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The BR-X1, a high-tech chronograph with sporty looks, which is as robust as it is sophisticated, marked the arrival of a new Bell & Ross line and the beginning of a whole new chapter in the saga of the brand. Revolutionary in its design and also inspired by aeronautical flight instruments, the BR-X1 line expands with a new exceptional Haute Horlogerie version: the BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon. This precious measuring instrument combines the extremely virile aesthetic codes of the brand with the technical refinement of Bell & Ross’ Haute Horlogerie.

Last night Ace & Dik Jewelers, located at the Van Baerlestraat 46 in Amsterdam, officially reopened their boutique after a month of complete renovations. The new boutique has a modern and luxurious appearance and offers space to a careful selection of the world’s best jewellery and watch brands.

A birdcage with a diameter of 47mm would seem to be on the small side – certainly for two adult birds and a nest filled with two babies, as well. Still, Jaquet Droz has managed to find a comfortable home for these feathered friends. The birds are happy, as evidenced by the cheerful sounds they produce. But all joking aside: this mechanical creation with singing birds is too astonishing to fully get the effect across in mere words.

Early 1980s, Japan. Kikuo Ibe continues to smash watches and his colleagues and superiors are quietly starting to worry. Ibe refuses to stop and in 1983 his perseverance is rewarded and his colleagues and superiors are reassured, when the shock-resistant G-Shock hits the market. The vulnerable watch has been rendered invincible by means of triple protection for the components, the movement and the case, becoming first an American and then a global success.

A watch made of 797 components, 575 of which are needed to make the fusée and (18cm) chain transmission of the highly complicated movement. We're talking about a strictly limited and expensive birthday watch. Birthday as in ‘anniversary piece’, not ‘present’.

At first glance you may think “Oh no, not another retro model”, but upon closer inspection of the Oris Divers Sixty-Five the suspicious watch aficionado learns that this is about more than convenient retro just to be fashionable. What Oris has done is translate a vintage model from 1965 into a watch for today, and in such a way that the price remains extremely reasonable.

Here at 0024 we are in the business of time. And right now we really hate time. We want to turn back time because our founding editor Karel Hubert has passed away last Thursday, April 16 at the early age of 65 and we really, really miss him. It was his own choice to stop his time here on earth and we respect that. But that doesn’t mean we don’t want to go back in time to be able to listen to his incredible anecdotes, his snappy one-liners or hearing him talk about an obscure artist he discovered recently.

To celebrate the festive season, Jaeger-LeCoultre brings the essence of the Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux to the iconic Fine Watch Room of Harrods in London, from November 28th to January 14th 2015. In a major tribute to striking watches, there will be the opportunity to explore the different facets of this sophisticated complication.

A historic sale of the private collection of HRH Prince Louis II of Monaco, the greatgrandfather of HRH Prince Albert of Monaco, was held in Fontainebleau on 16th November this year. Viviane de Witt, CEO of the DeWitt company, acquired two lots containing strands of the Emperor's hair, with the intention of enclosing them in DeWitt watches so that admirers of the Emperor can carry his DNA on their wrists.

Mr. Raymond Weil, founder and Honorary President of Raymond Weil Genève, passed away peacefully at age 87, on January 26, 2014. In 1976 Raymond Weil had the courage - in the middle of the most