The Richemont Group has made two appointment announcements, with the most notable being the return of Jérôme Lambert as CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre, effective 1 January, 2025. Having now come full circle, his latest move within the Group follows a career… Read More ›
Now for a new release which is more relevant for my hemisphere, with Chronoswiss’ Delphis Sub Zero a new all-blue addition to the Delphis jumping hour family. The colour is not new to this model, but this goes beyond the… Read More ›
Just a quick link for your weekend reading – Swissinfo’s interview with Jean-Daniel Pasche, president of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH. After two decades as president, he will be stepping down at the end of 2023. Click… Read More ›
It might not fall under the category of ‘headline grabber’, but Rolex’s Yacht-Master 42 that it launched at Watches & Wonders 2023 was my pick of their offerings that week. This new version of the Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master 42 made… Read More ›
The Richemont group reported a 34% rise in operating profit for the fiscal year ending in March 2023 to EUR 5.03 billion and a 19% increase in sales boosted by strong demand from Chinese consumers for watches and jewellery, notably… Read More ›
Today we are looking at Hermès’ latest Arceau Petite Lune collection, which brings a stylised approach to the night skies in a diamond-set case. This new timepiece comes in a 38mm sized white gold case set with 70 diamonds (0.805… Read More ›
The latest report from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry shows that Swiss watch exports boomed during the first quarter of 2023, with sales jumping due to factors such as a 62 per cent surge in orders from the… Read More ›
It was centre stage in an engaging and fun, with an outsized ‘model’ and mirror display at their booth which allowed people to position themselves ‘within’ a movement and see themselves reflected above in it, but at Watches & Wonders… Read More ›
The Angelus x Massena LAB Medical Chronograph (part of the new La Fabrique collection) is, as they say, a ‘collectors’ watch’. What do I mean by that? Well it’s a nod back to some 1960s medically-oriented watches for which the… Read More ›
On the very rare occasion when an original UR-102 has come up at auction, it has generated a great deal of interest because of their scarcity. As such, the launch of an updated version for 2023 was always going to… Read More ›
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