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Pre-SIHH 2017: HYT Brings Mechanical Lumination to the Pocket Watch

By Roberta Naas
Just in time for the upcoming SIHH 2017, HYT unveils an exciting new timepiece that blends history with futuristic concepts. In its all new Skull Pocket watch, the brand combines its famed liquid time indication with a mechanical light source to enhance the dial and time-telling function — all in a modern, yet vintage-inspired, pocket watch rendition. This marks the brand’s first-ever skull, mechanical light source combination. It is also the brand’s first pocket watch.

Announcement – Xavier Markl Joins Monochrome as Director of Business Development

End of last year we already announced that Tom Mulraney and Matthew Catellier strengthened our team, today we can report that Xavier Markl joins our team as Director of Business Development. You might be familiar with his name, as he wrote our Technical Perspective guides, with concise introductions to all things technical in wristwatches. Xavier isn’t new to the watch industry, as he has an already impressive career working for some of the most esteemed brands.

H. Moser: Making Swiss Made Great Again? Should it Matter?

Towards the tail end of 2016, H Moser & Cie, makers of a genre of chic conservative timepieces and fairly recent media masters released yet another thought provoking invective – a letter whose rallying cry can be summed up thusly “no to Swiss Made, yes to Swissness.” Within the spheres of social media,…

Inside The Educational Boutique Of Glashütte Original In Paris

You might think that a boutique is… a boutique, meaning that in the end, the goal is to discover and buy watches. Well, this conception was true until a few years ago. However, today this perception might be slightly different and collectors, enthusiasts or newcomers have different wishes and want a different experience. While opening a new boutique Rue de la Paix, in the heart of the Paris’ watch heaven, Glashütte Original had this in mind. Today, we’d like to share with you the new approach wanted by the brand, based on education, understanding and didactical experience.

H. Moser & Cie Removes “Swiss Made” From Its Watches And Teases Us With The Upcoming Most Swiss Watch Ever Created

As of the 1st of January 2017, the “Swiss Made” label will change its rules, being reinforced and aiming in providing a more Swiss production to the end consumer. In other words, a “Swiss Made” watch will have to comprise 60% of components of Swiss origin in order to be considered eligible (as a reminder, the previous rule was that at least 50% of a watch’s value has to be realized in Switzerland). A reinforcement it is, however, not enough for a manufacture named H. Moser & Cie. For various reasons that we’ll explain, the brand doesn’t agree anymore with these rules, deciding to forgo the Swiss Made label and jointly, unveiling the most Swiss watch ever created; produced in Switzerland, by Swiss watchmakers and using materials of Swiss origin.

Montblanc Unveils Pre-SIHH 2017 Vintage 1858 Watches – In Bronze

By Roberta Naas In a sneak peek at one of the new mini-collections coming out at SIHH 2017, Monblanc unveils the vintage-inspired 1858 Chronometer Tachymeter Limited Edition 100 in bronze and it’s a beauty. It has all of the

TAG Heuer Appoints Alec Monopoly As Art Provocateur – and J.C. Biver Tells Us Why It’s Good For TAG

A few days ago, right from the Miami Contemporary Art week, TAG Heuer and its CEO, Jean-Claude Biver (also President of the LVMH Watch Division), announced the appointment of American street-artist Alec Monopoly as Art Provocateur for the Avant-Garde brand. Well, as you may have seen already (it was all over social medial feeds), some reacted quite fiercely to this announcement, judging the collaboration rather irrelevant. However, we were there and we took the time to sit down with Mister Biver and Alec Monopoly, to understand what was behind this appointment. And we can tell you that first, it’s far from being a stupid idea, then it’s a real first in the industry and finally, it’s a great idea for an industry that faces a lack of creativity.

Hublot Introduces Three New Big Bang Ferrari Watches

For already half a decade Hublot and Ferrari have joined forces in creating some of the industries most innovative watches. The new Big Bang Ferrari is a

Parmigiani Fleurier Unveils 1950 Tonda Meteorite Watch

By Roberta Naas
Meteorite dials are a rare and wonderful breed — each dial is unique and makes the watch unique. That may well be why Parmigiani Fleurier opts for white,blue or black meteorite dials in the new 1950 Tonda Meteorite anniversary collection. Here we take a

14 Winning Watches at GPHG 2016

By Roberta Naas
Last night in Geneva, 14 timepieces were honored at the annual Grand Prix de Horlogerie Geneva, which pays tribute to one watch in each of a dozen different categories. The final 14 winners were culled down from an initial 160+ watches that were submitted by brands in June. Additionally there was a Special Jury Prize awarded to The George Daniels Educational Trust. Here we bring you a look at the winning watches

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