Last year Laurent Ferrier, a brand best known for an at times creative take on classical watches and the quality of its finishing, released their first luxury sports watch. The Grand Sport Tourbillon was released in 2019 for quite specific… Read More ›
SIHH/ Watches & Wonders GVA 2020
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: illuminating 70 years of the Panerai Luminor
At 0200 on the 25th of April 2020 Sydney time the first Watches & Wonders digital fair opened its press portal, at an hour which was probably better suited to other time zones. In taking a look at it at… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Red Wine
As a continuation of the nod-to-Geneva Reverso theme this post is about a new but familiar new model launched this week in the same city. One of the hits of last year, and whose popularity went beyond its attention-grabbing hue… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Cartier’s new Maillon de Cartier collection
Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 has had to go digital this year, but a major participating brand, Cartier, have decided to have their own dedicated website as well as participating in the fair’s site. The site, called ‘Digital Watchmaking Encounters’,… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Digital Watch Fair 2020
Let’s get digital. Following its COVID-19 enforced cancellation, Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020, which was due to start on April 25, will be going digital, with new releases streamed online for journalists, retailers, and the general public. Brands will have… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Chopard and Tudor depart Baselworld
The Baselworld organisers may have recently announced an offer to this year’s exhibitors to carry forward 85% of the fees for the cancelled Baselworld 2020 to Baselworld 2021 (with the remaining 15% to partially offset out-of-pocket costs already accrued), but… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Geneva Watch Days rescheduled to August 2020
In some ways, time has become both something of which we are more acutely aware and simultaneously something from which many feel disconnected from at present, but it was only at the beginning of this month that Geneva Watch Days… Read More ›
NEWS: Switzerland imposes new COVID-19 measures
It is difficult to keep up with everything happening worldwide at the moment, with a number of countries having declared states of emergency even within the last twenty four hours and more such statements anticipated. The cancellations of both Watches… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 cancelled
PRESS RELEASE – FEBRUARY 27TH 2020 Watches & Wonders Geneva cancels its upcoming edition initially planned from April 25th to 29th 2020 In view of the latest developments concerning the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, it is the Fondation… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Greubel Forsey Departs SIHH/ Watches & Wonders Geneva
The departures from watch fairs continues, with Greubel Forsey announcing that they will not be attending the re-named Watches & Wonders Geneva from 2020 onwards. Also following in the path of much larger brands who have changed tack, they will… Read More ›