Reading Time: 2 minutesBlancpain celebrates the 2022 Lunar New Year by unveiling a new version of its Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar. Crafted in platinum and issued in a 50-piece limited edition, this watch presents the indications of the lunisolar calendar on a white grand feu enamel dial. The zodiac sign of the year,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterpreted in steel or gem-set rose gold, the Hermès Heure H appears adorned with coloured stones and diamonds.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe new Chronofighter Vintage Aviator includes two limited edition variants, each dressed in a stealthy shade of black. They are dark, menacing and ready to fire. As they break cover, emerging from the shadows, their eye-catching altimeter-themed details come into view, bright and punchy. Go on, pull the trigger andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe engineers at Patek Philippe “Advanced Research” have extended the horizon of its chiming watches by developing a totally new all-mechanical sound amplifying system. This fortissimo “ff” module consists of a flexibly suspended sound lever and an oscillating wafer made of transparent sapphire-crystal glass. In comparison with conventional minute repeaters andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesSuper AVI, the newest watch series from Breitling, is a celebration of aviation history with designs inspired by the original 1953 “Co-Pilot” Ref. 765 AVI aviator’s watch and four legendary planes: the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, the Vought F4U Corsair, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, and the de Havilland Mosquito.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesSeiko introduces into the Prospex collection a new interpretation of the 1968 diver’s watch that is even better equipped to meet the challenge of the most extreme conditions on earth. This watch, with its advanced specifications, will be worn by members of the 63rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition’s mission toContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesSix decades after wowing the watch industry, the Edox Hydro-Sub makes a spectacular return. The Edox Hydro-Sub Automatic Chronometer Limited Edition is new, improved and with 21st-century smarts – but still infused with the timelessly cool DNA of the original 1960s Hydro-Sub, the timepiece that helped make Edox the ‘WaterContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesTime Æon Foundation joins forces with Ferdinand Berthoud for a new adventure under the name of Naissance D’une Montre 3. Sharing the same values, their perpetual quest for the transmission of knowledge and training brings the two entities together for a common purpose.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesChristie’s Fine Watchmaking: Important Timepieces and the Independent Collection TOTAL: $5,518,250 95% SOLD BY LOT | 143% HAMMER ABOVE LOW ESTIMATE CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM OF THE EXCEPTIONAL YEAR OF WATCHES GLOBAL PARTICIPATION FROM 34 COUNTRIES | 30% NEW REGISTRANTS Greubel Forsey, Invention Piece 3, Tourbillon 24-hour display with minutes, smallContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesPforzheim, December 2021 – The new Edition 96 from the German watch manufacturer Laco is masculine, durable, solid and yet with the seductive coolness of deep black. True to its name, there are only 96 copies of this limited edition available and it is based on the successful “Scorpion” seriesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesPiaget has always treasured Chinese culture. For 10 years now the Maison has released a unique limited-edition timepiece for the Chinese New Year featuring the year’s zodiac animal in grand feu enamel: Piaget Altiplano Year of the Tiger Watch in cloisonné enamel Ref. G0A46540.Continue Reading