As was evidenced from their SIHH booth, IWC’s theme was, alongside the launch of its new Ingenieur watches, the celebration of their new three year partnership with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team. IWC know how to throw a… Read More ›
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SIHH 2013 : PANERAI
Panerai’s booth at SIHH 2013 was all about the Submersible, with three new models, and topped off by a dark ‘underwater’ display highlighting this. As for the rest, for me of particular note are the addition of a second Bronzo… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : PIAGET
Amongst Piaget’s offerings this year was an addition to their successful Altiplanos – a new 40mm case with a date display, 3mm smaller than their previous model and both more accessible to a larger number of people and, intentionally or… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : CARTIER COMPLICATIONS
Not only did Cartier have the largest ‘booth’ (in fact an entire wing) at SIHH 2013, but they also had the largest number of models to present, both in terms of totally new novelties and variations on previous models. Despite… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : What is being at SIHH actually like?
I thought that I’d start my SIHH posts by giving those of you who have never been a ‘feel’ for Palexpo and what the fair looks like. As it was my first SIHH, I had no idea of what to… Read More ›
HANDS-ON with Badollet’s Ivresse at the Geneva Time Exhibition 2013
A while ago I wrote about the Badollet Ivresse, a fascinating curved watch (with a more gentle curve than Eva Leube’s Ari) with such a pared back sense of elegant simplicity that not only is the tourbillon not visible from… Read More ›
PHOTO : Sinn in the snow
I am in London at present, and the heavy snowfall yesterday meant, of course, my first ‘watch in the snow’ photo opp. Fortunately, one of the watches with which I have been travelling is excellently suited for such purposes, my… Read More ›
NEWS: Swatch buys Harry Winston jewellery for $750 million
The Swatch Group, which terminated a partnership with jeweller Tiffany in 2011, has re-entered the jewellery acquisitions territory, buying Harry Winston’s watch and jewellery for US$750 million in cash and US$250 million in net debt, according to Reuters. Swatch Group… Read More ›
Power-up! The Lange 31
This is the third and final Lange post from an extended Lange afternoon in Melbourne recently. The first post was an overview of the brand’s arrival in Australia, the second about my favourite, the Zeitwerk, and this final post will… Read More ›
Omega’s sleek and modern Planet Ocean
With all the recent fuss about Omega’s Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M ‘SKYFALL’ LE, we thought that we’d go ‘back to basics’, in a manner of speaking. The Seamaster story goes back to 1948, when Omega launched a watch with a… Read More ›
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