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 ›
Limited Editions
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 ›
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 ›
AUCTION NEWS : George Daniels ‘Space Traveller’ sold for 3,196,250 GBP
(Photo supplied by @rabbit_cubed from the auction preview) Lot 121 in the Sotheby’s ‘Fine Timepieces including George Daniels Masterpieces) collection, aka the ‘Space Traveller’ achieved a hammer price of 2,700,000 GBP yesterday at auction yesterday, for a grand total of… Read More ›
FRANCK MULLER : the launch of an Australian limited edition
The Franck Muller brand is known for its combination of large tonneau cases and visually arresting dials. Although they do have watches with other types of cases, there is no mistaking their most well-known case, and their distinctive design codes…. Read More ›
IWC : 50th anniversary Aquatimer with a Ceratanium case
This year IWC are celebrating the 50th birthday of the Aquatimer, and they have just announced the latest of their celebratory models, a special commemorative limited edition in a Ceratanium® case called the Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “50… Read More ›
BVLGARI : Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater
Recently, Bvlgari brought together a special group of watches for the first time in Australia, and I attended an evening organised by Bvlgari, the Australian Financial Review, and Bani McSpedden, highlighting these pieces and the Octo Finissimo line. The stars… Read More ›
MONTBLANC : TimeWalker Chronograph Rally Timer Counter LE
Earlier this year Montblanc formally relaunched the TimeWalker collection, with more integration of Minerva movements a key part of this re-invigoration. With the Rally Timer, TimeWalker Auto Date, TimeWalker Chronograph, TimeWalker Chronograph UTC and a 1/1000th TimeWalker Chronograph being the… Read More ›
PIAGET : Altiplano 60th Anniversary Tourbillon High Jewellery
You may recall our earlier post about some of Piaget’s special releases this year to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Altiplano collection. Today we bring you one of their special birthday pieces – the limited edition Altiplano Tourbillon High… Read More ›
JAQUET DROZ : new Petite Heure Minutes inspired by Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean
Jaquet Droz’s Ateliers d’Art Collection are where they pay homage to their historical renown for sumptuous and exquisite decorative work in timepieces, antique pieces of which appear occasionally at auction. Three new Petite Heure Minute dials have now been added… Read More ›
