Cartier unveils ID Two high efficiency watch Since the dawn of time, progress draws its essence in a better use of available resources. Efficiency optimization is the foundation of major industrial and technological progress. Cartier is pushing back the boundaries of watchmaking with a new ID Two concept watch, the first high-efficiency vacuum watch, offering … Read more
The counterfeiters have now mastered ultra-complex watch movements Counterfeiting costs the watchmaking industry billions each year, as China has perfected the art of forgery and fake Swiss Watches reach new levels of sophistication. Flaws and inconsistencies with the original product can be seen only with magnifier. “That was one of the first times I’ve held … Read more
Girard-Perregaux’s Young Watchmakers’ Tour stops in Paris Watchmaking is not an old-fashioned craft, and is certainly not a dying one either. Swiss luxury watch brand Girard-Perregaux aims to alter the image that many people have of watchmaking profession with “The New Face of Tradition” project and the story of 8 young watchmakers . The debut of … Read more
THE FIRST LIMITED EDITION ROYAL OAK 41 MM CHRONOGRAPH “In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.” Leo Messi Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the first luxury sports watch, remains an icon of sporting elegance paying a tribute to Leo Messi – world’s best football player. The Limited … Read more
As global jewellery market is set to grow faster than other luxury industries, Louis Vuitton is expanding its jewelry segment with a dedicated store on Paris’ Place Vendome, the Heart and Soul of High Jewellery. The new Paris store will sell both mid-range items, from as little as 650 euros ($820), to diamond and sapphire-encrusted … Read more
After a decade dedicated entirely to invention and development of new mechanisms for tourbillon watch complication, Greubel Forsey stunned the watchmaking world with a new artwork – the reinterpreted GMT watch indicating a second time zone with a three-dimensional temporal representation. The case features a rotating terrestrial globe with a truly original view of time … Read more