Reading Time: 8 minutes As the one and only jeweller granted the right to craft the Palme d’Or, the most prestigious of all cinematography awards, Chopard has cultivated exceptional ties with the Cannes Film Festival since 1998. This legendary trophy, representing the starting point of this peerless partnership, symbolises the Maison’s love of cinemaContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes What better complication for an anniversary than a tourbillon – Frederique Constant celebrates its 35th anniversary with not one but three tourbillon watches. Frederique Constant Classics Tourbillon Manufacture also celebrates fifteen years since the launch of the brand’s first manufacture tourbillon calibre. Again, the brand reveals “affordable luxury” as theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 10 minutes Sale to Take Place on 10-11 June at 432 Park Avenue, Offering Extraordinary 20th and 21st Century Timepieces by Patek Philippe, Rolex, F.P. Journe, Philippe Dufour, and Many Others Phillips to Host a Conversation with Roger Smith on 9 June, Along with a Screening of The Watchmaker’s Apprentice, To Celebrate theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vulcain Cricket “Style Moderne”: A stunning two-tone Vulcain Cricket evoking the golden age of Art Deco design. Limited to 50 numbered pieces. You can almost hear the jazz trumpets playing in the background with this watch…Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ahead of Extreme E’s Hydro X Prix in Scotland, ZENITH unveiled this season’s DEFY Extreme E limited edition watch, crafted entirely in carbon fibre and featuring Extreme E’s official “Vital Green” colour.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo achieves CHF 47,172,380 / $52,488,707 / €47,993,179 in The Geneva Watch Auction: XVII, more than doubling the pre-sale low estimate of CHF 20 million and continuing an over two-year streak of selling 100% of lots offered. Held over two days on 13 andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes The watch made to track every time zone on the planet continues to gain momentum across the globe. In the last few years, OMEGA’s Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer has grown steadily in popularity to become a go-to timepiece for international travellers and passionate collectors. Now, OMEGA is expanding the WorldtimerContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes From 18 to 30 May, Christie’s Watches Online: The Geneva Edit will offer a selection of remarkable timepieces curated from a refined circle of ultra-exclusive timepieces at the nexus of high watchmaking and high jewellery. A vast number of lots from this sale will be exhibited at the new Christie’s Geneva Office between 22 and 26Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Milo Manara, legendary Italian artist and writer of erotic comic books, and the independent watchmaking Manufacture Ulysse Nardin, renowned for its know-how in rare crafts, are joining forces to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the artist’s famous masterpiece, “Click!” (Le déclic).Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes Hublot and Nespresso, two Swiss icons, have joined forces on an exceptional project: the creation of a Big Bang timepiece based on recycling and circularity. This watch is the first to be made using recycled Nespresso aluminium capsules and coffee grounds – Hublot Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes For almost two centuries, Jaeger-LeCoultre has designed, produced and assembled the calibres of many of the world’s most noteworthy timepieces. Within the walls of its Manufacture, La Grande Maison has created these movements not only for its own timepieces but also for many other prestigious watchmaking Maisons, consequently becoming knownContinue Reading