Watches & Wonders Geneva have announced an in-person fair for 2022 that will also be a digital fair, as was the case for the pandemic-affected 2020 and 2021 editions. It will be held from 30 March to April, 2022, with… Read More ›
Hermes
NEW: Hermès Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune
Hermès has added an in-house skeletonised dial to their Slim d’Hermès collection. As the Squelette Lune name indicates, it’s all about the open worked dial and a (double) moon phase, and is in fact the second high-end skeletonised timepiece from… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Hermès Arceau Pocket Aaaaargh!
Introduced by Hermès at Watches & Wonders 2021, the pièce unique Arceau Pocket Aaaaargh! pocket watch, featuring the T-Rex from the silk scarf of the same name designed by Alice Shirley, may have seemed slightly familiar. Familiar not just because… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021 to be digital
April 2021 may seem far away but in fair organisation terms, especially amidst COVID-19, it is not, and so the perhaps expected announcement by Watches & Wonders that next year’s Geneva fair will again be solely digital, has come to… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: new dials for the Hermès Arceau L’Heure de la Lune
Last year at the SIHH 2019 Hermès released the Arceau L’heure de la Lune, a double moon display that featured a display of moon phases in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. With two mobile lacquered white dials above a meteorite… Read More ›
AUCTION : Only Watch 2017
Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity auction of unique timepieces has… Read More ›
NEWS : New brands to join SIHH 2018
In 2016 the ‘Carré des Horlogers’ became a part of SIHH. This year, the ‘Carré’ was expanded, and some new brands joined SIHH 2017. In news just announced, the SIHH will expand even further, welcoming Ferdinand Berthoud, De Witt, whose… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2017 : Slim d’Hermès L’heure Impatiente
I have a soft spot for the unexpected and unusual, whether this be in terms how time is represented, or how time is interpreted. In 2001 Hermès released the Arceau le Temps Suspendu which ‘suspended’ time, then a few years… Read More ›
Apple x Hermès : fashion or luxury?
When a friend tagged me onto a photo of what appeared to be a new Apple Watch x Hermès watch it took me aback. Was it real? Well it turns out that it is. Collaborations are the thing now, after… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2014 : Hermès Dressage L’Heure Masquée
So if you have already shown that you can ‘suspend time’, what is there to do but to hide it as well? The word ‘whimsical’ has been used for both of these watches, but although it makes sense to see… Read More ›
