Released at Watches & Wonders 2015, Piaget’s Secrets & Lights collection is an in-house project between Piaget’s Haute Joaillerie and Haute Horlogerie departments. This collection is inspired by what they are calling a ‘mythical journey’, with a focus on the… Read More ›
Hands-on
CARTIER : Clé de Cartier Flying Tourbillon
The new Clé shape/ collection has been Cartier’s focus this year, and we recently shared some photos of the Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour that was added to January’s base collection. Today is about another Clé launch – the Flying Tourbillon…. Read More ›
LONGINES : (Another) Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph
You may recall that a little while ago we wrote about a Longines Heritage Collection Column-Wheel single pusher chronograph with a black dial that was also available in a white-dialled version which alas we did not get to see. Well… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : A. Lange & Söhne’s 1815 Anniversary of F.A. Lange Honey Gold
In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, A.Lange & Söhne have introduced some special models. One of these has been a platinum 1815 with a black dial, but following on from that,… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : DBS Tourbillon
It’s interesting how much impact young independent brands have had on the watch industry. Established in 2002, De Bethune is known for its distinctive mold-breaking designs for what are, at their heart, often quite classical pieces of watchmaking. Even their… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Cornes de vache 1955
One of my favourite releases of 2015 has been from Vacheron Constantin – the Historiques Cornes de vache 1955 chronograph. Given that I saw it during the same few days (in Hong Kong) as I did the A.Lange & Söhne… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Richard Mille RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’
Intended less as a device to aim at those to whom you wish to give the ‘the eye’ and more as a talisman against bad luck, Richard Mille’s RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’ was launched a couple of months ago, and we had… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : Zenith Elite Ultra Thin Lady Moonphase
With the arrival of Australia and New Zealand’s first brand manager for Zenith also came the offer to test drive a few models. As expected, we jumped at the opportunity. Perhaps not so expected, we have not restricted ourself to… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Jaeger LeCoultre Hybris Artistica Duomètre Sphérotourbillon pocket watch
Some of you may remember Jaeger-LeCoultre’s monumental Hybris Artistica set of twelve timepieces releases from 2014. As an exercise in saying “hey look at all the things we can do”, it was pretty successful. Today is about one of those… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Night Sky
At SIHH 2015 Montblanc launched the red gold limited edition Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères. At Watches & Wonders 2015 in Hong Kong, they launched another limited edition version but this time in white gold. A version that to my mind, is… Read More ›