To honour the 1977 original AP now releases two yellow gold models to celebrate the 40th birthday of that watch. Two versions become available: one with a blue and a even more Seventies looking champagne dial. Still want steel?
What happens when you send Davide Cerrato - the spiritual father of the Tudor Heritage Black Baytudo - to Minerva's manufacture in Villeret and ask him to come up with a new collection of sportswatches. TimeWalker happens.
GP's Laureato collection is part of the same universe in which the Nautilus, Royal Oak, Overseas and Ingenieur dwell. Piaget's Polo S is a new star in this realm and although the Laureato is an excisting model the revamped model is a fresh start.
Swiss Made has always been a strong symbol but unclear legislation led to Swiss Made products that were not that Swiss when closer inspected. The new Swissness law that is active in 2017 stipulates that 60% of a watch's total value must be Swiss.
More watches made. more turnover, more fans on social media, everything's on the rise at Nomos Glashütte as we can see in their quirky 2016 report. Well, not everything. Cigarette breaks are down substantially, but that's a big up too.
When a golf ball is at risk of hitting a person the player is supposed to shout “fore!” as a warning. ‘Fore’ stands for ‘Flying Object Reaching Earth’ and that also seems applicable to the Cartier Pasha Golf that was auctioned off at the New York branch of Antiquorum last
Tornado Matthew caused terrible damage and destruction on the Caribbean island of Haiti just before the opening ceremony of the Bovet 1822 Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) Brilliant is Beautiful Fundraiser Gala event. Fortunately the gala went on to raise 850,000 pounds sterling.
Nothing feels quite as ‘Seventies’ as an old advertisement for luxury products in a German magazine. The feel of a ‘Krimi’, a TV crime show, set in the wealthier areas of a city like Munich. The young wife of an art dealer is found dead behind the wheel of her Maserati Merak, a gold Rado DiaStar on her lifeless wrist. Not a watch given to her by her husband, but by the tennis coach who also wears a gold DiaStar … So, the DiaStar.
Got some time to spare? Still trying to kick-start 2017? Maybe we have something for you that will inspire you. Have a look at this MB&F video. No worries, this is not the usual corporate video featuring grandiloquent 18th century origins, dusty watchmakers and snow-covered Manufactures.
Earlier in 2016 Vacheron Constantin celebrated the 260th anniversary of the maison with the introduction of the completely new Harmony collection. As if that weren't festive enough, the Geneva manufacture is now introducing at least ten new references in this cushion-shaped collection.
In the current issue of 0024 WatchWorld we take you to Casio’s Japan and the different production sites. We learnt all there is to know about the indestructible G-Shock. But the G-Shock MRG-G1000HG-9AJR Gold Hammer Tone 20th Anniversary Edition came out after our visit. Have a look right here.
