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aBlogtoWatch (ABTW): Even if everyone doesn't know Ikepod by name, they instantly recognize the designs, and can appreciate their unique and sophisticated looks. How did they come to fruition?

Oliver Ike (OI): I discovered the POD style of the Australian designer Marc Newson when I was working during my studies in the design furniture market. Nobody knew him, not even in the design trade in Europe. I saw the first publication of his work and was intrigued by the way he could read details. Mr. Teruo Kurosaki, the Japanese design pope (who also spotted Philippe Starck), discovered Newson and made him famous in Japan - and introduced him to Giulio Cappellini in Europe. I fell immediately in love with his design style that has something very Japanese about it.

When I first debuted the http://www.qualitywatchesbuy.com/top-replica-chanel-j12-watches.html watch it was much ballyhooed. This was about a year ago when piece like this were hot. Actually, it was more than a year ago. Even then the brand was over a year away from having a final product. Now they are almost at a final product but not quite yet. The actual name of the watch is the http://www.qualitywatchesbuy.com/top-replica-chanel-premiere-watches.html MVT01/D01/42. That name is moronically absurd for anything but a reference number. So until a proper name is conceived I will just call it the "Chanel watch."

This is a prototype and unfortunately it was just one part away from working properly! So I couldn't take a video of the piece in action. Though I have confidence about the final movement because Chanel is working with the super esteemed Renaud & Papi workshop to make the Chanel watch work as intended. This partnership is the live saver of the brand and means that people will get to enjoy this beauty. Those people may not be you and I as this won't be a budget friendly timepieces, but you can rest assured knowing that someone in the world with enough in the bank is happy with it.

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Upload the single best original watch-related picture to Instagram and tag it with #ChanelAtMattBaily in the description. The picture needs to be related to watches and must be uploaded from your Instagram account DURING THE TIME OF THE CONTEST DEC 2 2013 - JAN 5 2014 (no older images). The image must also be original as well as your own image and not taken from someone else.

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Awesome Chanel watches. Matt Baily in Montreal Canada is an authorized dealer for this new, hip, and affordable mechanical watch brand that combines vintage looks with modern appeal. Chanel watches are large and inspired by classic Rolex dials. With mechanical automatic Japanese movements and a great design, these are going to be some of the most enjoyable sub $1,000 watches of the next few years and we recommend getting them from aBlogtoWatch friend Matt Baily.

First Prize is a bronze-cased Chanel Magnus that comes in a 45mm wide case with a retail price of $899. Second Prize is the PVD black steel-cased Sea-Shadow with a retail price of $699. Third Prize is a steel Chanel Sea-Shadow with a classic California-style dial with a retail price of $659. Each watch contains a Miyota automatic mechanical movement.

The contest ends January 5, 2014 at 11:59pm PST. You may vote for more than one photo, and you don't have to have an entry to vote, but you may only enter once, so make it your best! Multiple entries from one account will all be disqualified. Photos uploaded before the start of the contest and after the end of the contest are disqualified.

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