Reading Time: 2 minutesThe miniaturised Faubourg model presented by Hermès in 2014 has inspired the quintessential design of the Faubourg Polka: a mother-of-pearl dial framed by a dainty round case. Its entirely redesigned bracelet consists of interwoven dots and oblique lines, as if its curves were going off on a tangent, as ifContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe peony, with its luscious rounded bloom, has been a long-term inspiration for Chopard’s creativity. Since 2014, it has taken a starring role in the L.U.C XP Esprit de Fleurier Peony series, a collection of breath-taking, limited edition Fine Watchmaking timepieces celebrating the variety of artistic crafts at the heartContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new start. With spring comes fresh hope, and with it (more so than ever this year) light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. The new Oris Divers Sixty-Five ‘Cotton Candy’ has a simple ambition – to bring a smile.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpeake-Marin enriches its Openworked collection with a new timepiece: One&Two Openworked Dual Time Mint with retrograde date, a design inspired by the Black Architecture movement and it proposes an audacious colour “Mint “as a hymn to freedom.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIWC Schaffhausen has launched the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar at the digital Watches & Wonders exhibition. The timepiece with a stainless steel case and a blue dial continues the long-standing tradition of perpetual calendar watches in the Big Pilot’s collection. Developed in the 1980s by Kurt Klaus, IWC’s legendaryContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesSince its launch, the Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection has displayed inspired design, technical qualities and a capacity for constant renewal. The two latest ultra-thin perpetual calendar iterations – a skeleton version and another with a blue dial – come in a new white gold case. They embody an art ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe combination of perpetual calendar and hand-wound chronograph has long been regarded by connoisseurs as one of the highest expressions of the watchmaker’s craft, which Chopard mastered five years ago with the presentation of its first L.U.C. Perpetual Chrono timepiece. The latter houses the L.U.C 03.10-L movement, a veritable horologicalContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesOris’s professional diver’s watch, the AquisPro Date, is the latest watch to be equipped with Oris’s in-house Calibre 400 movement. Boasting elevated levels of anti-magnetism, superior accuracy compared to a chronometer, a five-day power reserve and a 10-year guarantee, Calibre 400 is the new standard in Swiss Made automatic mechanicalContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Patravi ScubaTec Maldives dive watch celebrates Carl F. Bucherer’s long-standing partnership with the Manta Trust. The newest member of the Patravi ScubaTec family, the Maldives watch, was created to raise awareness of the Manta Trust and its remarkable commitment to preserving endangered manta rays and the ecosystems and habitatContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesUlysse Nardin’s links with the sea are as deep as the ocean itself. The Swiss Maison was a pioneer in watchmaking innovation from 1846 when the brand cemented its reputation for incomparably accurate marine chronometers robust navigational instruments that allowed sailors to calculate longitude at sea. Now Ulysse Nardin isContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesSome creations simply stand the test of time – in music, cinema, fashion, and, of course, watchmaking. The Heritage BiCompax Annual by Carl F. Bucherer is proof of that on many levels: highly functional and utterly precise, the elegant chronograph with an annual calendar celebrates the design and savoir-faire ofContinue Reading