In less than a week from now, it will be February 29th… Not a big deal, for sure. Unless you’re into watchmaking and want to see something mechanically fascinating. Indeed, watchmakers are sometimes a bit nerdy and imagined a complication that takes into account all the weird things of the Gregorian calendar. This means months […]
Parmigiani Fleurier presents the world’s first Hijri Perpetual Calendar in a wristwatch format. The Hijri Perpetual Calendar – or Islamic Calendar – wristwatch relies on technology developed by Michel Parmigiani for a table clock in 2011, which was, in turn, inspired by the restoration of a pocket watch with an Arabic calendar in 1993. Crafted […]
Combining associates’ names to create a watch brand is something of a tradition in the watch industry. Illustrious examples include Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet or more recently Greubel Forsey. Gaël Petermann and Florian Bédat are not yet part of the Swiss Haute Horlogerie clique, but the work of these young watchmaking talents truly […]
Ultra-thin, automatic, equipped with innovative features and still minimalistic in its design… Breguet‘s Tourbillon Extra-Plat certainly is one of the best watches in its current collection. Launched in 2013 with a guilloché dial as the 5377, this watch also introduced a new movement, one of the thinnest tourbillon calibres on the market. It will be followed by a sleek and desirable white enamel model, and recently by a stunning skeleton model. Today, the brand presents a new edition, with a striking blue enamel dial and platinum case. Meet the Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Blue 5367PT.
Well-executed dials, decorated with classic Grand Feu enamel or elaborate guilloché, can add thousands to the price and define the character of a piece; however, there are times when the sheer absence of a dial can result in the most intriguing aesthetic. André-Charles Caron, legendary clockmaker for Louis XV of France in the mid-18th century, […]
After a really pleasant autumnal version with rose gold/salmon dial, Laurent Ferrier now launches a special version of the Galet Annual Calendar with a warm champagne/sand/yellow gold (chose your prefered name) dial designed to evoke the stylish vintage watches of the 1950s. Sophisticated and user-friendly, the new Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar “Vintage” is limited to […]
As MR PORTER ramps up its watch offering, the online retailer for men’s luxury fashion has been releasing several limited-edition watches. The latest exclusive release is a limited-edition watch with HYT, the independent watchmaker specialized in fluidic indication of the time. Let’s take a closer look at this bold full-black model. Since 2012, HYT stands […]
Bovet’s classic Virtuoso V model, with jumping hours and retrograde seconds on one face and hours, minutes, seconds and power reserve indicator on the reverse, gets a makeover in 2020 with a blue guilloché sub-dial and lavish hand-engraved Fleurisanne motifs. In the same spirit, Bovet’s more contemporary Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One, with its sloping […]
Developed with watchmaker Stephen McDonnell in 2015, the astonishing Legacy Machine Perpetual turned conventional perpetual calendar movements upside down and inside out. Reinventing the QP complication from scratch, with a default 28-day month and a “mechanical processor”, McDonnell’s novel technology eliminates the drawbacks and fragility of conventional QPs and impressed the jury of the GPHG […]
When you think about Breguet, you probably picture a classic watch with elegant proportions, a guilloché dial and a beautifully executed movement. This is partially true, but there’s more to be said about the brand. Certainly, it is one of (if not the) most historically important brands, mainly because its founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet, is behind […]