Swiss watchmaker Franck Muller is celebrating its 20th anniversary in style.  To commemorate the milestone, Franck Muller plans to release a series of iPhone 4 cases—called the ‘Sparkling Model’ Jacket Collection—onto the Japanese market.  The anniversary series will include six designs—showcasing elaborately cut patterns, filled with colorful Swarovski crystals. Getting your hands on this bling […]

Swatch Group announced the opening of The Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai—a lavish restoration of the former South Building of the Peace Hotel–built in the 20th century.  Situated in the heart of Shanghai’s luxury mile, the six-story red brick building has been beautifully restored while remaining mindful of the hotel’s significance as a historical […]

On November 2, Italian high-end watchmaker Officine Panerai hosted “Time + Space: A Look Back at the ‘Clockwork Universe’” at the Explorers Club in New York City.  The event celebrated the 400thAnniversary of Galileo Galilei’s discovery of the four moons of Jupiter with a panel discussion featuring the world’s leading astronomers: Dr. Owen Gingerich, Dr. Anthony […]

Located at the historic penthouse at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, the first West Coast Hour Lounge collector event included a live discussion about watch design, technical developments and collector preferences. The penthouse at the Fairmont served as an elegant and enchanting backdrop for the first Hour Lounge event in San Francisco. The penthouse was constructed […]

Blancpain has unveiled its latest extension of the Fifty Fathoms watch line, the X FATHOMS watch in a very unqiue way on October 26th! The ceremony took place in Dubai with CEO Marc A. Hayek along with champion underwater freediver, Gianluca Genoni, holder of more than 15 free-diving records. The X Fathoms is a world premiere concept watch, […]

The  Atlas Gent Square Chronograph is one of Tiffany & Co.’s most special timepieces and the new model has recently debuted and is ready for the public. This haute watch is signature Tiffany’s but with an array of new and unique features. With a 40mm, 18 carat red gold case, classic square face with roman […]

The ”GMT” marks a significant milestone for Greubel Forsey, as it is the brand’s first timepiece to feature a complication other than a tourbillon. The GMT is distinguished by an eye-catching rotating globe offering an intuitive view of the time all over the world, as well as a 24 Seconds Tourbillon. With this remarkable timepiece, Robert Greubel and […]

Chrstie’s Hong Kong will hold a sale of ‘Important Watches’ on Nov. 30, offering over 550 rare watches.  The collection is valued at an excess of $11 million and features both vintage and modern timepieces from the 1940s through present day. The sale will feature high jewelry watches, Chinese market enamels, pocket watches, and some […]

Go into any boutique that sells luxury watches and you’ll be confronted with a scale of prices that rise sharply as watches become more complicated.  At the pinnacle is the complication known as the tourbillon (French for “whirlwind.”)  If you’ve never seen one before, one look and you’ll remember it forever; it’s a rotating spiderweb […]

What goes around, comes around –call them ultra thin or extra flat, thin dress watches are back, and a rose by any other name would be just as elegant.  Though a newcomer to fine watchmaking in recent years might be forgiven for not knowing it, making a thin watch (and wearing one) was for decades […]

Jacob Arabo doesn’t just make timepieces. He adorns the arms of the rich and powerful. Arabo’s flawless attention to detail and consistent execution of his unique timepieces has established Jacob & Co. as the most sought after jewelry and watch manufacturer for top clients around the world. The brand’s hugely diverse clientele, first made popular […]

The Only Watch charity auction is more than just a gathering of over-the-top timepieces made by watchmaking’s elite and the wealthy buyers who bid for them. This Antiquorum auction is the story of one man’s heroic dedication to fighting a disease that has afflicted his son and his connection to a man that, in watchmaking […]

Patrik P. Hoffmann is stepping up. Hoffmann has taken the helm at renowned timepiece manufacturer UlysseNardin as the successor of beloved President and CEO Rolf W. Schnyder, who passed away unexpectedly in April. “He left an extremely healthy company behind,” Hoffmann said of his predecessor. “He was a radiant guy. He was never short on […]

  Once upon a time, two Hong Kong jewelry store veterans met in Los Angeles. Sparks flew, and Chong Hing Jewelers was born. And everyone lived luxuriously ever after. Since Ronald and Ellen Lee opened Chong Hing Jewelers in 1970, it’s been a California sanctuary for high-end jewelry and top-of-the-line timepieces. Such great success comes […]

For hundreds of years watches were made with just three materials: brass, steel, and ruby bearings. Patek Philippe is often considered the guardian of watchmakng’s most elegantly conservative high craftsmanship (with prices that match its peerless quality). But with its new limited-edition 5550P perpetual calendar, it’s taken a bold leap into a high tech future. […]

The World Time watch is one of the most useful complications for travelers; but though it’s been around since the 1930s, watchmakers have constantly been working ever since to make it more convenient and easy to use. There have been a bevy of new world time watches in recent months, and one of the most […]