Prices for the Ref. Cal. 99.0 fall
replica Breitling watches
Prices for the Ref. Cal. 99.0 fall into the range of $2,987 to $7,110; and for the Ref. Cal. 99.2 between $5,377 and $9,500. All watches are sold exclusively by direct mail from the factory, so consult the contact information at the back of this magazine.
The future holds great promise for the team at D. Dornblüth & Sohn, and with the ingenuity of two generations of master watchmakers hard at work there should be a lot to look forward to. In 2004, we can expect to see a new, smaller model and further innovations on the Caliber 99.2 watch.
The Wempe Chronograph. The third limited-edition masterpiece from the long-established German company, On May 5, 1878 when certified watchmaker Gerhard Diedrich Wilhelm Wempe founded his own company at the age of 21, no one could foresee that the business would develop into one of the world’s most prestigious luxury goods retailers. But as was soon evident, Gerhard had a special talent in marketing and merchandising, displaying his watches on velvetcovered trays he had built himself and constructing large shop windows and display cases.
In 1907 Gerhard founded his flagship store at the fashionable address Schulterblatt 141, in Hamburg, and just seven years later, Wempe had already opened four more stores in Hamburg. After the company’s founder passed away, on May 4, 1921, his son Herbert took over the reins and soon after purchased a building on Hamburg’s famous Steinstrasse. Popularly known as Gülden Gerd, it became the company’s headquarters.
Over the years Wempe developed a number of connections with the Swiss watch industry and, in 1925, the company received the exclusive rights in Hamburg to sell the Swiss watch brands Omega, Longines, Movado and Zenith. It was in 1938 that Herbert Wempe took over the Chronometer Works in Hamburg, Germany (founded in 1905 by German shipbuilders from Hamburg and Bremen), in order to dedicate himself to the watchmaker’s highest art: chronometry.
Today, with more than 460 employees at twenty-five branches worldwide, Wempe is considered an international leader in the realm of luxury watch and jewelry retailing. Over the years, Wempe has chosen to pay tribute to its distinguished horological roots by creating its very own small watchmaking masterpieces from time to time, which are often influenced by its customers’ wishes.
Following in this tradition, Wempe produced the Wristwatch Chronometer in 1997, and in 2001 it introduced the Wempe Pilot’s Watch. This fall, Wempe unveiled a third masterpiece: the Wempe Chronograph. It all started with the discovery of thirty enameled watch dials from the ’20s and ’30s. When Wempe’s watch specialists discovered this rare find, the decision was quickly made to develop a chronograph.
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