Blancpain Adds A Day-Date To The Villeret Collection
Known for its superb clean dials and manufacture movements, the Villeret Collection from Blancpain now boasts a horological complication that indicates the day of the week and the date.
By Adrienne Faurote
#Throwbackthursday: Breitling Duograph owned by Formula One Champion Jack Brabham
Celebrity owned watches always seem to obtain a premium, especially when the watch itself is desirable as well. That was also the case of this Breitling Duograph, which was previous the property of three-times Formula One Champion Jack Brabham.
Having A Ball With Dior Timepieces
Dior Timepieces show off French creativity and Swiss watchmaking with the latest creations from the Dior Grand Bal collection,
Bovet Lights Up with Luminous Château de Môtiers 40
The novel Château de Môtiers 40 “Papillon” flutters with a butterfly motif that combines the Swiss horologer’s decorative craftsmanship and modern luminosity.
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Decimal Strike in Honey Gold: A Sweet Delight
With the Zeitwerk Lange & Söhne has been able to create an icon that can step out of the shadow of the Lange 1, and hold its ground. Yet with the Zeitwerk the brand also created something else in the process: the perfect canvas for audible complications. Already available as Striking Time, which chimes the hours and quarters, and as a Minute Repeater, it is now joined by a Decimal Strike.
The Death of Two-Tone
The latest edition of Baselworld confirmed the obvious: two-tone is dead! Where generally at least a few brand carry the steel-gold variety, now there were no prominent watches offered in this combination. The exception to this rule is, however, Rolex, who introduced the Sky-Dweller not only in steel but also in steel-gold.
Haute Complication: F.P. Journe Centigraphe Sport Titane
A titanium chronograph doesn't sound like something François-Paul Journe would make, yet he does, but of course, it is not just any titanium chronograph.
de Grisogono turns New Retro into Skeleton Tourbillon
Just two years after introducing the de Grisogono New Retro, the watchmaking House from Geneva adds a Skeleton Tourbillon to the collection.
Watch of the Week: Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph Panorama Date
When it comes to watches from Glashütte, the vast majority of them are either classical pieces in precious metal cases or Bauhaus-inspired designs. In this, the steel Senator Chronograph Panorama Date by Glashütte Original stands apart in more than one way.
Why Diamond Set Watches Are Their Own Complication
Diamond set watches are in a category of their own. While not everybody's taste, the technical complexity of creating them is nothing short of fascinating.
Four Remarkable New Tourbillons
Will people ever grow bored of tourbillons? Probably not, as they are still the preferred complication of many collectors. However, it is not only the complication itself that keeps the attention, but it is also the seemingly never-ending creativity of the watch brands who continue to dream up enticing new versions of it.
Monsieur de Chanel: A Watch Connoisseurs Choice?
It might raise a few eyebrows: using the words "Chanel" and "Watch Connoisseurs" in the same sentence. Yet the Monsieur de Chanel seems to have everything worthy of a watch connoisseur's attention.
#ThrowbackThursday: Universal Geneve Aero-Compax
Vintage chronographs: mention them, and you can see lights start to twinkle in the eyes of many watch collectors. All vintage chronographs share this appeal, but only a few grew out to be icons of their category. One of them is the Aero-Compax by Universal Geneve.
Inside the Haute Living Chicago Launch Dinner with Javier Baez
Inside Haute Living's Chicago Launch Dinner With Javier Baez.
Ceramic: The New Steel?
When Audemars Piguet introduced the very first Royal Oak in 1972, it turned stainless steel into a noble material. Although not such an instant revolution as steel was, ceramic is becoming more and more the material of choice for high-end watches, but is it the new steel?
MB&F M.A.D. Gallery Measures Time with Three Kinetic Sculptures
M.A.D. Gallery, avant-garde horologer’s MB&F’s art space, is now hosting a kinetic installation by engineer and artist Florian Schlumpf.
New Trends in Complicated Ladies Watches
The time that quartz movements where the staple in women's watches is slowly passing. Over the last couple of years, the demand for mechanical ladies watches has grown significantly. With mechanical watches on the rise, also comes more interest in the more complicated movements.