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May
2013
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Two-time IZOD IndyCar Series Champion Scott Dixon will wear a timepiece created by Louis Moinet for this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 race. The Scott Dixon chronograph has been developed in collaboration with the multi-award-winning racing driver.
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May
2013
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Bremont is the official UK watch supplier and timekeeper for Walking With The Wounded’s South Pole Allied Challenge, marking the beginning of the brand’s support for the charity.
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May
2013
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de Grisogono confirmed that a 2 million Euros High Jewellery necklace has been stolen during last Tuesday’s Eden Roc Party in Cannes.
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May
2013
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The partnership established almost a decade ago between two iconic names that have made a strong contribution to the development of their respective spheres of activity – Fine Watchmaking and sports cars – has given rise to spectacular technical innovations and watch creations reflecting the values shared by these two legendary brands.
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May
2013
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Montegrappa, Italy’s most revered manufacturer of fine writing implements, will inaugurate its second century with a series of Elvis Presley pens, licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.
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May
2013
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William Rohr, the Managing Director of TimeZone.com, the world’s largest watch discussion forum on the Internet and a watch consultant for Bonhams, has joined Digital Luxury Group.
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May
2013
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To honor its 20th anniversary, de Grisogono unveiled a breath-taking 20th Anniversary Collection of High Jewellery. Fawaz Gruosi presented 20 creations which fully epitomize the essence of de Grisogono…
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The figures are there, impressive, unmistakable: in 2012, the Swiss watchmaking industry passed the historic barrier of CHF 20 billion at export (figures declared at customs), reaching 21.418 billion. This is a growth of nearly 10 per cent compared with 2011 and 32.5 per cent over 2010. To this we have to add the Swiss domestic market, then multiply everything by a factor of 3, 4 or 5… depending on the margins that vary greatly from one brand to another to estimate the global turnover of the Swiss watchmaking industry. Let us say, for the sake of argument and for want of any means of measuring the statistics more precisely, that this is around CHF 60 billion…
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1932. The Stern family buys Patek Philippe. The same year, Reference 96 is launched and is promised a great future under the name Calatrava. And so the story of a collection starts. Yet nothing appears more "simple" than this Reference 96, whose round shape and absolute sobriety are dedicated entirely to a single function: that of displaying the time with the greatest possible perfection, in a timeless form.
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Unlike with many other watchmaking factories, a visit to Girard-Perregaux’s production facilities, housed in a magnificent turn-of the-century building complex in the heart of La Chaux-de-Fonds, is enough to remind you of the company’s 223-year history…
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The sports watch can take on numerous guises, from the ultra-technical instrument watch for pilots to highly-resistant divers’ pieces, not forgetting the humble but equally sporty chronograph. Here we present a mixture of the latest arrivals in this segment, mixing the traditional and not-so-traditional with the highly innovative.
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In 2010, Maurice Lacroix launched its Roue Carrée, an innovation that was spectacular in its “simplicity”, offering an interplay of shapes and movement on the dial that had never been seen before. This year the Saignelégier-based manufacture returns with another astonishing way of reading the time…
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Chopard launches a major automobile offensive, taking its inspiration directly from the world of the motor car for two of its flagship launches: a new collection called Superfast and an “aesthetic hybrid”, the L.U.C Engine One H…
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The Türler family watch retail business celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, having been established as a company in Biel, Switzerland at 8.30am on 5th February 1883…
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The T-1000 Gotham by Rebellion is a lethal weapon with a titanium case mounted on an aluminium chassis. Its size is not for girls: 52.2 X 47.9 mm, for a thickness of 18.2 mm. It has no less than six barrels, which are wound in parallel by a central transmission arbour that drives two chains. The resulting power reserve is record-breaking
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There is an impressive piece on show at Graham at BaselWorld: the Geo.Graham The Moon. A flying tourbillon shares room on the blue dial with an enormous high-precision, hand-pained retrograde moon phase…
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We know that Christophe Claret is one of the most sensitive watchmakers to sound, from innovative repeaters to cathedral gongs. Starting from a simple observation, he has developed a mono-pusher chronograph that sounds when it is activated…
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Just like the tortoise in the fable, Antoine Martin’s Slow Runner has arrived “just in time” for BaselWorld, but well before a number of hares that have exhausted themselves on the way there…
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