Digital bespoke
INTERNET
June 2017
More and more luxury brands are offering online customisation, but each in their own different way. We look at two interesting examples.
Watch auctions: three decades of a legend.
HISTORY. PART I
June 2017
In the early 90s, watches at auction could only be found among the general objects to come under the hammer at non-specialist sales. We take a look back in (…)
AUREL BACS : A COLLECTOR OF SUPERLATIVES
Aurel Bacs has put his stamp on today’s auction world with his record-beating sales. What hidden mechanisms are at work behind these skyrocketing sales (…)
RESURRECTING ANTIQUORUM:
ROMAIN REA’S TRICKY TASK
Despite being the first house to launch thematic auctions devoted to watchmaking under the impetus of the charismatic Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum has seen (…)
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WATCHPRINT
June 2017
BREGUET: Watchmakers since 1775 By Emmanuel Breguet OMEGA - Moonwatch Only: 60 years of Speedmaster by Grégoire Rossier and Anthony Marquié PATEK PHILIPPE: (…)
The Rose Golden age
TRENDS & COLOURS
January 2017
Just when we thought rose gold could not saturate the luxury market any further, rose gold dials are making something of a statement in gentlemen’s fine (…)
INDUSTRY - Gem-setting techniques
January 2017
The art of jewellery developed in France in the 17th century. At that time, goldsmiths and silversmiths were tasked with enhancing the brilliance of cut (…)
LOUIS MOINET - The Guinness World Record for the “First Chronograph Ever”
January 2017
After the best part of six months of procedures and thorough investigations, Louis Moinet is especially proud to have become the official holder of the (…)
Hermès: saddler turned watchmaker
December 2016
Hermès is a rare example – the only one, as far as we know – of a saddler turned watchmaker (among other things). In fact, it is through leather that Hermès (…)
The fairer sex in the eyes of Ralph Lauren
BRANDS
October 2016
With the RL888 collection, the Ralph Lauren – Richemont joint venture introduces its first round watch for women. Ralph Lauren is looking to expand its (…)
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By Fabrice Mugnier, Watchprint.com
June 2016
TUDOR ANTHOLOGY MOONWATCH ONLY. THE ULTIMATE OMEGA SPEEDMASTER GUIDE GUIDE.
PATEK PHILIPPE - The manufacture within a manufacture
March 2016
Patek Philippe’s famous slogan, “You never actually own a Patek Philippe, you merely look after it for the next generation,” places its creators under (…)
