Reading Time: 9 minutesFirst presented in 2018, Horological Machine N°9 – nicknamed HM9 ‘Flow’ – was a tribute to the extraordinary automotive and aeronautic designs of the 1940s and 50s. The result was a case like no other that echoed the epoch’s flowing, aerodynamic lines. Despite its striking external appearance, MB&F founder Maximilian BüsserContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesGirard-Perregaux is celebrating its 230th anniversary, a milestone most brands are yet to reach. Needless to say, the Manufacture does not intend to let the event go unnoticed. Indeed, this year will be punctuated with several highlights for the company. Firstly, Girard-Perregaux announces the launch of its e-commerce platform, featuringContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesDe Bethune presents a watch endowed with two faces. Two dials, two identities. A technical and aesthetic exercise that opens up a whole new field of research – De Bethune DB Kind of Two Tourbillon.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesRoger Dubuis has consistently demonstrated its penchant for excess and extravagance. An inclination matched by a fearless determination to challenge the rules through a resolutely expressive and contemporary approach. This serial innovator mindset results from visionary engineers and incredible watchmakers combining radical expertise. It is nourished by a daily obsessionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesOris introduces the third watch made in partnership with the Carl Brashear Foundation and the first powered by Oris’s in-house Calibre 401, a highly resistant five-day automatic.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesT-Rex is the name given to the latest iteration of Urwerk’s UR-100 collection. It carries both Urwerk’s genome in its satellite hours and that of its namesake in the primal texture of its reinforced hide of bronze. The UR-100V T-Rex is decidedly a creature you’ll want to tame. But wouldn’tContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesCurtains up on the scarlet splendour of time as a theatrical performance: Chopard’s iconic Happy Sport timepiece appears in festive attire for a majestic luck-themed dance. Clad in a splendid crimson figure-hugging gown, crafted in accordance with the golden ratio embodied in its 33mm-diameter ethical 18-carat rose gold case, thisContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesBentley Flying Spur V8 – 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 develops 135+ bhp per litre Twin-scroll turbochargers mounted centrally in the V provide rapid response and maximum torque of 770 Nm, available from 2000 rpm Turbines operate at a peak temperature of 950°C – as hot as lava Proximity of catalytic convertorsContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Crazy Hours complication is housed in a rose gold Cintrée Curvex™, an emblematic shape of Franck Muller.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith delicacy and subtlety, and as Valentine’s Day approaches, Breguet enlivens the face of the Reine de Naples with a new invention: a hand in the shape of a changing heart – Breguet Reine de Naples Heart 9825. Its curves expand or contract, as if by magic and very gently,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesEvolution and hindsight Design isn’t an instantaneous process – on average, it takes 18-24 months from initial sketches to first delivery. This gives us plenty of time to live with prototypes, play around with design elements and ask ourselves ‘what if?’. The MING 27.02 is a result of this question,Continue Reading