Reading Time: 7 minutes 15 years of Bugatti Veyron – how it all began? In 1997, on the “Shinkansen” express train between Tokyo and Nagoya, a sketch was created that would change the automotive world. Following a discussion with the then Head of Powertrain Development at VW, Karl-Heinz Neumann, he drew on an envelopeContinue Reading
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
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized by unimaginable power and opulent equipment. For Ettore Bugatti, the Royale was the culmination of his creation. A vehicle that knew no competitors in terms of performance, quality and image.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 10 minutes Ever since the first automobiles competed for the fastest times, watches and cars have been inexorably linked. Car aficionados love watches, revelling in the mechanical precision, beauty, and performance of both. But, watch movements couldn’t really capture the feel, energy, and power of a high-performance car engine. That is, untilContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes When the Apollo 13 mission lifted off on April the 11th 1970, nobody on board, nor on the ground, could ever have anticipated the drama and near-disaster that lay ahead. The crew, commanded by veteran astronaut James Lovell, was destined for the moon. This was to be the third-ever humanContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Dutch independent watchmaker Michiel Holthinrichs introduces a new online series on his brand Holthinrichs Watches, in which he elaborates on the process of the making of a watch: the inspiration he finds in architecture, the design process,finishing and finally the assembly. Every week during the COVID-19 lockdown – startingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes As the first product in Bentley Mulliner’s new Coachbuilt portfolio, the new Bacalar affords its 12 customers even greater opportunity to express their personal tastes in the form of the ultimate open-air Grand Tourer. While work on the new car is paused until Bentley’s Crewe headquarters reopens, the process ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minute Christian Gasplmayr has been leading the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions as Managing Director EMEA for Vacheron Constantin since June 2019.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Aston Martin has revealed further details of its in-house designed V6 engine, which has been created initially for deployment in a new range of mid-engined sportscars, starting with the Aston Martin Valhalla from 2022.Continue Reading