As mid-range luxury fashion watches go, Gucci produces some rather cool stuff. For 2017, the Gucci Dive collection has a few interesting models that seek to combine the appeal of a sport watch with the look of embroidered fabric or printed rubber.
The Blancpain Villeret Métiers D’Art Ganesh watch is a tribute to the Hindu Lord Ganesha, and it is a new offering from Blancpain’s Villeret line of watches. Lord Ganesha is one of the most worshipped deities in the Hindu religion and is also known as the patron of arts.
As SIHH 2017 approaches, Ulysses Nardin has just teased three of its new watches that will bolster its Classic collection. See them here first.
Despite the tough economic climate, Asia, specifically Hong Kong and China, remain two of the biggest markets for Swiss watch brands. And to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which will be in late January, 2017, Vacheron Constantin is introducing two new and extremely limited watches.
Just announced from Panerai is a new Luminor 1950 watch with an engraved hunter-style case made for historic British gunmaker Purdey. Panerai has previously worked with Purdey who is also under the Richemont group, and these new models are themed read more…
Recently, we took a close look at The History & Present Of High Jewelry & Fine Watchmaking For Ladies By Bulgari, where we discovered some of the most important creations of the brand, both in the fields of jewelry and ladies’ watches. Today, the subject of our focus will be an unmistakably Bulgari creation, the timeless and ever-vicious snake, as represented by the Bulgari Serpenti.
Filson is an American maker of men’s goods which since 2012 has been owned by the same group that owns Detroit-based watch and goods maker Shinola – a further familial relation to also American company Fossil. That’s just a little bit of background information intended to help frame the nature, purpose, and particular reasons behind a watch that I actually have a lot to say about. The Filson Smokey Bear Watch is among the stranger timepieces I’ve written about lately.
Finer details of watchmaking, including different finishing techniques and proprietary movement construction solutions are very much common knowledge among watch enthusiasts. Haute joaillerie, or “high jewelry,” on the other hand, is a more rarely discussed element in these circles, even though it is very much an integral part of some of the finest timepieces in the world.