The recent victory of Joseph Schooling in the Rio 2016 Olympics coincides has certainly piqued Singaporean interest in swimming. In tribute to our first national gold medal earned by a born and bred Singaporean in the international games, Deployant dedicates this weekend to recommendations for that perfect swimming watch.…
A couple of months ago, Robert-Jan had the opportunity to give an overview of the new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black collection. The watches are an interesting move from Omega as they were introduced outside of Basel and the debut actually occurred in New York. There’s no doubt that it has made waves. We […]
The lauded Rolex Submariner is one of the most popular luxury watches in the world. Easily the most popular steel-cased (or otherwise) luxury diving watch, the Rolex Submariner sets the bar in many ways when it comes to timepieces of its type, at its price point.
Editor’s note: Sporty. Refined. High-end. Wearable. Watch marketing departments often try to mash seemingly disparate descriptors like this to make watches appeal to as wide an audience as possible. And rarely does it work. The Patek Philippe Ref. 5379P is a key exception; a platinum split-seconds chronograph that can be easily dressed down.…
In this Ask The Audience article I want you to not only select particular negative issues you’ve had when getting your watch fixed, but also to share some more details about the most impactful watch repair experiences (good or bad) in the comments.
In June, Sotheby’s had the unprecedented opportunity to sell a 1,109 carat uncut diamond, the largest in the world by far. But the vaunted auction house couldn’t find a buyer. The Lesedi La Rona diamond was placed on the block during an evening sale in London, and after an opening bid of $50 million, things stalled out entirely. No flurry of paddles, no wild result, and, importantly, no big premium for Sotheby’s. It hammered below the reserve price and didn’t sell. While Vanity Fair‘s account of this story has nothing to do with watches per se, it’s an in-depth look at the mechanics and politics of high-end auctions, the global luxury market, and how objects of desire come to possess their hypnotic powers (or not). It takes us from the coast of Angola to a showroom in Singapore, and finally back to that London auction room.
The original Nomos Timeless Club watch sold out in only a few weeks. While we’re humbled that all of our limited editions have done well, none of them have received quite the persistent attention of the original Club. Of course, we’d never simply do a reissue. Thus, it was obvious that a new version of the Nomos Timeless Club would need to be produced.
Just as the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, a collection, no matter its eventual size or value, begins with a single watch. This is the story of the first watch that I bought for myself, one that I still own and wear 45 years later: a chronometer bearing the Bucherer name.
Girard Perregaux celebrates 225 years of history with a series of “unique” watches. The collection is said to be special for its unique dial decorations in relation to historical events. Standing ovations were also given by the brand to itself for its maiden use of the emblematic Pont d’or (that bridge) above a Microvar balance wheel.…
August 12th 2016, a day that will be remembered by Singaporeans for a long time to come. A young man by the name of Joseph Schooling won the gold medal in the final of the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. He set an Olympic record with a time of 50.39 seconds and became the first Singaporean ever…