There was no missing the star of the Oris show in Geneva, with Kermit taking pride of place for the unexpected Oris and Kermit ‘partnership’, as it were. Why Kermit? Well Oris tells us that it’s in part because of… Read More ›
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WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40
IWC is revisiting Gérald Genta’s eternal Ingenieur this year, with four new models of the Automatic 40 launched in Geneva. This latest generation of ‘Inges’ takes inspiration from Gérald Genta’s Ingenieur SL of 1976, which had a screw-on bezel with… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: Cartier Santos Dumont Squelette
One of the highlights from Cartier at Watches & Wonders 2023 was their introduction of a new specially developed automatic Calibre 9629 MC skeleton (squelette) movement, used for a new Santos Dumont. Measuring 31.4mm x 43.5mm with a thickness of… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Chronograph
This year’s Watches & Wonders 2023 was all about the Reverso for Jaeger Le Coultre, with a number of Tribute models being a particular highlight. Of these, one is the new Reverso Tribute Chronograph, a successor to a 1990s model…. Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: Chronoswiss Delphis Oracle
Chronoswiss’ Delphis model is one that I haven’t thought about for a long time. At one point this design, with three forms of display in a single timepiece – digital hour, retrograde minutes, and analogue seconds, was ‘the’ dress watch… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: Tudor Black Bay GMT
Tudor has introduced light-dialled version of its Black Bay GMT – the Ref. 79830RB. It is ‘light’ not ‘white’, because the curved dial is opaline, with a matte white-grey silvery finish applied to the dial. It joins its black dial… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: Panerai Radiomir “8 Giorni”
It’s the year of the Radiomir for Panerai at Watches & Wonders 2023, with six new models to that collection family, ranging from “8 Giorni” to an annual calendar. No big surprise but my favourite, and the subject of this… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2023: Tudor pop-up in Geneva
In a first, Tudor will have a pop-up boutique in central Geneva to accompany Watches & Wonders 2023 and their new releases. Yes that’s right – the entire range of Tudor watches will be available during Watches & Wonders 2023,… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Kering to sell watches division
Luxury group Kering has announced that it is divesting itself of their entire watches division to current management. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2022 and will be lead by Patrick… Read More ›
NEWS: Swiss Federal Council confirms extension of COVID-19 measures
As mentioned in this recent post, the federal government gave Swiss cantonal authorities and other parties a week in which to provide feedback about their proposal to extend the current measures until the end of March 2022. These followed the… Read More ›
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