Rather than being a remake, the Heritage Military (ref. L2.811.4.53.0) is loosely based on a 1918 original inside the Longines Museum. The 1918 specimen is typical of First World Watch wristwatches, known as trench watches. Being transitional watches between pocket and wristwatches, trench watches were essentially downsized pocket watches with thin lugs soldered onto the case. Like most […]
A luxury giant that owns brands like Cartier and IWC, Richemont just concluded its annual general meeting and reported its results for the five months to end August 2016 and they aren’t pretty. Richemont saw sales and profits in every segment and geography fall, echoing the gloomy results its rival the Swatch Group announced last month. Excluding […]
Acquired by MELB, H. Moser was maker of one of the watch industry’s most innovative perpetual calendars. Launched in 2006, the Perpetual 1, H. Moser’s interpretation of the perpetual calendar, took the form of a highly elegant, easy-to-read and easy-to-use timepiece bringing the company much critical and commercial acclaim.…
An industrial designer best known for his furniture and lighting – the skeletonised, stacking Chair One being amongst his best known works – Konstantin Grcic was recruited to restyle the Rado Ceramica. Originally a sleek, shiny ceramic wristwatch characterised by unyielding straight lines, the new Ceramica by Konstantin Grcic has a friendlier form with rounded edges in matte ceramic, along with a […]
Journalists attending the de Grisogono press conference in Paris last Friday morning were in for a double treat.
The Singapore Grand Prix is on the agenda again! This coming weekend (September 16-18), the Formula 1 races will get your heart racing, and as usual, watch companies are big sponsors of the race, some with teams racing under their banner. Here is our selection of MUST ATTEND events. These are open to the public which YOU can attend to catch the…
By Roberta Naas
The word on the street is that Stan the Man is definitely the man. Last night he beat Novak Djokovic in the finals tor the big victory — and when he claimed the cup he was still wearing his pink-strapped
Over the last few years, SEVENFRIDAY had impressed both collectors and non-collectors alike with three different series of timepieces. Often known for its conversational and aesthetically-interesting pieces, SEVENFRIDAY have slowly but surely evolved into a brand that is synonymous with style and fashion. Introducing the SEVENFRIDAY Q-Series:…
The Q-Series is the latest iteration of the distinctive SevenFriday look, a complex looking watch with simple, practical functions at an affordable price. Featuring the same NFC-equipped, asymmetrical case as last year’s hard to read V-Series, the new addition to the line is decidedly more user friendly. Time is shown regulator style with the hours […]
The Q-Series is the latest iteration of the distinctive SevenFriday look, a complex looking watch with simple, practical functions at an affordable price. Featuring the same NFC-equipped, asymmetrical case as last year’s hard to read V-Series, the new addition to the line is decidedly more user friendly. Time is shown regulator style with the hours […]