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Swatch Big Bold Chrono with stopwatch function

Swatch Big Bold Chrono with stopwatch function

Swatch launches Big Bold Chrono with the stopwatch function that allows to play with the very concept of time by pausing or re-setting it as (...)

When Hermès lets out an Aaaaaargh!

When Hermès lets out an Aaaaaargh!

HUMOUR AND HAUTE HORLOGERIE

Having uttered a frightening “Grrrrr!” then howled an “Awooooo” to the moon, Hermès has just let out a wild “Aaaaargh”! The horological bestiary of one of the (...)

Montblanc: introducing the 1858 Geosphere Limited Edition

Montblanc: introducing the 1858 Geosphere Limited Edition

Precise, legible, and robust for use in extreme conditions, the professional Minerva watches from the 1920s and 1930s were conceived for military use. The (...)

Hanhart's 417 ES: an exciting revival

Hanhart’s 417 ES: an exciting revival

More than 60 years ago, this historic model served as the first pilot’s chronograph for the German armed forces. Today it combines the best design with the (...)

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Jaeger-LeCoultre will organize public workshops and visits

Jaeger-LeCoultre will organize public workshops and visits

ATELIER D’ANTOINE

The Swiss brand announces the opening of “Atelier d’Antoine”, a new initiative that gives watch collectors, enthusiasts and members of the general public the (...)

Kauri, an independent watchmaker's journey

Kauri, an independent watchmaker’s journey

NEW BRAND

Samuel Gillioz first trained at the Ecole d’Horlogerie in Geneva before honing his skills with some of the most prestigious watchmakers, including Vacheron (...)

Mido: a set of new Belluna Royal timepieces

Mido: a set of new Belluna Royal timepieces

Mido is subtly revisiting its Belluna collection and giving it a chic and rebellious new face thanks to a cushion-shaped case. The timepiece’s design is (...)

Girard-Perregaux: The Cosmos Infinity

Girard-Perregaux: The Cosmos Infinity

WHEN INNOVATION MEANS TWO GLOBES

A solar day contains 24 hours. A sidereal day, the exact measurement of celestial time, lasts 23 hours and 56 minutes. To do full justice to this minute (...)

Grand Seiko's new addition to the 60th anniversary collection

Grand Seiko’s new addition to the 60th anniversary collection

The revolutionary automatic caliber 9SA5 and a powerful new look are completing the Japanese brand’s celebration. Discover the three innovations that set (...)

Patek Philippe: a new face for the Twenty~4 line

Patek Philippe: a new face for the Twenty~4 line

The manufacture is stepping up the allure of its Twenty~4 collection exclusively for women with a fresh interpretation of the original “manchette” or (...)

Hublot unveils its Haute Joaillerie Collection 2020

Hublot unveils its Haute Joaillerie Collection 2020

Hublot introduces three new high jewellery models which marry the technical performance of the manufacture movements, the sophisticated beauty of diamonds (...)

Urwerk: the UR-100

Urwerk: the UR-100

WHEN INNOVATION MEANS SPACE-TIME

Let’s stay in space with the UR-100, the “fourth episode in the intergalactic saga of the 100 collection”, as Martin Frei, co-founder of Urwerk, in-house (...)

De Bethune presents the DW5 “Cempasúchil”

De Bethune presents the DW5 “Cempasúchil”

A ONE-OFF CREATION

As every year in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, the Cempasúchil blossom sings the joy of an enduring celebration. De Bethune celebrates the Day of the Dead (...)

Introducing the Laureato Absolute Crystal Rock by Girard-Perregaux

Introducing the Laureato Absolute Crystal Rock by Girard-Perregaux

Girard-Perregaux unveils the Laureato Absolute Crystal Rock, a new model that draws upon the company’s vast experience, amassed since its inception in 1791. (...)

Louis Moinet: The Space Revolution

Louis Moinet: The Space Revolution

WHEN INNOVATION IS SCIENCE FICTION

We already knew that Jean-Marie Schaller, the CEO of Louis Moinet – named after the astronomercum- watchmaker who had more or less fallen into oblivion – (...)

De Bethune: the DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon

De Bethune: the DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon

WHEN INNOVATION IS TRANSPARENCY AND LIGHTNESS

Denis Flageollet, the founder and master watchmaker at De Bethune, has always said he takes his inspiration from classic, high-end horology while (...)

Three brand new versions of the TAG Heuer Monaco

Equipped with the watchmaker’s Calibre Heuer 02 manufacture movement, these newcomers to the TAG Heuer Monaco chronograph range feature details inspired by (...)

Bernhard Lederer's Central Impulse Chronometer

Bernhard Lederer’s Central Impulse Chronometer

WHEN INNOVATION MEANS TWO ESCAPE WHEELS

We might as well say it straight out: it is absolutely impossible to sum up here every feature that constitutes the huge originality of the calibre 9012, (...)

Stefano Ricci presents its first range of watches

Stefano Ricci presents its first range of watches

Stefano Ricci, the Florentine luxury lifestyle brand for men, presents Octagon, its first range of watches. The collection consists of a Perpetual (...)

Swatch presents Sistem51 bio-reloaded models

Swatch presents Sistem51 bio-reloaded models

The recently introduced bio-sourced materials, extracted from the seeds of the castor plant, now debut in the brand’s mechanical watch line Sistem51, a real (...)

Ferdinand Berthoud: the Chronomètre FB 2RE

Ferdinand Berthoud: the Chronomètre FB 2RE

WHEN INNOVATION MEANS COMBINATION

The Chronomètre FB 2RE, the architecture and modular case of which are directly inspired by the Marine No. 6 clock built by the great horologist Ferdinand (...)

Timeless: the new brand with a retro-futurist design

The daring and successful gamble taken by a young 3D illustrator from French-speaking Switzerland with a passion for watchmaking was to launch his own (...)

Greubel Forsey Balancier S

Greubel Forsey Balancier S

INNOVATION IN INCLINATION

A large balance wheel measuring 12.6mm, set at 7 o’clock and inclined at an astonishing angle, immediately catches the eye. Is it inclined for purely (...)

Omega Speedmaster “Silver Snoopy Award” 50th Anniversary

Omega Speedmaster “Silver Snoopy Award” 50th Anniversary

In 1970, Omega received the coveted “Silver Snoopy Award” from the astronauts at NASA, recognising the brand’s unique contributions to space exploration, as (...)