Twixt the moon and the deep
May 2009
As anniversaries abound this year, Omega hails the Speedmaster’s trip to the moon in 1969 and the Ploprof, a deep-sea diver’s watch launched a year (…)
‘British Eccentric’: Graham debuts the Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph
April 2009
Four years ago, Graham decided it was time to make a timepiece that was worthy of its namesake, famous British watchmaker George Graham.
Retrospective-Perspective: The Watch industry 2008/2009 - Children of the Bubble
April 2009
Last year, at this same time and when the market was in full euphoria, we wrote in these columns that, “when the watch bubble will explode, (…)
Frederique Constant launches new movement
April 2009
Five years ago, the Frederique Constant brand successfully launched its first in-house movement. Today, it launches its second Calibre.
As watchmaking levitates
April 2009
The management of Concord has nicknamed the brand's latest creation—the C1 QuantumGravity—the `creature´.
Strange Bedfellows - refrigerators, stereos and fine watches at Abt Electronics
April 2009
Usually, fine watches are sold in carefully crafted environments, designed to make customers feel comfortable and luxurious. Watch boutiques are (…)
Carl F. Bucherer's Patravi EvoTec DayDate
April 2009
Last year at Basel, Thomas Morf, the CEO of Carl F. Bucherer, introduced the brand's in-house movement, the CFB A1000, developed (…)
Maîtres du Temps Introduces Another Chapter
April 2009
Steven Holtzman has been in the watch business for his entire life. His father was a distributor of watches and Steven handled the distribution for a number (…)
Revolution: the first Cricket automatic
March 2009
Vulcain is proposing a world’s first: the automation of its alarm mechanical movement, that has existed up to now only in a manual-winding version.
Ladoire delivers its first timepiece, the Roller Guardian Time.
March 2009
Among the newcomers that are working in contemporary timekeeping, with its innovative forms, unusual function displays, and exclusive (…)
Monaco and the cool icon
March 2009
There are very few watches within the industry that can genuinely be called icons. However, there is one watch that nobody argues about concerning its (…)
The crystallization of Swarovski watches
March 2009
With over a hundred years of experience in cutting crystals, Swarovski has decoded to launch its own sparkling timepieces.