We have been inundated with smartwatch products since 2012 and in 2014, smartwatch fervour reached fever pitch peaking at 4 million sold and since then have been on gradual decline. The problem? Most smartwatch products over-promised and under-delivered. The new TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 aims to be thoroughly different.…
The HH Journal is an online publication covering watchmaking news in all its forms and is published by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) which was created in 2005. Here is a selection from recent HH Journal content.
Fabergé is perhaps well known for their eggs as for anything else. The Fabergé Easter Eggs (Russian: Яйца Фаберже́; yaytsa faberzhe) were created by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company between 1885 and 1917. These jewelled eggs gained fame as gifts from the Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their…
Today Omega launched what is a very comprehensive, neatly detailed and, of course, free online catalog of 60 iconic Omega Speedmaster Moonwatches.
Earlier this month, we announced a watch dial design competition with Samsung Mobile and the leading smartwatch watch face platform Facer. Applications are still being accepted, and there’s only a limited time left.
Ressence is one of the lesser known, very small independent watchmakers who have been making waves within the cognoscenti. The watches are catagorised by Types – the Type 1, the Type 3 and the most complicated (to date) the Type 5. This release for SIHH 2017 is the new grey dial for the Type 5. …
Valentine’s Day is around the corner…barely 14 days as we go live with this article. Jaquet Droz introduces a rare gemstone – the astoriet to adorn the dial of the new Petite Heure Minute Astorite just in time for the lovers’ holiday. Here is our take with hands-on impressions of the new watch.…
The Lange booth at the SIHH on the morning of January 17, was very sober and the usual festival mood was largely missing. That morning, the co-founder of the Lange Uhren GmbH who owns the trade name of A. Lange & Söhne has passed away peacefully after a short illness.…
MB&F astonishes with yet another interesting design like no other watch you have ever seen. Pushing the boundaries with space exploration with HM2, HM3 and HM6, with planes with the HM4, and the road with the HM5, HMX and HM8, MB&F takes their adventure to the water: the HM7 Aquapod.…
Creating a Grande Sonnerie is not for the feeble minded. This is an undertaking which sits within the holiest of the holy within the ranks of complicated watchmaking. The ultimate complication. The big Kahuna. The Grande Sonnerie. Greubel Forsey, famed for their inclined tourbillons now join these rarefied ranks, and announces their own Grande…