GPHG 2011: The Winners
The 11th edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), held on 19 November 2011 in Geneva, crowned the elite of global watchmaking in front of nearly 1,500 guests.…
Marvin: Private Preview Watch Sales
Watchmaker Marvin is holding private sales on its website from 21 November to 31 December 2011. At stake: discounts of up to 70% on selected watches. Before getting to the…
James Bond’s Rolex Up for Auction
James Bond’s watch is going under the hammer at Christie’s in Geneva. The Rolex Submariner worn by Roger Moore in Live and Let Die, released in 1973 and directed by…
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2011: Opening Cocktail
Nearly 350 guests attended the opening cocktail reception on 8 November 2011 for the exhibition of the watches preselected by the jury of the 11th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève…
Timefy Gets a Fresh New Look
Timefy—do you know it? This website offers a carefully curated selection of decidedly urban watches. It’s not a watch supermarket, but rather a showcase of designer watches sourced from all…
Nixon: The Ceramic Time Teller
The Nixon The Ceramic Time Teller watch embodies the brand’s recent move upmarket. As the Time Teller helped make Nixon’s name, it was only natural that this model would be…
Linde Werdelin SpidoSpeed: The Review
Limited to just 100 pieces, Linde Werdelin’s SpidoSpeed watch is anything but indifferent. A Danish watchmaking house founded in 2002 by Morten Linde and Jorn Werdelin, Linde Werdelin has consistently…
The Story of Nixon: The Boardsports Brand
In 1997, under the California sun, Chad DiNenna and Andy Laats created Nixon, a brand of watches and accessories aimed more specifically at board-sports enthusiasts. The adventure began in 1996,…
Barack Obama’s Watch
What watch does Barack Obama wear? While our President is particularly fond of his Patek Philippe 3940 Perpetual Calendar Automatic and his Girard-Perregaux 1996 model (Nicolas Sarkozy’s watches), Barack Obama…
Post-it Watches
The post-it war really made Post-its sexy this summer. Here’s a new concept developed by Doriane Favre: the Post-it watch. Because you can’t take your refrigerator door with you, Post-it…
The Story of Piaget: “Always Do Better Than Necessary”
Piaget, an iconic watch brand, has written some of the most important chapters in modern watchmaking. A look back at more than a century of Piaget history—through the lens of…
A DeLorean Watch!
Marty McFly, the hero of Back to the Future, has reason to celebrate. The legendary DeLorean, a car elevated to icon status by Robert Zemeckis’s film, is teaming up with…
MB&F Legacy Machine No. 1, Avant-Garde and Tradition
MB&F decided to deliver a masterful horological slap in the face by creating the Legacy Machine No.1 (LM1). MB&F had “got us used” to watches with mind-blowing shapes through the…
Swatch Touch: New Designer Watches and Touchscreens
Swatch launches the Swatch Touch 2011: a new collection of designer watches, colourful and featuring touch-sensitive LCD screens. Swatch delivers an ambitious, forward-looking collection with the Swatch Touch. Beyond the…
Nixon The Automatic II
Nixon is launching a new version of its The Automatic watch, simply named “The Automatic II“. With it, the Californian brand is stepping into watchmaking with a timepiece powered by…
Rolex Signs with Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods, the naughty golfer, has just signed a sponsorship deal with the Swiss watch brand Rolex. The first major brand willing to place its trust in the Tiger again…