A month after the resignation of MCH Group CEO René Kamm hot on the heels of the withdrawal by the Swatch Group from MCH’s Baselworld fair, they have issued a press release outlining their first half results for 2018, future… Read More ›
SIHH 2018
PIAGET : Art & Excellence Altiplano stone marquetry tourbillon
Piaget is perhaps best known for its storied ultra thin watch history courtesy of the Altiplano, but it has also been notable for coming up with some really beautiful dials in both men’s and women’s collections, some of which have… Read More ›
AUDEMARS PIGUET : 25 years of the Royal Oak Offshore
In case it passed you by, but we thought it would be a good time to mention that Audemars Piguet is marking the 25th birthday of its hugely successful and popular Royal Oak Offshore this year. The major marker of… Read More ›
ULYSSE NARDIN : Marine Torpilleur Military
Last year Ulysse Nardin unveiled the Marine Torpilleur (French for ‘torpedo boat’), a chronometer that is a lighter, thinner version the brand’s Marine Chronometer. This year, they have released a military version. They contain the same movement inside, but the… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’Art Les Aérostiers
When a new Métiers d’Art model is announced by Vacheron Constantin, with it comes both high expectations and a high aesthetic bar to meet. This year’s ‘Les Aérostiers’, a collection of limited edition pieces that tell the story of the early… Read More ›
ARMIN STROM : Pure Resonance
This year, Armin Strom has taken their ‘Mirrored Force Resonance’ technology and created a second movement presented in a new watch collection called ‘Pure Resonance’. Earlier this year we had the opportunity to see the ‘Fire’ and ‘Water’ Pure Resonance… Read More ›
FERDINAND BERTHOUD : Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1
Earlier this year, Chopard co-CEO Karl Friedrich Scheufele’s young brand Ferdinand Berthoud released an interesting new regulator-style watch, the Chronomètre FB 1R.6-1. Inspired by the Marine Chronometer No.7 made by the brand’s namesake Ferdinand Berthoud more than two centuries ago,… Read More ›
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS : Piezoelectricity and the Midnight Zodiac Lumineux
Van Cleef & Arpels has both a watch and jewellery history in themes relating to astronomy and western astrology. Although it will not be formally launched until later in 2018, earlier this year we had the opportunity to see some… Read More ›
PIAGET : the Possession’s ‘sunny side of life’
Watch brands change their messaging and focus to varying degrees. Some seem to have these deeply embedded into the brand identity, and others refresh on a far more regular basis. This year, for Piaget it is about the ‘sunny side… Read More ›
A. LANGE & SOHNE : colour comes to the Little Lange 1
Today’s post is about one of the most day-to-day wearable new ranges of women’s watches to have crossed my path this year – A. Lange & Söhne’s latest versions of their Little Lange 1. With a colour palette that distinguishes… Read More ›
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