We’re calling it. Winter is here. We’ve broken out the light knits and switched the office AC from ‘cool’ to ‘heat’. One thing that’s not cooling down (see what I did there) is the always-exciting world of watch news. SIHH and Basel collections are starting to trickle into local markets, and now that the big fairs are out of the way, everyone seems to be getting stuck into the year in earnest. The other important news is that we’ve made the shift from beer to darker spirits for our (now fortnightly) winding down. Chin Chin! What happened Earlier this year Aldo Magada resigned as CEO of Zenith after almost three years in the role. Well, now we know who Magada’s replacement is – Julien Tornare, a man who’s spent the last 17 years working at Vacheron Constantin. We’re hoping that Tornare will bring some stability to Zenith, which has struggled to regain its feet after the infamous (and nearly fatal) reign of Thierry Nataf. This week we’ve had a (quite unintentional) focus on moon watches, though we’ve been talking about astronomical complications rather than astronauts. Omega has had its mind firmly on the latter category as it kicked off its…
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