Reading Time: 3 minutes Exactly one week ago, the 2019’s edition of Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève was ending. According to the official numbers, 23 thousand visitors attended the 29th Edition of SIHH. Even if the Salon was shorted with one day. The “Open Day”, held on Thursday afternoon, attracted almost 3,000 public visitors.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes Vacheron Constantin released this year one of the most impressive watches of SIHH 2019, the Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar. Read the full press release below.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes F.P. Journe celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Tourbillon Souverain with a new tourbillon: F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Vertical.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes In 2019, Christophe Claret is celebrating a double anniversary: the 30th anniversary of his Manufacture and the 10th anniversary of his brand. The watchmaker is continuing to explore the technical territories of Fine Watchmaking and enriching his collection of traditional complication watches with a limited-edition anniversary model. For the firstContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes It was great news to find, last year, that Bovet 1822 joins SIHH this year. The brand, widely recognised for its Amadeo® convertible case, keep the tradition alive and announced a new Virtuoso timepiece. The Bovet Virtuoso IX comes, as expected, with a flying tourbillon visible on both faces. TheContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes In creating the Balancier Contemporain, a white gold 33-piece limited edition, Greubel Forsey imagined providing a particularly compact showcase for its exclusive balance-wheel system. Creating such a moderately-sized new movement and dial imposed the challenge of maintaining well-balanced forms and pleasing proportions, along with clear legibility and cutting-edge performance. MissionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes Looking into the wide open heart at its three-dimensional construction and highly original geometry, the new Art Piece Edition Historique crowns the avant-garde aesthetic approach behind numerous exceptional creations. Combining technicity, exclusivity and the finest craftsmanship, this 33-piece limited edition (of which the first 11 are in platinum) presents a new vision ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes I got the chance to have a more intimate look to the newest creation of De Bethune – the DB28GS Grand Bleu. Even if I didn’t get the chance to get too deep into technical detail, I was impressed not only by its beauty but also by the intriguing and innovativeContinue Reading
Reading Time: 10 minutes Armin Strom is an interesting independent watchmaking brand with a down to Earth approach. Their fully integrated manufacture (factory visit report on Deployant.com) is capable to design and produce watches in-house. Their approach of the traditional horologerie is done using modern engineering. These facts permit a larger scale watch manufacturing, still,Continue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minute The beautiful madness continues. Last night, H. Moser & Cie released, via the Pioneer Chronicles platform the last part of their teaser. This time, the independent brand released a Swiss Made piece to symbolise their commitment to Make Swiss Made Green Again. This is the greenest product in the entire Swiss industry.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Mb&F Horological Machine No.6 is just one of the fabulous machines that the “friends” have created. We must be grateful that this beauty, the HM6 received a special edition to mark the end of its era. It is not the first and more than sure not the last toContinue Reading