Singaporean collector Benjamin Chee has entered our watchmaking vocabulary with his insatiable appetite for refined watchmaking expressed through his three separate watch brands – BCHH, Celadon HH (Haute Horlogerie) and Milléchron. Celadon HH, founded by Chee in 2012, is the Chinese arm of Chee’s watchmaking emporium and is determined to change our perception of the […]
Vacheron Constantin has long demonstrated a commitment to perpetuate and encourage the traditional and often rare métiers d’art skills. The brand’s Métiers d’Art watches find their inspiration in art, history, and culture. On the occasion of Watches and Wonders Shanghai 2023, a new chapter in this collection is unveiled with a quartet of limited edition […]
Seiko is a force to contend with in the watchmaking arena and rarely a fortnight goes by without a fresh release. The latest offering from the giant Japanese brand is a trilogy of Presage models from the Craftsmanship Series combining incontestable mechanics with traditional Japanese crafts. Decorated with handcrafted enamel and Urushi lacquer dials, the […]
A seasoned collector turned entrepreneur, Benjamin Chee is passionate about exquisite bespoke handcrafted objects. To sate his thirst for refined watches, the Singaporean created his flagship Benjamin Chee Haute Horlogerie (BCHH) in 2019, teaming up with some of the top names in watchmaking like Svend Andersen of Andersen Genève. One of the most remarkable models […]
Want to understand why Patek Philippe is considered the “ne plus ultra” in the realm of watchmaking, and you happen to be in Tokyo between the 10th and 25th of June? Well, there is one event you cannot miss because Patek Philippe is in town hosting the sixth edition of its Grand Exhibition, offering visitors […]
Everybody is familiar with the big names in Japanese watchmaking like Seiko, Grand Seiko and Citizen, but not everybody has heard about Minase, a microbrand from Japan specialising in complex cases with superlative handmade finishings. The Minase 7 Windows is not, as its name would seem to suggest, an ode to Microsoft’s operating system; it […]
Bulgari is becoming a force to contend with in the watchmaking arena, and not just because of its ultra-thin, razor-sharp Octo Finissimo range that has scaled the podium to achieve ‘iconic’ stature in less than a decade. As Rome’s most celebrated jeweller, Bulgari’s high-jewellery watches are no less spectacular. And we’re not just talking about […]
Announced in 2019, the partnership between Vacheron Constantin and Le Louvre in Paris now goes a step further. In 2020, the Bid for the Louvre charity offered the opportunity for a buyer to customize a watch featuring one of the museum collection’s artworks on its dial – with the proceeds of the auction bid going […]
Fans of Grand Seiko’s White Birch watch are in for a treat with the release of this hand-engraved platinum edition that takes the birch forest motif beyond the confines of the dial. Enthusiastically received when it appeared in 2020, the silvery textured White Birch or Shirakaba motif has graced the dials of Hi-Beat and Spring […]
In a very short period of time, Louis Erard has made a name for itself as a go-to brand for original collaboration watches and for its democratising approach to offering traditional métiers d’art to a broader public. The latest model flaunts an exquisite handmade dial using wood marquetry to depict an abstract cubist pattern. Handmade […]