110 years for Santos de Cartier

The Santos de Cartier marks 110th anniversary. How does a pilot tell the time without taking his hands off the controls? With the Santos wristwatch, created in 1904!   The meeting between Alberto Santos-Dumont, an airborne adventurer with a boundless imagination and Louis Cartier, a designer who brought time into the public eye brought to … Read more

First luxury watch manufacturers to embrace Google Glass

Frederique Constant and Alpina become first luxury watch manufacturers to embrace Official Google Glass Explorer Program.    Smart glasses are arguably the most innovative emerging technology. Though planned to hit the marketplace later this year, Google Glass remains in its invite-only Explorer phase, with less than one percent of companies experimenting with the new tool. … Read more

The watches of 2014 Baselworld. Swiss-Made at its very best. Part IV.

La crème de la crème in watches and gems @ 2014 Baselworld show: March 27 – April 3, 2014.     Everything that exists under the sun in terms of timepieces, mechanisms, gems and jewelry can be found at Baselworld, the world’s most important event for the watch and jewellery industry. From 27th of March, the … Read more

86th Academy Awards: Best of Gold Jewelry

Hollywood icons and ingénue glowed in gold at this year’s Oscars. All eyes were on Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o who stole the show in her 18k yellow gold and rose cut diamond spike earrings, 18k yellow gold and diamond headband, 19th Century yellow gold and diamond coiled snake ring and multiple gold rings including … Read more

La Maison – a traveling version of the famous TAG Heuer 360 Museum in Switzerland

La Maison TAG Heuer. The mobile museum.   TAG Heuer brings its rarest treasures to the world.     Travelling exhibitions are proven to be a very good way to make buzz and open the doors of the famous luxury houses. The latest touring museum was launched by TAG Heuer Swiss luxury watch manufacture. In … Read more

Baccarat’s Retrospective. Two hundred and fifty years

  To celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2014, Baccarat is hosting a special exhibition “Baccarat. Les 250 ans” at Maison Baccarat’s Museum-Gallery in Paris. Fine art glass lovers have a unique chance to admire two centuries and a half of intricate glass artwork signed by crystal manufacturer Baccarat, a symbol of superb craftsmanship and French … Read more