On the eve of Watches & Wonders 2014 Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Mr. Daniel Riedo came to Australia for the first time, visiting Melbourne and Sydney on a short and busy trip which also saw him giving Sydney dinner guests the privilege of… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON : Piaget Limelight Blooming Rose
During SIHH 2014 Piaget may have launched the Altiplano 900P, but there was another equally personal-to-the-brand watch released in January that has just hit Australian shores, the Limelight Blooming Rose. As I covered at SIHH 2013 last year, Piaget’s jewellery… Read More ›
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : Lady Arpels Heures Filantes
Some watch fair releases seem to garner more coverage than others, so today’s post is an introduction to a Watches & Wonders 2014 piece that may well have slipped under your radar, but which fits neatly within Van Cleef & Arpels’ unashamedly… Read More ›
CARTIER : A new time for the Rotonde
At Watches & Wonders 2014 Cartier launched a whopping sixteen new novelties and two new movements, mostly additions to existing collection lines, and many of which were presented by Carole Forestier-Kasapi, Head of Fine Watchmaking. Today’s post is about one… Read More ›
MONTBLANC : Homage to Nicolas Rieussec Limited Edition
Montblanc’s distinctive Nicolas Rieussec chronograph has had a design revamp this year, with a notable new ‘Homage’ edition. Although launched earlier this year, I did not have the opportunity to handle it until Watches & Wonders 2014 in Hong Kong,… Read More ›
PANERAI : Radiomir 1940 Marina Militare 3 Days Acciaio
Having already written about my favourite new piece from Officine Panerai’s Watches & Wonders 2014 launches, today’s post is about another piece that grabbed my attention, the PM587 limited edition (1000 pieces) Marina Militare Acciaio, in a 47mm Radiomir 1940… Read More ›
PIAGET : Around (half) the world in 65 hours
At Watches & Wonders 2014 I had the opportunity to see perhaps one of the lesser known Altiplano creations from Piaget this year. Part of their “Mythical Journey” watches, this is called the Altiplano Scrimshaw White Gold. A word more… Read More ›
IWC : Revisiting Portofino
Thirty years after the model was first launched, Watches & Wonders 2014 saw the (re) launch, by IWC of the Portofino Midsize Collection. Never ones to do anything by half measures, the launch was done in typical IWC fashion complete… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2014 : Baume et Mercier Clifton 8 Day
The focus of Baume et Mercier at Watches & Wonders 2014 was the new Promesse women’s collection, but along with that came the annoncement of three additions to its popular Clifton range, my favourite of Baume’s lines. Two of these… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2014 : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph
At Watches & Wonders 2014 Audemars Piguet was pretty much carrying on with the SIHH 2014 theme in terms of the history and development of the Royal Oak Offshore, but with the formal launch of a new ROO Tourbillon Chronograph,… Read More ›
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