With most people focused on releases from the other members of the Girard-Perregaux watch stable every year, it’s easy to overlook the less headline-grabbing but nonetheless popular, Cat’s Eye, collection. This year the brand launched three new additions to the… Read More ›
Women’s watches
SIHH 2019 : Meteorite comes to Piaget’s Altiplano
At next week’s SIHH Piaget will present three additions to their Altiplano collection family, one of which features a dial material familiar to some of you, meteorite (see here for a sister brand’s past offering, this link for another one… Read More ›
NEW : NOMOS Glashütte marks a century of Bauhaus
To mark next year’s century since the advent of Bauhaus, Nomos Glashütte, whose watches are commonly seen to represent a modern manifestation of this school of design, have announced a limited edition of their Tangente model in a stylish nine… Read More ›
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 ›
HANDS-ON : H.Moser & Cie Venturer Smoky Sapphire
Today we are highlighting a watch that was released in 2017. We did not manage to cross paths with it at the time, and only recently had the opportunity to do so with thanks to H.Moser & Cie Australia, who… 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 ›
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 ›
SIHH 2018 : A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin Copper Blue
One of the ‘perils’ as it were, of a brand like A. Lange & Söhne come the SIHH time, is that the focal point inevitably ends up being the watch that also dominates their booth. Other novelties get their share… Read More ›