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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In 1977, Vacheron Constantin introduced the reference 222 to mark the brand's 222nd anniversary. Designed by Jörg Hysek, the 222 was a high-end sports watch with a tonneau-shaped case that was water resistant to 120m, a notched bezel and an integrated bracelet. Reinvented in 2016, under the auspices of the artistic director Christian Se [...]
Panerai's "Laboratorio de Idee" is a platform designed and created to explore and innovate materials, today a field of expertise for the brand. The latest addition to the vast choice of high-tech materials is Fibratech, a material made from mineral fibers produced by melting basalt rock. Thin layers are superimposed with a precise orientation and [...]
Finally, the thinnest automatic mechanical watch ever built passes from the concept phase to actual production and officially becomes available on the market. It was the year 2018 when Piaget became the absolute protagonist of the scene during the SIHH and broke the record for the thinnest mechanical watch in the world by unveiling the Altiplano Ultimate Concept. With a special [...]
The Grand Sport Tourbillon was unveiled a year ago as Laurent Ferrier's vision of a high-end luxury sports watch, mixing a very common case material such as steel, with a delicate, entirely hand-finished tourbillon movement. Presented for the first time with a brown dial and a rubber strap, the Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon is back here [...]