Reading Time: 4 minutes The Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges Ruby Heart unites Haute Horologerie with natural ruby heart. Inspired by the romantic union of Constant Girard and Marie Perregaux, the specification of this model includes an 18-carat pink gold case, measuring 38mm in diameter. Encompassing numerous precious stones and refined finishing, this latestContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer Vacheron Constantin presents a high complication limited-edition timepiece, exclusive to the China market. The new Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon China Limited Edition combines aesthetic refinement and technical sophistication into a masculine presentation, echoing the old Chinese saying, “A Gentleman of Jade”. The in-house self-winding calibre isContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon 8 Jours diver’s watch epitomises the encounter between horological complexity and high performance. Its flying tourbillon whirls inside a dedicated opening in the refined blue dial. This new model comes in a surprisingly light titanium version, as well as a red gold version ensuring aContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes A new expression of haute horlogerie, the Zenith way: Defy Zero G Sapphire and Defy 21 Double Tourbillon Sapphire. The Manufacture has reimagined two of its most extraordinary movements through contemporary architecture and finishing techniques that can be admired through luminous and transparent sapphire cases. Just like Georges-Favre Jacot who named hisContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutes La Esmeralda is the famous prizewinning pocket watch made for the ‘Exposition Universelle’ in 1889. This legendary pocket watch blended extraordinary precision with several artistic crafts. As the Manufacture celebrates its 230-year anniversary, it has revisited its iconic timepiece of 1889 and created a wristwatch that both celebrates the Maison’sContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon combines timeless, iconic Portugieser design with a stunning flying minute tourbillon at 6 o’clock. Powered by the newly developed IWC-manufactured hand-wound 81905 calibre with an 84-hour power reserve, this extraordinary timepiece features a case made of 18-carat Armor Gold® and a silver-plated dial.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes On June 26, 1801, or on “7 Messidor An IX”, to use the French Republican calendar in force at the time, Abraham-Louis Breguet secured a patent in Paris for his “watch compensating for all of the inequalities that may be found in the balance wheel and mainspring”. Breguet named hisContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes De Bethune Dream Watch 5 Tourbillon ‘Season 1’ is the result of a genuine challenge issued to De Bethune by the American star Swizz Beatz. Denis Flageollet and his team came up with a response. Mastery of sapphire crystal, skilled workmanship in titanium, horological virtuosity: the outcome is an exceptionalContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes Founded in 2010, CYRUS Genève turned 10 in 2020. To celebrate this important milestone, the Swiss Manufacture has created a limited series of 10 pieces. Due to the current global pandemic and as it happened also for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, we are able to unveil the new KLEPCYSContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ulysse Nardin celebrates the 175 years brand’s anniversary. An impressive number sprinkled with exceptional innovations and technologies, magnificent examples of Haute Horlogerie and deep respect for heritage. During Geneva Watch Days 2021, the Le Locle originated brand revealed seven extraordinary pieces. From there, I selected the Marine Torpilleur Tourbillon GrandContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 1867, Girard-Perregaux unveiled the ‘Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges’ and an icon was born. Unusually, the bridges, three functional parts typically hidden from view, were made an aesthetic element. By taking this decision, the Manufacture became known for making the invisible visible. This approach has been employed on severalContinue Reading