Laurent Ferrier is marking a decade with the launch of the Classic Origin Opaline, its first piece in a titanium. The new Classic Origin Opaline features the same pebble-inspired case design of the Galet (although if you look at their… Read More ›
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NEW: GENUS GNS1.2 TD
Last year we had the opportunity to see one of the more fascinating pieces that have crossed our paths in recent times, the GENUS GNS1.2, about which you can read at this link. We were clearly not alone in thinking… Read More ›
NEW: MB&F and H.Moser & Cie collaboration
An unexpected partnership between two very different brands and a decade long relationship between Edouard Meylan and Maximilian Büsser have lead to MB&F putting a new spin on the ‘friends’ of the ‘F’, and H.Moser & Cie putting their distinctive… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Geneva Watch Days update
Launched in March 2020 as a response to the cancellation of this year’s major watch fairs, the Geneva Watch Days event, which had been postponed to August, has announced that they still plan to hold the event at this time… Read More ›
NEW: DB28XP – De Bethune marks a decade of the DB28
This year De Bethune is marking ten years since the launch of the first DB28 with three new pieces that are, as they say, familiar but different – the DB28XP, the DB28XP Starry Sky, and the DB28XP Tourbillon. What is… Read More ›
NEW: URWERK UR-100 Gold Edition and COVID-19 auction
For all the brand’s extrovert designs and characteristics, brightness of case material, although not alien to them, is also not one’s first thought when thinking about URWERK. Of this new limited edition (twenty-five pieces) UR-100 Gold Edition, released on the… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon
Last year Laurent Ferrier, a brand best known for an at times creative take on classical watches and the quality of its finishing, released their first luxury sports watch. The Grand Sport Tourbillon was released in 2019 for quite specific… Read More ›
NEW: GoS Skadi – Viking Goddess of Winter
One of the more unexpected non COVID-19-related things that has happened over the last few weeks has been two reminders of a time, years ago, when I set myself what turned out to be an overly ambitious goal of reading… Read More ›
NEW: H. Moser & Cie.’s new online sale portal, and new Vantablack® models
We recently mentioned H.Moser et Cie’s foray into directly selling pre-owned pieces. Now, they have gone one step further, with the launch of a new site that sells a selection of new pieces and along with it, three special limited… Read More ›
NEW : MB&F Horological Machine HM10 Bulldog
As Max Büsser and the MB&F team acknowledge with this latest launch – “the situation is unusual to say the least. Is it right to launch a new timepiece in this context?” For small brands, for small firms (in the… Read More ›
