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Vacheron Constantin - A Century of Tonneau Shaped Watches

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Kite has record-breaking 28 in 9 at US Senior Open

16.07.12
Corey Pavin's sixth birdie on his 17th hole pulled him into a tie atop the leaderboard, but a penalty pushed him back to the pack after completing his first round. Pavin hit a chip after his ball moved back a fraction of an inch when he grounded his club on his 14th hole and that later cost him two strokes. There's three more rounds and lots of time to make it up and lots of golf left. Tom Kite set a U. S. Senior Open record with a 28 on the front nine at Indianwood and finished a 5-under 65 on Thursday. "Yeah, I agree," he said after watching slow-motion replays of the infraction with officials in a TV trailer. It pushed Pavin into a five-way tie for fourth with Fred Funk, Jeff Sluman, Tom Pernice Jr. and Mikael Hogberg at 3-under 67. That setback put Bernhard Langer and Lance Ten Broeck in second place, one shot behind Kite. That's the important thing now.
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Hublot Conquers the Deep Sea with Its New King Power Watch 2011

Just like many other famous Swiss watch brands, who love to conquer the high sky and the deep sea, Hublot show the public that it is also good at this by releasing this new King Power Oceanographic 4000 automatic diving watch in 2011. This watch has got a 48mm tonneau-shaped case made from titanium or black carbon fiber. As a high-end timepiece made for professionals, this Hublot watch boasts a superb water-resistance of up to 4000 meters, which can already be told from its name. A helium escape valve is seen at 10 o’clock, allowing any gas that penetrates during diving to escape when the diver returns to the water surface. Coming with this bezel is a unidirectional rotating flange featuring a diving scale. And at 2 o’clock you can see a massive titanium crown that is designed to operate that flange. Also, its fixed round bezel comes in the same materials, holding a 6....

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