Instagram – an effective but underused platform for many luxury brands. Report.

  Instagram is the biggest single source for conversations around luxury brands, and for some over half of the conversation around their brand is on the platform, according to the 2018 Luxury Brands Report released by NetBase, a leader in social media analytics. Instagram dominance was especially prevalent in the beauty, fashion, and high-end retail … Read more

Strom In Memoriam HR Giger sculpture watch. A tribute to the great genius of the Swiss artist, HR Giger

  A veritable sculpture incorporating a blend of art and craftsmanship and limited to just 99 examples, Strom‘s “In Memoriam HR Giger watch” appears to have several lives, revealing different faces depending on the light and angle from which it is viewed. Deeply saddened by HR Giger’s death in 2014, luxury watchmaker Daniel Strom waited … Read more

Inhorgenta Awards 2018. These are the winners of the Inhorgenta Awards 2018

The prize ceremony of the INHORGENTA AWARD is one of the highlights of four eventful fair days.     The Inhorgenta Award 2018 is the „Oscar“ of the jewellery and watch industry and it was awarded in 7 categories for the first time this year. All watch and jewellery brands, designers and manufacturers were eligible … Read more

design to come: 2018 SaloneSatellite is putting the spotlight firmly on the Southern Hemisphere

Glimps new paths in the talent of the young. This is 2018 Salone Satellite at Salone del Mobile Milano 2018. An exploration of experimentation, memory, slow design, nature and the force of matter,anthropomorphism, creative recycling, cross-contamination and digital effects, with the power to amaze and trigger reflection. The prime objective of SaloneSatellite has always been to … Read more

The MB&F x Sarpaneva MoonMachine 2 brings us the world’s first projected moonphase display

MoonMachine 2 on the wrist. Men’s watch? Ladies’ timepiece? Both – or neither. It’s a Horological Machine.MOONMACHINE 2 is based on a specially configured HM8; the projector moon complication was imagined, designed and created by Stepan Sarpaneva. It is available in three limited editions of 12 pieces each.   If you liked the first MoonMachine, … Read more

Montblanc 1858 – the new vintage exploration-inspired timepieces

  Premiered with much succes at this year’s SIHH 2018, Montblanc 1858 Collection is made for exploring, with scratch-resistant crystal, water tightness and an anti-reflective coating.     During the 2018 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, Montblanc revisited the extraordinary watchmaking heritage of the Minerva Manufacture and its legendary professional watches created … Read more