A
new addition to my Modern Collection is this neatly designed Swiss made
Xemex XE 5000, which I have been looking at for some time as it meets
the most important criteria I require for an everyday watch.
Beautifully simple design, large clear hands with lume infill, day and
date with great dial contrast and excellent readability – and with the
bonus of articulated lugs can fit my smallish 170mm wrist perfectly.
Xemex XE5000
Designed by Ruedi Kulling, this watch simply shouts “design” and whilst
initially looking minimalist, is in fact very practical and to my mind
pretty good looking too.
At 40mm diameter and 12mm depth it is not a large watch by any means,
though the beautifully polished and satin fished case plus the heavy
articulated lugs with the large bracelet screws, makes it look much
larger that it actually is.
With the solid stainless steel (316l) crystal screw down back with
crystal exhibition window inset it is rated as 50m water resistance,
assisted by the side screw down and recessed crown – a neat feature
allowing the watch to have a very clean profile indeed.
On the wrist too is manages to fit even a small wrist with the movable
lugs contributing to the over all “fit” of this watch very well and
coupled with the high quality rubber butterfly bracelet, which is
adjustable. I say adjustable as like many straps of this design it requires cutting to shorten if wrists are small.
Not an issue in itself but if selling the watch on at any time, this is
a pity for large wrists as a new strap will have to be acquired.
Perfect fit - automatic Day Date Xemex 5100.03 model
ETA 2836-2 with modified rotor
Note the well proven ETA 2836-2 Swiss movement which has a Xemex modified drilled rotor. Interestingly the watch is signed by the designer “inside” the exhibition glass back.
The movement appears to keep OK time (perhaps a little fast on first
usage I have to say) and generally in keeping with this movement though
whether the drilled rotor improves accuracy is rather debatable – and
the spring reserve is as expected at about 42 hours.
As to the dial – it is an excellent contrasting arrangement with
luminous hands and markers and the typical Xemex trademark red sweep
second hand. The day and date are @3 and highlighted in white and is clear to read. Over the dial is a curved sapphire crystal glass.
This particular design XE5000 was a winner at the “Golden Balance
Wheel” awards in 2006 and is still currently available at a reasonable
price inclusive of a 2 year Guarantee.
My final verdict on this watch is that it's a fairly well priced “mid
range” model, a little different from the mainstream, well made within
this price bracket and actually quite similar in quality to the Traser
model I own.
It is excellent to read, clarity being a strong point of the dial
design, the rotor movement is relatively quiet and it's comfortable to
wear.
It's also not been off my wrist for about the last fortnight, so I must like it. . . .as a daily beater at any rate. Bekijk meer
horloge replicas en
corum admiral's cup horloges
Zoals gebruikelijk, TAG Heuer houdt van ons spannend nieuws te geven op Baselworld - en spannende producten.
Hier zijn we, slechts zes maanden na de release van de TAG Heuer
Carrera Heuer-01-Manufacture gemaakt chronograaf, en het merk
introduceert de geheel nieuwe TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T, een
COSC-gecertificeerde automatische chronograaf chronometer met een
titanium en carbon vliegende tourbillon. 
Het bouwen van het horloge poseerde meerdere uitdagingen voor R &
D-afdeling van het merk, met inbegrip van hoe je een single barrel,
chronograaf functies, automatische opwinding en vliegende tourbillon
binnen een 32mm diameter huisvesten.
Ze dacht dat het uit ... en het horloge herbergt nu een lichtgewicht
tourbillon die hand is vervaardigd door vier horlogemakers. Het horloge heeft 65 uur gangreserve. 
