Bugatti and Champagne Carbon Reveal ‘La Bouteille Noire’

Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2019, Bugatti revealed the ultimate incarnation of its no-compromises approach to the hyper sports car, with ‘La Voiture Noire1’. This one-off tailor-made creation was handcrafted to represent the perfect form and finish, inspired by one of Bugatti’s most legendary historic models, the Type 57 SC Atlantic. Now, the latestContinue Reading

Chopard L.U.C Flying T Twin Ladies

Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2019, Chopard Manufacture enriched its range of complications with its first automatic movement to feature a flying tourbillon, L.U.C 96.24-L. This calibre featuring Chopard Twin technology with two stacked barrels and highly precise adjustments – notably a stop-seconds function – now powers the two new L.U.C Flying T TwinContinue Reading

Edox Delfin Mecano – 60th Anniversary Limited Edition

Reading Time: 2 minutes Edox Delfin Mecano – 60th Anniversary Limited Edition: Sixty years ago, Switzerland’s Edox dazzled the watchmaking world with a diver’s ‘super watch’ – the Delfin. Shock-proof, with a patented double O-ring system and reinforced, pressure-resistant case, the Delfin could plunge to an astonishing 200m beneath the waves without a care.Continue Reading

Christie’s presents 300 pocket watches

Reading Time: 4 minutes Watches at Christie’s US$ 205 million total sales achieved in 2021 (3,213 lots) Closing year on highest note ever, outperforming pre-pandemic levels. Auction results 2021: just over US$ 205m (2020: US$ 80m, 2019 US$ 130m). Global watch hub network from strength to strength with 7 live and 13 online salesContinue Reading

Omega Globemaster Annual Calendar Collection

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just in time for winter, OMEGA is introducing three new models to its refined Globemaster family. Perfect for wearing beneath layers of knitwear, or a tailored suit, the Annual Calendar watches follow the classical styling of the Globemaster line, which was first released in 2015 as the world’s first MasterContinue Reading

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième

Reading Time: 4 minutes Celebrating the 90th anniversary of Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre presented this spring/summer the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième. Using a Suisse/Belgique regionalism, the grand maison baptised the this Tribute Reverso with Nonantième (ninetieth), while in French the number would be quatre-vingt-dixième.Continue Reading

Ettore Bugatti’s Culinary Trail

Reading Time: 3 minutes Molsheim in Alsace, the birthplace of the Bugatti brand and the location of its headquarters to this day, is often mentioned in the same breath as the brand’s eponymous founder. But there is a place just a few kilometres further south which has similarly close ties with Ettore Bugatti –Continue Reading

The ultimate Bugatti Christmas menu

Reading Time: 4 minutes Ingenious inventor, perfectionist, connoisseur – Ettore Bugatti possessed many extraordinary talents and abilities, which he not only transformed into his world-famous cars. Throughout his life, the founder of the French luxury automobile brand dedicated his energy to all kinds of design ideas – which included not only automobiles but alsoContinue Reading

The A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication 42500 was carefully restored between 2001 and 2010.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window is one of the most famous works from the Golden Age of Dutch painting. After several years of restoration, the work is once again part of an exhibition. The Dresden State Art Collections are presenting it at the Old Masters PictureContinue Reading

MB&F x L’Epée 1839 Orb

Reading Time: 8 minutes At first glance, the Orb looks like a futuristic model of an eye with its perfectly formed shiny sphere, and its dial taking the place of the iris and the pupil. But nothing is ever quite what it seems with the collaborative clocks of MB&F x L’Epée 1839.Continue Reading