The “craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics” has been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In March 2019 Switzerland and France jointly submitted an application for… Read More ›
Today we have something new that continues in on the ocean/ sustainability theme that has been rippling through this year. It comes courtesy of Baume, the ‘offshoot’ brand that was integrated into a Baume & Mercier collection last May after… Read More ›
In a very fitting partnership, Breguet has announced their new status as a patron of the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, part of which includes the creation of a new room when the museum re-opens, after a four… Read More ›
This is another new release for those whose watch accessories budget is large and who like luggage. If Rimowa’s new AUD 2,969 three watch case isn’t exactly what you have been looking for, or if you have more than three… Read More ›
We admittedly don’t tend to cover inexpensive quartz watches here, but that isn’t an absolute rule for which there are no exceptions, so today is about a brand of which we are aware but don’t follow, so we missed the… Read More ›
Today’s watch is green again, but more importantly, it is part of the building momentum by more watch brands to operate more sustainably and with increasing acknowledgement and awareness that they don’t make watches within their own bubble. Another part… Read More ›
Maker of some of the most recognisable travel cases ever to frequent luggage carousels, RIMOWA have now neatly nudged into a category of LVMH Group stablemates with the launch of their new watch case. This is not a polycarbonate (transparent… Read More ›
Deloitte have released the 7th edition of their report on the Swiss watch industry, based on an online survey and interviews of fifty-five senior industry executives between mid August and mid September 2020, and 5,800 consumers in China, France, Germany,… Read More ›
Chopard’s Alpine Eagle collection was launched in 2019 with ten models. Now, it is now expanding with the addition of the new XL (44mm) Chronograph in three variants, all with the same integrated bracelets as the launch models. The ‘XL’… Read More ›
In recent years Oris has partnered with a number of environment-related organisations, creating limited editions of their Aquis divers watch to mark these relationships. In 2020, the first was the Lake Baikal, based on the 43.5mm Aquis Date and with… Read More ›
