De Bethune has announced a majority investment in REUGE (1865), maker of musical automaton and mechanical music boxes, and most well known to watch lovers for having collaborated with MB&F on some thoroughly contemporary Music Machines. Both De Bethune and… Read More ›
A pocket watch belonging to RMS Titanic postal clerk Oscar Scott Woody has sold for £98,000 at auction. Forever stopped at the time when it stopped working in the North Atlantic on 14 April 1912, the Ingersoll pocket watch was… Read More ›
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures/ Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM) is the home of the International System of Units (SI) and the international reference time scale (UTC). Based in Saint-Cloud, it is an intergovernmental organisation with… Read More ›
We have mentioned watch and sneaker partnerships before, but this new one is slightly different. IWC have lent this year’s Woodland (PANTONE®) colour, as seen in the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Woodland” with the newly developed dark green… Read More ›
A few weeks ago we reported on the new COVID-19 measures announced by the Swiss Federal Council. As with the rest of the world, the Christmas and New Year period has been of concern. On 3 January 2022 the Swiss… Read More ›
New Balance is a brand as well known for its enthusiasm for collaborations as it is for its popularity as a sneaker brand. Like us, you may have missed out on the news last year that their diverse range of… Read More ›
The intersection between geopolitics and sports is eternal, but that of geopolitics and fashion/ clothing/ beauty brands in particular, has become an area of increasing note in recent years, making its way from the sidelines to centre stage. Traditionally, it… Read More ›
Swatch, the official time partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, is inviting people from the Expo’s 194 participating countries to create an original art work representing their country that will find its way onto their watches. Under the ‘Swatch X You’… Read More ›
It was only last month that we covered the new Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad, a limited edition re-interpretation of the 1960s’ Fifty Fathoms “no radiations” with its immediately recognisable symbol. We mentioned the simultaneous release of a… Read More ›
In 2019 the Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH) announced its second timepiece called Gaïa, fourteen years after the first MIH watch, in honour of the 25th edition of the eponymous prize. Established in 1967, the Fondation Maurice Favre is responsible for… Read More ›
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