After announcing its support of motorcycle racing, watch brand Anonimo is reinforcing its link with Leopard Racing. Now the TCR International Series teams will also be sporting the watch brand's colours. A Franco-Swiss driving duo is now getting ready for next race this Sunday in internationally renown Sochi. Anonimo watches combine rugged Italian sports-chic with sharp and functional design. The dials are a model of understatement, free from any irrelevant details to ensure they remain legible under all circumstances. Like at the wheel of a racing car driving at top speed.
After the success of the Heritage Chronométrie collection at the last SIHH Montblanc adds two new models. One is this annual calendar based on one of the first Minerva chronographs from the 1920s. For the laymen among you: the renowned Minerva manufacture in Villeret has been in Montblanc hands for many years. It is the first time in this line that Montblanc combines an annual calendar with a chronograph.
The Genevan based independent maison with Dutch roots, Frederique Constant, is now a Genevan based brand of the Citizen Watch Co. The sporty brand Alpina and the high-end and very limited creations of Ateliers DeMonaco are also in Japanese hands now. Frederique Constant Holding was founded in 1988 by Peter and Aletta Stas. The company produces traditional timepieces at an affordable price level and became very successful with that strategy.
The Slim d’Hermès Mille Fleurs du Mexique is a watch like a hothouse plant. No, that description doesn't do justice to the luscious floral design on the mother-of-pearl dial of this watch. This miniature artwork was inspired by a Hermès scarf designed by Mexican graphic designer Laetitia Bianchi.
Tony Frank and Mikael Wallhagen, experts in everything to do with watches, were lured away from Kaplans to become the new watch experts at Bukowskis. In the spring they will be building the department with a view to becoming an important player in this field. The idea for the move arose during the recording of last season's popular TV programme Antikrundan (comparable to the Antiques Roadshow in the UK), in which Mikael values watches.
The new Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 is a must-have for anyone with an eye for authentic legends. Elvis is a legend and therefore the watch he wore is too. Elvis Presley was way ahead of his time. He shook his hips and by doing that the world. The remarkable Hamilton Ventura with its shield like appearance was also quite a shock in the conservative world of horology. Elvis wore a Ventura in de 1961 movie “Blue Hawaii” resulting in maximum exposure for the unusually shaped model that was first launched in 1957.
Seiko announced that they are the official partner of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). The watch brand celebrates this partnership with two Prospex PADI Special Editions. These two special editions are based on the Seiko divers in the SUN and SRPA collections.
Building rugged watches without testing them in the great outdoors is silly when you think about it. Ball Watch has the same idea and therefore mountaineer Hervé Barmasse is the brand’s latest ambassador who wears his Ball Watch wherever he ventures. Currently, Hervè is the only climber who has conquered the 1,500 meters to the south wall of the Matterhorn alone, and the only person in the world that has established a new route for this purpose. He has conquered routes considered impossible: Beka Brakay Chhok in Pakistan (6.970 meters), and the granite walls of Cerro Piergiorgio in Patagonia.
Built like a supercar, the Angelus U30 Tourbillon Rattrapante unites three coveted "haute horlogerie" complications in a contemporary, three-dimensional form that is unlike any other: the tourbillon, fly-back double column wheel chronograph and split-seconds (rattrapante), while also boasting automatic winding with a power reserve display.
The new automatic Nomos Minimatik has won the iF Gold Award, also known as the Oscar of the worldwide design industry. Out of over 5000 products from 53 countries, it was the new timepiece in the Neomatik series that succeeded in convincing the jury. The iF Award is one of the highest international recognitions for product design.
When you start a new job getting yourself a watch to mark the occasion is a nice way to celebrate. When you get yourself a Richard Mille it might be the event of the century itself. American Haas F1 Team will make its debut in the FIA Formula One World Championship this season and Richard Mille will be on the rookies’ side. What a way to start a new career.
