At the LVMH Group’s Watch Week Dubai 2020 Bvlgari has launched new additions to its record breaking (and award winning) Octo Finissimo collection. The key piece is the Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, making its first appearance in a precious metal… Read More ›
Last year we shared with you H.Moser & Cie’s Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack®, a watch whose dial material, for those with no experience with it, really has to be seen to be fully appreciated. As mentioned previously, Vantablack® is… Read More ›
The new Alpine Eagle may be the first new Chopard collection family in a little while, but this new integrated bracelet sports watch has its roots (and design sensibility) in the youth of Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. Not only is this… Read More ›
Denmark’s Maritime and Commercial Court has issued a temporary injunction stopping a painting from being destroyed and its resultant ‘parts’ used for a line of watches. Kanske Denmark ApS had bought the artwork by Tal R (Tal Rosenzweig), titled ‘Paris… Read More ›
When the David Rutten Meteorite Watches brand and its inaugural model the DR01 Streamline were launched, like many I was curious (especially as a sub CHF 10,000 meteorite watch), but as it is a niche limited edition (88 pieces) watch… Read More ›
The Denis Flageollet blue for which De Bethune has become known and which, arguably, is the best ‘brand blue’ around, has become the company’s distinctive signature to the point where a completely yellow watch took me some time to get… Read More ›
There seem to have been quite a few perpetual calendars released this year, and a number of them have featured 2019’s popular colour, blue. Today is about another to add to this bundle, but this time with a more modern… Read More ›
Back in 2014 Chopard introduced their first watch using Fairmined® gold, the standard for ‘fair mined’ having been determined in 2011 by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM). At the time, I noted that some of the challenges faced by… Read More ›
Since its introduction in 2001, the Freak has consistently been a focus of innovation for Ulysse Nardin. This year, the innovation comes in the form of the new Freak X, a new entry point into the Freak family. The new… Read More ›
What does H.Moser & Cie’s latest watch have in common with someone falling into a pit created by Anish Kapoor at Porto’s Serralves Museum? Vantablack®. Kapoor’s ‘Descent Into Limbo’ is an eight-foot deep pit, the inside of which the… Read More ›
