Naissance d’une montre 2 - Chapter 2

Reading Time: 2 minutes Naissance d’une montre 2 – Chapter 2: To make the Naissance d’une montre 2 project as authentic as possible, Dominique Buser and Cyrano Devanthey, assisted by David Friedli, had to build a watch under the watchful eye of a committee.  This committee was not a band of savvy marketing executives,Continue Reading

Fregate Island

Reading Time: 4 minutes Since 2018, Blancpain and Fregate Island Private have joined forces to study, restore and preserve the marine environment around the island. Coralive.org and BlueNomads.org led the field projects with additional support from the Green Islands Foundation, and the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust. A new short film illustrates theseContinue Reading

The House of Bovet 1822 Celebrates 198 Years

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mr. Pascal Raffy, owner of the House of Bovet 1822, and Bovet’s artisans, are honoured to celebrate Bovet’s 198th anniversary of pure Engineering Brilliance and exceptional artistry of human watchmaking. Mr. Pascal Raffy would like to invite you on a journey through the House’s creation and substantial contribution to watchmakingContinue Reading

Naissance d’une montre

Reading Time: 3 minutes Under the aegis of the Time Æon Foundation, Robert Greubel, Stephen Forsey, Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei have decided to support the project of two talented watchmakers. Under the benevolent gaze of their elders, these two watchmakers will create from scratch, by hand, an exceptional watch. Then, in turn, theyContinue Reading

IWC Sonam Kapoor

Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of the recently announced “TIME WELL SHARED” initiative, IWC brand ambassadors from around the world will read chapters from “The Little Prince”, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s world-famous novel. Indian actress Sonam Kapoor will start the series. She will be joined by Lebanese-British TV presenter Raya Abirached, Tunisian actress Hend Sabri, Italian actorContinue Reading

Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hailing from Japan, the winner of the tenth Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award 2020 is Nayuta Shinohara from the Tokyo Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry. Competing against seven contenders, he won the competition for the best watch with a retrograde display and the 10,000 euro prize as the jury’s topContinue Reading

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jaeger-LeCoultre surprises us with some #stayathome activities: – colouring. You will find below three pictures with a link to colouring pages to be downloaded to phone or tablet. You can print or share this with you kids and friends or you can exercise yourself this stress releasing activity. HOME OFContinue Reading

Reading Time: 7 minutes Ulysse Nardin has just offered a grant to the Azores University’s marine research centre to acquire ten pop-up biologging sensors to tag blue sharks in the Atlantic and document our knowledge of this endangered species. Swimming with blue sharks, his DIVER 44mm on the wrist, Fred Buyle tags marine animalsContinue Reading