Watches & Wonders arrives in China at the West Bund Art Center in Shanghai, from 9 to 13 September 2020. Open by invitation only, this exclusive event is where media, retailers and VIP customers will be the first to discover the new releases of the brands. exhibitors in 2020: A. Lange & Söhne, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Piage [...]
Taking advantage of the digital version of Watches & Wonders 2020, Parmigiani Fleurier presented the new Toric Tourbillon Slate with flying tourbillon at 7 o'clock, framed by a beautifully decorated dial and case. A hybrid of sorts, the Toric Tourbillon Slate appropriates the case of the Toric family of watches but is powered by its automatic tourbillon [...]
In the heart of the Swiss Jura, the Vallée de Joux embraces a serene and calm atmosphere through its forests and mountains. The purity of the sky reveals its deepest mysteries, making it the ideal place for astrologers to study the astral phenomenon. The new Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication takes advantage of over a century and a half of experience of the Jaeger-LeCou maison [...]
Building on the success of the Openworked "One & Two" collection with various models launched in the last two years, which marked a new aesthetic design code for the brand, Speake-Marin now extends its Openworked range with a new complication: a flying tourbillon 60 seconds. The new SMA05 caliber is part of the SMA family of proprietary movements and follows the traditional approach [...]
The A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk is certainly one of the most iconic and revolutionary watches of the Glashütte fashion house. Introduced in 2008, the Zeitwerk was a real 'Game Changer': an example with a minimal appearance with mechanical indication of the jumping digits, balanced by a complex movement, equipped with a constant force escapement. After 12 years, during which [...]
Two years ago, Vacheron Constantin launched the Fiftysix collection, inspired by a 1956 model Ref. 6073 (pictured below), which was the maison's first water-resistant automatic watch. The collection was designed to capture the current mood of vintage watches and appeal to a younger audience. Positioned as an entry-level model, the Fiftysix was [...]
Watches & Wonders 2020 will be remembered as the first multimedia, connected, digital, watchmaking fair. An epochal turning point accelerated and made mandatory by the pandemic. The closing of the trade fairs as we knew them is the end of an idea of popularization that was propelled by the generation of our grandparents. It is the end of a purchase idea that was propelled by [...]
Haute Horlogerie has no room to compromise and that's why Roger Dubuis has never been one to respect the rules. It affirms its uniqueness by combining the mysterious secrets of the noblest traditions with visionary flashes of genius through which it has reached an undisputed and undisputed position as a master of expressive and contemporary watchmaking. The creation p [...]
After the Arktos (2002-2004), North Pole Winter (2006), Pangea (2008-2012) and Pole2Pole (2016-2019) expeditions, Panerai joins Mike Horn again and does so, unveiling a special edition watch, a Submersible Tourbillon GMT available in just 5 pieces, which will allow buyers to experience the Arctic with the South African / Swiss explorer. In the last months [...]