John Howe

Reading Time: 2 minutesJaquet Droz is launching new exclusive watchmaking creations in collaboration with John Howe, a legend of fantasy art, illustrator and conceptual artist of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. Each Jaquet Droz creation contains some element of mystery. It can be found in the imagination of itsContinue Reading

Abel Ferrara

Reading Time: 3 minutesLa Biennale di Venezia / 77th Venice International Film Festival American director Abel Ferrara awarded  the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2020 prize His new film Sportin’ Life to be presented Out of Competition La Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre are pleased to announce that the American director Abel Ferrara (Pasolini, Bad Lieutenant, King of New York) is the recipient ofContinue Reading

Union Glashütte

Reading Time: 4 minutesSince its foundation over 125 years ago, the Union Glashütte brand has dedicated itself to fine watchmaking, and its collections provide an insight into Glashütte watchmaking history. Right from the start, businessman and founder of the company, Johannes Dürrstein, kept to the principle of making his high-quality, precision watches affordableContinue Reading

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