Watch News for January from 07 to 09, 2012

German watch brand Nomos has been awarded the Good Design Award 2011. This is the third award for design excellence in the Nomos bank. The first was the prestigious Red Dot Design Award in 2010 and the iF Product Design Award in 2011.

Along with the new model Seamaster Aqua Terra GMT the watch company Omega has introduced a new exclusive addition to its legendary "family" of co – axial movements.

Swiss watch company Parmigiani Fleurier has introduced a new limited edition wristwatch Pershing Openwork Tourbillon, which is an elegant skeletonized chronograph, combining sports diving style.

The watch company Graff has released a new model of jewelry watches LadyGraff, which is a perfect combination of jewelry and watchmaking refinement.

The watch company Van Cleef & Arpels has announced a new magnificent watch movement, the built-in the case of the Poetic Wish watch. The novelty will be presented at the upcoming SIHH 2012.

From 1 January of this year the watch company Hublot has a major reshuffle. Ricardo Guadalupe became CEO of Hublot, succeeding the legendary Jean-Claude Biver.

The watchmaker Angular Momentum with the coming the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese horoscope has pleased fans of the unique masterpieces with the new collection of 9 Dragons, which consists of 9 models, the dials of the models are decorated with images of mythical dragons.

In September 14, 1974 in Los Angeles sports arena, California (USA), was the first world championship in kickboxing. Champions of the tournament were Isaias Dueñas (Mexico) - a lightweight, Bill Wallace (USA) - middleweight champion, Jeff Smith (USA) - light heavyweight champion and Joe Lewis (USA) - in the heavyweight division.