16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (196+ words) It was in this wake that the Watchmaking Urban Planning Foundation was created. Objective: to embody this dynamic through the real estate assets of La Chaux de Fonds, Le Locle, and Saint Imier. To support it, the Foundation organises events…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (289+ words) With gold at all-time highs, the retreat from precious metals feels all the more urgent. Below, we’ve collected five watches unveiled at Geneva Watch Days that impressed us with their innovative use of alternative materials. Chronomètre FB 3SPC in 42.3 mm ceramised…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (386+ words) Bvlgari is nominated in four categories at this year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Did you expect this? I am equally proud of the selection of three more jewelry-oriented pieces: the Serpenti Aeterna, a stylized version of our iconic model,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (194+ words) So how should a watch brand celebrate such a milestone? Naturally, with two sensational new timepieces. Tying this century-long saga up with a particularly attractive bow, the Luminor Firenze Otto Giorni PAM01734 and PAM01794 marry elegantly Florentine touches with the full-bodied and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (729+ words) At the heart of the FB-SPC calibre remains its famous cylindrical hairspring. While the vast majority of wristwatches use a flat hairspring, this one develops vertically, according to a geometry inherited from the precision chronometers of Ferdinand and Louis Berthoud....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (529+ words) The location of Czapek’s new boutique on Quai des Bergues 27 is almost too good to be true. A modern cave de horlogerie covering some 80 square meters, including a basement chambre separée, this address is where it all started. On what…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (495+ words) “Geneva Watch Days is very complementary to Watches and Wonders in the spring. And it is also a place for small young emerging brands that don’t have the same resources as big brands,” said Jean-Christophe Babin, President of Geneva Watch…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (313+ words) In its premium mechanical universe, TAG Heuer has the rather rare advantage of possessing two icons: the Carrera and the Monaco. Many brands rely on a single flagship product that is immediately recognizable. TAG Heuer has succeeded in establishing two....

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (351+ words) Who said road cycling was a sport for fifty somethings in Lycra? Watchmakers get on their bikes In the 1950s, Willy Breitling, a cycling enthusiast, brought the brand into the world of cycling, both as a timekeeper for Grand Tours and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (497+ words) en.worldtempus.com 25 years, 25 gifts H. Moser & Cie. salutes the new season with a splash of color The path taken by H. Moser & Cie. does not follow this trend, as the Maison relaunched in 2013 blazes no trail other than its own: that…...