HYT is an independent watchmaker like no other. With creations staging an offbeat dialogue between art and science, the brand has always been nimble and fast at innovation… from the very beginning and their core concept of displaying time with fluids. A few years ago, HYT had presented one of its most unexpected concepts, a […]
A month ago Fortis, a brand specialized in instrument watches for flight purposes presented its modern vision of the “Flieger”. Founded in 1912 in Grenchen, the brand has, since 1987, been a reference for pilot’s watches. Fortis was recently acquired by Jupp Philipp who shared his plans to revive the brand with us, and the […]
Among the historic Swiss watch manufactures, Piaget stands out for its unique expertise in both watchmaking and jewellery. On the occasion of Watches and Wonders Shanghai, Piaget unveils five exceptional tourbillon watches brilliantly showcasing this alchemy between Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie. Piaget Polo Tourbillon Relatif One of Piaget’s most intriguing creations, the Tourbillon Relatif […]
Divers owe a lot to French naval officer Jacques Cousteau and his unrivalled contribution towards marine research. But they also owe a lot to watch manufacturers that create timepieces that pay homage to his pioneering work, like Nordic watch brand, E. C. Andersson. The brand has created the Calypso Denise watch – a dive watch […]
Recently, Ulysse Nardin has demonstrated its boldness by designing ultra-modern watches with architectural openworked movements or complex displays. The brand is also about complications and, ironically, the simplification of these complications. One should keep in mind the work undertaken by the brand with Dr Ludwig Oechslin to simplify its perpetual calendar. In the same vein, […]
Today marks the opening of the first edition of Watches & Wonders Shanghai, the Chinese version of the haute horlogerie show normally held in Geneva. One of the exhibiting brands is Vacheron Constantin, which has something new in its luxury sports watch range… Well, something more luxury than sports in the present case, as Vacheron […]
When Ferdinand Adolph Lange laid the foundation stone of his workshop in the town of Glashütte on 7 December 1845, he also laid the foundations of Saxony’s esteemed watchmaking tradition and put Glashütte firmly on the map. Today, 175 years later, A. Lange & Söhne commemorates this historic milestone with three “Homage to F.A. Lange” […]
Today, A. Lange & Söhne releases a trilogy of limited edition watches to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the foundation of the Saxon brand by F. A. Lange in 1815. The Rattrapante Honeygold is perhaps the most special watch in the trilogy because it is ‘new’. Admittedly, we’ve seen the rattrapante combined with a perpetual […]
Today is the opening of Watches & Wonders Shanghai, a new watch fair dedicated to the Chinese market. While the main idea for exposing brands is to display the watches introduced in April, some of them have decided to benefit from this physical and digital space to launch some new models. Part of them is […]
On an icy winter’s day, 175 years ago, 30-year-old entrepreneur Ferdinand Adolph Lange laid the cornerstone of his pocket watch workshop in the small town of Glashütte, Saxony. To celebrate this milestone in Lange’s watchmaking saga, A. Lange & Söhne presents the 1815 Thin Honeygold “Homage to F.A. Lange”. A straightforward two-hand watch in a […]