à partir du 5 février. Présentation de son travail à travers une sélection de l’artiste. Un univers plein de couleurs et de formes à découvrir dans la suite.

Vans Chukka Low (Alex Olson)

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:28:25 +0000

Sure Half Cabs and Authentics get the most buzz, but when it comes to actual skating shoes, the Chukka Low is the go-to for the Vans skate team. Taking design cues from the Authentic and the Chukka Boot, Vans added on some vital tech features making it the ultimate skate sneaker. This metallic leather silver colorway is rider Alex Olson’s signature colorway, and is available at Vans skate retailers around the country.
$55, Vans.com

Supercharged SCUDERIA from NOVITEC@503Motoring

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:00:13 +0000

NOVITEC RACE Bi-compressor F1 430
including 2 supercharger with modified turbine-blades and separated oil-circuit, modified and enlarged induction tract complete heat-insulated, watercooled intercoolers (twice as big as the ones of the SUPERSPORT) with additional watercoolers, pumps, complete modified induction tract with air filter covering, reinforced v-ripped belts, injectors, air tract duct in underbody as well as modified ECU‘s. Switching of the flaps regulation at the Manettino in the steering wheel
mounting.

performance: 527 kW (717 hp) / 8.350 rpm
max. boost-pressure: 0,48 bar
max. torque: 722 Nm / 6.250 rpm
Vmax: 348 km/h (in combination with NOVITEC gear-ratio)
0 – 100 km/h: 3,5 sec

NOVITEC power optimized ECU‘s F1 430
higher performance through new adjusted engine electronic with modified group of curves
as well as higher cutoff speed to 8.800 rpm (thereby higher end-speed). Switching of the flaps
regulation at the Manettino in the steering wheel

performance: 384kW (522 hp) / 8.600 rpm
Max. torque: 488 Nm / 5.450 rpm
Vmax: + 6 km/h

NOVITEC suspension (KW) derived.
Hydraulic adjustment in combination with suspension springs
including suspension spring set for lowering in combination with the original suspension, a 40mm
hydraulic adjustment at the front axle through a remote control as well as a CAN control unit
(the original damper adjustment is kept) F5 430 04

NOVITEC wheels
set wheels / tyres type NF3
8,5J x 20J with Michelin Pilot CUP 245/30 R20
12,0J x 20J with Michelin Pilot CUP 315/25 R20

Hublot Gold King Power Tourbillon GMT Watch

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:19:03 +0000

Hublot strikes hard with a less-than-innovative, but still satisfying large Big Bang watch with a host of luxury features. First is the new type of gold alloy used for most of the case called “King Gold.” It is basically what looks to be rose gold with less rose in it. Think of it as a hint of white gold as it has 5% platinum in it. Interesting that Hublot is not the only brand this year to make up a new gold. A. Lange & Sohne have released their Honey Gold alloy as well.

The Hublot Gold King Power Tourbillon GMT is also the first watch to have a tourbillon as well as a second timezone and retrograde date indicator. Does this really feel innovative? Again, no – but you do have “technical” bragging rights. The case is large at 48mm wide in King Gold, titanium, ceramic, composite resin, and rubber. The dial has a nice look in theory, but a lot of it likely gets lost as the tones as similar. Meaning the watch is not super easy to read. Still, it looks pretty sharp, and that is what Hublot watches of this caliber are going for. In The dial is a mix of a real dial with hour indicators on it and the exposed movement. You have a view of the tourbillon as well as some of the major gears that power the watch. Price will of course be expensive by this is part of a limited edition of just 28 pieces. Hublot collectors are getting giddy as I speak. More details closer to release at Baselworld 2010 in March. It might sound as though I am speaking both negatively and positively at the same time out the watch – this is true. I am irritated that Hublot does not need to try hard anymore to have nice watches, but am happy that they have such a winning formula.