What happens when you take Louis Cottier’s world time complication, add a dose of refined Singaporean taste and passion for craftsmanship and entrust the project to a venerable master independent
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By now we’ve established well enough that the world of watchmaking is far from limited to Switzerland, or even Europe. Well beyond the Swiss borders, there’s plenty of amazing stuff
It’s easy to immediately think of Switzerland when it comes to fine watches, but kind of unfair. In some ways, watchmaking and Switzerland are synonymous, like chocolate, or cheese fondue. Yet,
Watch collectors are kinda crazy, of course, but it’s a nice kind of crazy’ says Mr. Alias, a 45 years old entrepreneur from the Netherlands. His collection is eclectic and
Last week, and you hardly can have missed it, Audemars Piguet presented a whole new collection of Royal Oak watches celebrating the 50th anniversary of the icon born in 1972.
The theme of Memento Mori is intended to remind us to cherish each day and to center around symbols of mortality: clocks, hourglasses or skulls. Jacob and Co’s latest iteration
Seiko expands its Prospex Speedtimer chronograph series with a new blue panda-style dial with contrasting black sub-dials. Introduced in 2021, the Prospex Speedtimer celebrates Seiko’s contribution to sports timing with
In the music industry, when a band releases a compilation of its most successful songs, it’s named “best-of” or “greatest hits.” At Omega, such a compilation is named the Speedmaster
It is well known that the Swatch Group, either through Omega (with the Olympics) or Longines, has a long tradition of being the official timekeeper of sports events. Recently, Longines
2022 is a meaningful date for Jacob & Co. as the brand founded by Jacob Arabo expanded its business to luxury watchmaking just 20 years ago. Since then, Jacob &
Cuervo y Sobrinos, the Swiss brand with Cuban roots, has several collections named after famous Cuban cigars. The Prominente, which gets its name from one of the largest Cuban cigars,
The Speake-Marin Academic has been part of the brand’s collection for several years and was introduced during the 2018 edition of the SIHH. The Academic is one of the more
The detent escapement is a grail of chronometry that has rarely been fitted into wristwatches, mainly due to inherent weaknesses – but as with every problem, there is a solution
In the field of dive watches, there are a couple of very well-known heavy hitters, mixed with countless variations on the ever-popular theme. Some have real-life historical relevance, while others
For some years already, the market of luxury sports watches – understand watches with integrated bracelets combining robustness and mechanical refinement – has been stronger than ever before. We’ve seen
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