Steel Case, Arabic Dial (© Charles Frodsham & Co Ltd 2018) Over the years I have learned that for me, the element of luck (in being in the right place at the right time, as well as luck in the… Read More ›
Watch movements
HANDS ON : Piaget’s record-breaking Altiplano Ultimate Automatic 910P
At the end of last year, Piaget made an announcement which in a way was expected (in the sense that Piaget is famed for breaking such records) but was still a surprise. We covered the details and specs of the… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic Chronometer
Announced just before the start of the SIHH 2018, Baume & Mercier surprised everyone with a new Baumatic Chronometer (one model variant being COSC-certified), which we had the opportunity to see in Geneva. First of all, it’s important to note… Read More ›
PRE-SIHH 2018 : Piaget’s record-breaking Altiplano Ultimate Automatic 910P
In 2014 Piaget released what was the thinnest manual-wind watch to date in the form of the 3.65mm thickness Altiplano 900P. At the SIHH 2018, they will launch a new record, with the presentation of the thinnest automatic watch made… Read More ›
Habring² pièce unique : Jumping Second Tourbillon
How do you start a post when you come across a very unusual pièce unique that perhaps only the watchmaker and seller knew about until it made its way to its current home, and whose ‘base model’, as it were,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Girard-Perregaux Esmeralda Three Gold Bridges wristwatch
Watch brands love a reason to create a special watch, especially for their horological landmarks, as it were. Last year, Girard-Perregaux released the ‘La Esmeralda’ wristwatch, an homage to a pocket watch of the same name, famed for its three… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : EU General Court rules on the supply of spare parts by Swiss watchmakers
The EU General Court has rejected the second appeal brought on by the Confédération Européenne des Associations d’horlogers-Réparateurs (the ‘CEAHR’) which challenged the European Commission’s decision in 2014 to close investigations into claims that watch groups such as Richemont, Swatch… Read More ›
BVLGARI : Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater
Recently, Bvlgari brought together a special group of watches for the first time in Australia, and I attended an evening organised by Bvlgari, the Australian Financial Review, and Bani McSpedden, highlighting these pieces and the Octo Finissimo line. The stars… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : Swiss Competition Commission looking into spare parts supply
You may recall news last year about the Swatch Group SA and WEKO’s review of whether there’s room to manoeuvre (increase supply) within the 2013 agreement to phase out movement supply by their subsidiary ETA SA. Reuters have reported that… Read More ›
AUCTION : Only Watch 2017
Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity auction of unique timepieces has… Read More ›
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