Watches|Jewelry

Luxury Watches and Jewelry Reviews and News

The best way to protect valuables from unauthorized access is to make them “invisible”

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2LUXURY2 at Baselworld 2013.Doettling Gyrowinder At this year’s Baselworld 2013, Döttling, the manufacturer of finest handcrafted luxury safes since 1919, presented the Döttling Gyrowinder. In contradistinction to conventional watch winders, Döttling Gyrowinder allows completely free rotation of the watch in all directions – including a complete rollover – which comes closest to the movement of … Read more

Festival des Métiers – a rendezvous with Hermes artisans

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The luxury houses are opening up a sneak peek at their secrets this summer. Hermès, and LVMH luxury group are running ‘Festival des Métiers’ and “Journées Particulières” exclusive events. Parisian luxury goods brand Hermes (founded by Thierry Hermès in Paris in 1837) is bringing its ‘Festival des Métiers’ to London where the luxury house will offer … Read more

Breitling Emergency II – the world’s first wristwatch with a dual frequency locator beacon

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2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013 A survival instrument for all distress situations & a chronometer-certified multifunction chronograph.   In 1995, Breitling struck a decisive blow in launching the first wristwatch with a built-in emergency microtransmitter. Operating on the 121.5 MHz international airdistress frequency, the Emergency was designed to enable accurate homing in onpilots or passengers following a … Read more

Jazz Age jewels and inspiration

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Show-Stopping Style”: The Great Gatsby Collection by Tiffany & Co. Tiffany unveils Jazz Age Glamour, a collection of jewels for director Baz Luhrmann’s film The Great Gatsby, created in collaboration with Academy Award-winning costume designer Catherine Martin. It was Tiffany’s spectacular jewels that symbolized the sumptuous fashion and exuberant spirit of the Roaring Twenties. Tiffany’s brilliant diamonds … Read more

Chopard Happy Sport watch 20th anniversary

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2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013: Happy Sport Medium Automatic It was in 1993 that Caroline Scheufele,  the Artistic Director and Co-President of Chopard, the Swiss-based luxury watches and jewellery manufacturer, created one of the Chopard icons, the Happy Sport watch. Repeatedly interpreted over the years in occasionally humorous and consistently elegant ways, it has lived under various … Read more

Buccellatti’s objects of desire

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2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013 Buccellati, one of the oldest producers of silverware in Italy, greeted its fans at this year’s Baselworld with objects which are destined to become legends. The products executed by Buccellati have survived two world wars and have the power to perfectly combine technical and cultural elements, thus declining into artworks and, … Read more