Watch brands love a reason to create a special watch, especially for their horological landmarks, as it were. Last year, Girard-Perregaux released the ‘La Esmeralda’ wristwatch, an homage to a pocket watch of the same name, famed for its three… Read More ›
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E-COMMERCE : Chopard, Piaget and Panerai
The march by watch brands towards selling directly online continues apace, with Chopard, Piaget and Panerai having recently joined Mr Porter/ Net-A-Porter. The most recent addition is that of Officine Panerai to Mr Porter, with twenty-five models from its Luminor… Read More ›
PIAGET : Altiplano 60th Anniversary Pocket Watch
The year is not yet complete, and so Piaget’s 60th birthday celebrations for the Altiplano still have a couple of months to go. Earlier this year we covered the our favourite so far, the ‘blues’, as well as a high… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942 and 1948
Vacheron Constantin have released three new additions to their ‘Historiques’ models. One of them is a smaller (36.5mm) version of their American 1921. The other two are the ones that we are highlighting here. They are, as they say, similar… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : luxury watch e-commerce continues to expand in China
China’s second larget e-commerce platform, JD.com, has officially launched a new alliance with more than a dozen of its international watch brands, including new partner Chopard (which opened an online flagship store on JD.com in August), as well as Tag… Read More ›
NEWS : Armin Strom to join SIHH 2018
Armin Strom have just announced their entry into the SIHH 2018, at which they will be part of the Carré des Horlogers. Their participation brings to five (so far) the number of brands that will be exhibiting for the first… Read More ›
ROGER DUBUIS : A new partnership and the new Excalibur Aventador S
Earlier this year Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis launched some watches in collaboration with tyre manufacture Pirelli – the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Automatic Skeleton, and the Excalibur Spider Pirelli Double Flying Tourbillon, the first as shown below. Now, they have continued… Read More ›
CHOPARD : L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru
Chopard has just launched a new tonneau-shaped COSC-certified watch called the L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru. This new watch with the unusual wine-related name has both a slim curved case and a curved automatic movement that fits snugly into the 18… Read More ›
FRÉDÉRIQUE CONSTANT : Slimline Moonphase Manufacture
Many of you will recall the 2013 launch of the rather handsome (and rather popular) Slimline Moonphase from Frédérique Constant with the in-house Calibre FC-705 movement. Now, on the heels of their announcement a few months ago that they… Read More ›
TIFFANY & CO : a new ladies Metro Collection
Tiffany & Co’s Sydney public footprint in recent times has been rather notable, not just because of high profile collection jewellery launches, but also because of a rather remarkable geographical coverage of advertising. In contrast, perhaps in large part because… Read More ›