The gradual shift by watch brands into being more sustainable, item by item, continues, with IWC’s launch of their new TimberTex straps, made from a paper-based material. This new material is composed of 80% natural plant fibres. The cellulose used… Read More ›
You may remember the launch of the one-off Diabolus in Machina by Roger Dubuis last year. A mix of traditional complications in a thoroughly twentieth first century exterior, it featured a minute repeater with a flying tourbillon in a case… Read More ›
In 2019 the Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH) announced its second timepiece called Gaïa, fourteen years after the first MIH watch, in honour of the 25th edition of the eponymous prize. Established in 1967, the Fondation Maurice Favre is responsible for… Read More ›
So we’re continuing on the ‘stones as far as you can see’ theme of the last post with the new Sparkling Free Wheel from Ulysse Nardin, a diamond-set version of its Tourbillon Free Wheel incorporating snow-setting. We have previously mentioned… Read More ›
It’s a Grand Seiko, but not as you know it. It is also, as other watches we’ve covered over the past twelve months have been, part of the green trend. In a continuation of the celebration of 140 years of… Read More ›
The Richemont Group has spent the last two years since acquiring the U.K.-based pre-owned watch dealer Watchfinder & Co integrating it into the Group’s business model. Now, Vacheron Constantin has become the latest Richemont watch brand (Panerai having joined in… Read More ›
Perhaps its significance was clear only in hindsight, but 1994 was a ‘bit of a year’ as they say, for IWC. The most widely known reason for this was the release, that year, of the Mark XII, which had been… Read More ›
There have been a handful of watch brand collaborations in the last couple of years, and not just those which appeared in the Only Watch auction, but also for example the recent multiple watch project between H.Moser & Cie and… Read More ›
You may recall last year’s sale of a Breguet owned by King George III by Sotheby’s London for £1.6 million. It’s worth reading about the detailed article at the first Sotheby’s link, but it was originally bought by the monarch… Read More ›
With COVID-19 still in full flight worldwide and international travel heavily curtained for an indefinite period, the organisers of the inaugural HOURUNIVERSE have optimistically announced that they still plan an ‘in person’ show in Basel during the summer of 2021…. Read More ›
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