Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

"Barack Rocks the G20", written by izabel on April 3, 2009 at 9:26 AM.

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Who are the G20?
The G20 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK, the US and the EU.
Here is a great link to the BBC’s overview of the G20 Summit.
The deal
On behalf of the G20, Mr Brown [...]

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"More from Watch2008 (and gratuitous shot from F1)", written by vincentvw on January 24, 2009 at 9:45 PM.

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More from Watch 2008
Well, to continue a bit more on my visit to Watch2008 in December I decided to post some more pictures (apart from the highlighted ones I did already here and here).
Blancier – The Crazy Planet
I already mentioned the Blancier watches (the worldtimer) and another interesting thing they had to show was called [...]

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"Watch2008 : my second highlight", written by vincentvw on January 8, 2009 at 11:55 AM.

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Earlier I posted a message about my visit to a watch event called watch2008 and the fact that I was absolutely stunned by the Christiaan van der Klaauw Astrolabium. I also mentioned that this was one of three highlights at the event.
Although the Astrolabium was in fact THE highlight for me that day (and for [...]

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"Christiaan van der Klaauw at Watch2008", written by vincentvw on December 24, 2008 at 7:02 PM.

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Watch2008, The Netherlands
A few weeks ago I visited a watch event here in the Netherlands called Watch2008. It was held in an old Dutch castle and hosted several watchmakers that had something special to show.
The event for me had 3 highlights and I would like to share one (the biggest highlight IMHO) with you at [...]

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