Luxury Watches and Jewelry Reviews and News
‘Timeless Beauty’: Van Cleef & Arpels offering China an insight into its legacyOver one hundred years of high jewellery at Shanghai’s Museum of Contemporary Art Luxury houses like Christian Dior, Bvlgari, Louis Vuitton and Chanel have recently exhibited in Shanghai, often dubbed the “Paris of the East.” Van Cleef & Arpels is the latest brand … Read more
Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak 40 years exhibition. From Avant-Garde to Icon To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Audemars Piguet’s iconic timepiece Royal Oak, the world’s first ever luxury sports timepiece, the Swiss Manufacture from Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux has put together an ephemeral New York exhibition that explores the journey through … Read more
Baselworld 2012 (March 8th to 15th 2012 ) followed on from an excellent year that saw 29.8 million watches exported representing a total value of 19.3 billion Swiss francs. A unique and yet fairly logical economic case, since demand for luxury products continues to increase and the potential of certain emerging markets, including Asia and … Read more
Converting women to grandes complications $21 billion Swiss watchmaking industry intends to transform the neglected female market into a lucrative customer base. From a market mostly dominated by simple quartz watches under $1,100, Swiss watchmakers at the Baselworld fair said they were now taking pains to design new collections of mechanical watches for women, especially … Read more
Tag Heuer unveils $3,700 luxury Racer smartphone with high strength and shockproof rubber chassis GT racing cars and F1 inspired Swiss watchmaking company Tag Heuer to create “the first luxury phone crafted for high performance.” Racer is a luxury smartphone that combines shockproof rubber with titanium and carbon fiber bridges for support and strength. Racer … Read more
Italian Belgian jewellery brand Hulchi Belluni has brought to Switzerland’s Baselworld 2012 a chandelier with diamonds – an exclusive design for Claeys Lighting by Roel Haagmans. “Marilyn”, a modern interpretation of the classical model of the bag chandelier, is designed by Martin Hul and inspired by Feng Shui and the five essential elements of nature. … Read more