Those with a penchant for the finer things in life know about the L.U.C collection by Chopard. The manufacture in the Swiss town of Fleurier builds unique movements that have no trouble at all competing with the established names in haute horlogerie, and has been doing so for 20 years.
The world has become a very small place. It has become so easy to travel around the globe but because of all the different time zones it is still difficult to adept to keep in sync. Physically, mentally AND watch-wise. That’s why you need a Hublot Big Bang Unico GMT for instance.
The Finnish brand Voutilainen didn’t find inspiration for its latest creation in the 1,000 lakes of the motherland. Their latest creation, the Vingt-8 ISO is inspired by a Nobel Prize-winning study on human behaviour.
The Staudt Praeludium Guilloche, which has an equally fully hand-made guilloche dial, is an expression of pure watch passion. The traditional pattern on the dial was carved out line by line from solid silver, with the utmost care.
Why should Valentine's Day be all about the ladies? Because it's a romantic concept? Well, guys can be romantic too. And what's the easies way to win a man's heart for all eternity? Exactly, you buy him a watch. An Omega Globemaster Annual Calendar. Maybe you'll get a De Ville Ladymatic in return...
With the Supernova the maison proves that an astronomical complication doesn't always have to result in astronomical prices. The 44m The 44m Christiaan van der Klaauw Supernova is being built in the high-tech movement atelier just outside Heerenveen for a price of around 7,000 euro.
Nomos Glashütte has nearly 140 (!) different design awards on display in Glashütte and Berlin. And they just won another one, the iF Design Award for the Tangente Neomatik Nachtblau model. It's the sixth iF Design award in a row!
Linde Werdelin isn't averse to exuberant creations. With the 44 x 46mm Oktopus Reef, a variant of the Oktopus Double Date Rose Gold, the Danish watch house abandons all restraint. The engravings are by British engraver Johnny ‘King Nerd’ Dowell.
For men with a natural sense for style. The Hermès Cape Cod is born from the singular vision of Henri d’Origny, who invented it in 1991 by sketching a square inside a rectangle. Cape Cod consistently
The Tonda is the basis and the new Parmigiani Métrographe adds a dynamic design to that original shape. The redesigned dial looks completely different from traditional chronographs, but it isn't alienating or has a contrived modernistic effect.
Glashütte Original introduces the Sixties Iconic Square Collection consisting of five square chronographs featuring distinctive dials made by the Saxon manufactory’s own dialmakers in Pforzheim, Germany.