Naissance d’Une Montre

Reading Time: 3 minutesNaissance d’Une Montre 2: Many, if not most, watchmakers today are simply the last in the long chain of specialists required to make a modern watch – assembling, rather than making, pre-fabricated parts into a working machine. However, complete watchmakers have to be able to calculate, design and make thoseContinue Reading

IWC Schaffhausen “Born of a Dream”

Reading Time: 3 minutesSchaffhausen, July 9, 2020 – IWC Schaffhausen premieres a short film project, titled “Born of a Dream:  A boy from San Mateo.” The short film depicts IWC brand ambassador Tom Brady, one of the most accomplished professional athletes of all time, as he pursues his childhood dream and becomes a championContinue Reading

Insight Micro-Rotor Squelette

Reading Time: 7 minutesThis year marks the 15th anniversary of Romain Gauthier. It is fitting, then, that the Swiss watchmaker’s latest creation, Insight Micro-Rotor Squelette, calls on an area of craftsmanship for which he and his team have been heralded since the birth of the brand in 2005: hand-finishing.Continue Reading

Richard Mille's new music partner: Thomas Roussel

Reading Time: 4 minutesAn iconoclastic composer and musician, Thomas Roussel brings together an impressive background in classical music but with an abiding passion for electronic music. Under the name Prequell, he released a first and ambitious album recorded with the famed London Symphony Orchestra in 2017. As a conductor, he is no strangerContinue Reading