Pequignet Royal Grand Sport
As a preview, here is Pequignet’s Royal Grand Sport collection, which will be unveiled in March at the Baselworld fair. The latest creations from the Pequignet manufacture, the Royal Grand…
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Seamaster Aqua Terra GMT: Omega’s First In-House GMT Movement
The World Watch and Jewellery Show (Baselworld), taking place in March in Basel, will be an opportunity to discover a wealth of new timepieces. On this occasion, Omega will unveil…
Setting Your Watch Properly, by the Book
How do you set your watch? An obvious question for some, but setting a watch follows a set of golden rules that are never worth skipping. Owners of self-winding mechanical…
Bausele Watches: Fragments of Australia
Bausele, the first Australian Swiss Made watch brand, was born from the partnership of three friends passionate about watchmaking, expatriates and lovers of the wide-open spaces of the island continent…
HYT Hydro Mechanical Horologists H1: Liquid Time
HYT (Hydro Mechanical Horologists) is a new watch brand founded by Vincent Perriard. A savvy communicator, he has chosen to reveal a few details of the first model: the H1.…
Pre-Owned Watches: Accessible Luxury?
Buying your first luxury watch is, quite rightly, a luxury. For the past few years, the pre-owned watch market has been booming, allowing seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers alike to start…
Greubel Forsey GMT: A Round-the-World Journey on the Wrist
Greubel Forsey is adding a new complication to its bow with the launch of the Greubel Forsey GMT. A complication coveted by every watchmaking house, but Robert Greubel and Stephen…
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…
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…
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…
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…