When H.Moser & Cie launched the Swiss Alp Watch in 2016 much of the debate and chatter around it was about its marketing success. Well it turned out to not just be successful at making the brand known beyond its… Read More ›
Smartwatch/ wearable tech
INDUSTRY NEWS: Deloitte Swiss Watch Industry Study 2020
Deloitte have released the 7th edition of their report on the Swiss watch industry, based on an online survey and interviews of fifty-five senior industry executives between mid August and mid September 2020, and 5,800 consumers in China, France, Germany,… Read More ›
NEW : Smart watches from Frederique Constant and Hublot
It wasn’t that long ago that connected smart watches made by established watch brands (and especially Swiss ones) was considered a novelty, but they continue to grow in number. Today’s post is about two very different new additions to this… Read More ›
NEWS : AHCI partners with mobile phone brand 8848
(Photo credit : AHCI) Two years ago, we reported on an unexpected collaboration between Kari Voutilainen and Chinese mobile phone company 8848. This partnership was evidently a success for both parties, as it was followed up with a second phone… Read More ›
RESSENCE : Type 2 e-Crown® Concept
One of the most intriguing new watches I’ve come across so far this year has been the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept. Self-evidently, ‘e-Crown®’ refers to ‘electronic crown’, a new time setting technology developed by Ressence that stretches the brand’s… Read More ›
LOUIS VUITTON : Tambour Horizon smart watch
Some of you may recall a post from a few months back that covered a flurry of ‘smart watches’ released by traditional watch brands this year. If not, you can read it by clicking here. The latest to join this… Read More ›
NEWS : TAG Heuer, Movado, Swatch Group and Montblanc launch smart watches
Today we have a time line rundown of some major announcements in the luxury watch/ smart watch world over the past last week, namely : 1. TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 2. Movado partners with Google for the Movado… Read More ›
H. Moser & Cie : Swiss Alp Watch
I’ll just plant this right here, for your consideration. It is 38.2mm x 44.00mm x 10.3mm, 18 carat white gold, limited to fifty pieces, USD24,900. Oh and spring bars.
NEWS : TAG Heuer Connected launched in New York
Earlier this year during Baselworld 2015 Jean-Claude Biver made an announcement that somehow managed to be the talk of the town despite there not being an actual timepiece to look at. A collaboration between TAG Heuer, Google and Intel, you… Read More ›
Apple x Hermès : fashion or luxury?
When a friend tagged me onto a photo of what appeared to be a new Apple Watch x Hermès watch it took me aback. Was it real? Well it turns out that it is. Collaborations are the thing now, after… Read More ›
