Gucci and Saint Laurent continue to deliver growth for Kering luxury group

  2018 was an excellent year for Kering and its Houses especially for Gucci and Saint Laurent. The luxury group also announced a strong momentum at Kering’s Other Houses (up 32.1% on a comparable basis), powered by Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen. Consolidated 2018 revenue amounted to €13,665.2 million, up 26.3% as reported and 29.4% on a … Read more

Audemars Piguet Sapphire Orbe: Sapphires from Dusk till Dawn

  More than 12,000 stones are rigorously selected and set by hand. This piece combines a wide array of diamonds and sapphires in orange and blue hues. The dial is paved with graded orange sapphires. High jewellery, horology and design cues from nature have united in Audemars Piguet’s Haute Joaillerie collection since 2013. Started in … Read more

Greubel Forsey Balancier Contemporain catches the eye with three-dimensional aspects, extensively revealing the heart of the mechanism

    In creating the Balancier Contemporain, a white gold 33-piece limited edition, Greubel Forsey, the Swiss watchmaking company specializing in complicated, high-end timepieces imagined providing a particularly compact showcase for its exclusive balance-wheel system. Creating such a moderately-sized new movement and dial imposed the challenge of maintaining well-balanced forms and pleasing proportions, along with … Read more

Girard Perregaux Cat’s Eye Plum Blossom: the gleam of a flower glistening with morning dew

  A plum blossom blooms on the dial of Girard Perregaux Cat’s Eye Plum Blossom. Girard Perregaux, the Swiss high-end watch manufacturer tracing its origins back to 1791, introduced four new watches at 2019 SIHH in Geneva: the Haute Horlogerie masterpiece Bridges Cosmos, 2019 Laureato Absolute, 1966 Earth to Sky Edition, and Cat’s Eye Plum Blossom … Read more

Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor Lady Opal – The luxury automatic watch for women blessed with more than just a pretty face

    Romain Gauthier timepieces have been hailed for their eye-catching designs, innovative in-house movements and extremely high level of hand-finishing. The latest creation by the independent Swiss manufacturer of watches based in Le Sentier and Vallée de Joux, Switzerland is Insight Micro-Rotor Lady Opal – “a luxury ladies’ watch that sees colour, sparkle and … Read more

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new Rendez-Vous fully adheres to the codes of High Jewellery

  The Rendez-Vous Moon Jewellery timepieces are the perfect synthesis of watchmaking and jewellery precision. Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre continues to make its mark on the history of watchmaking with new Rendez-Vous models revealed at SIHH 2019. Rendez-Vous Night & Day Jewellery and Rendez-Vous Moon Jewellery are new versions showing a stunning richness … Read more