Known for his classic approach to watchmaking and focus on micro-engineering, Vallée de Joux based independent watchmaker Romain Gauthier is celebrating his tenth anniversary with the HMS Ten in three new limited editions of the ‘Prestige HMS’ introduced in 2012…. Read More ›
With Australian skipper Michael Clarke probably sidelined by a match injury as Australia won the first test match against India (taking a 1-0 lead) yesterday, he can perhaps take the extra time to play around with his new Hublots. It… Read More ›
A couple of years ago Apple got into trademark trouble with Swiss railway operator SBB for an iPad clock that looked rather too similar to their design, one which most of us know through Mondaine watches. Well it seems that… Read More ›
In an update to yesterday’s post about the sale of the Graves Supercomplication, earlier today Geneva time the Patek Phillipe Supercomplication pocket watch sold for CHF 23,237,000 (USD23,983,140) at Sothebys, setting a new record for a timepiece sold at auction… Read More ›
Prominent Qatari art collector Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar died suddenly at his home in London on November 9, 2014 from what is reported to be natural causes. Revealed in 2012 to be the owner of the Graves… Read More ›
Two reports were released recently by Bain & Company and Euromonitor into the global luxury market for 2014. Bain & Company’s thirteenth annual “Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Monitor” predicts that China is currently showing a -1 percent shrinkage (down from… Read More ›
I am writing to you live from Hong Kong, where it is the ‘preview day’ for the second “Watches & Wonders : The Haute Horlogerie Exhibition in Asia”. The fair runs from 30 September – 2 October 2014 at the… Read More ›
The scandal-ridden Fifa/ World Cup has been dealt another blow, with Sepp Blatter and the Fifa Executive Committee now ordered to give up watches that were left in their hotel rooms as gifts in Brazil. The Fifa chief investigator had… Read More ›
My surprise at coming across a new Australian watch brand was then further accelerated when I discovered that they are responsible for a new Australian milwatch as well. I shall write more at length about this new diver-oriented microbrand separately,… Read More ›
Officine Panerai have announced a series of eleven alligator straps in a myriad of colours – eight straps with a semi-matte finish and three with a polished finish, achieved by hand-polishing using agate stones. This will no doubt be welcome… Read More ›
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