For Felix Baumgartner, URWERK co-founder and master watchmaker, horology is in his blood. As he recognize he is a watchmaker by birth and a watchmaker by passion. The first musical concert he remembers was played by the more than 50 clocks tick-tocking in the atelier of his grandparents. Urwerk manufacture became the place where tradition … Read more
2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013: Girard-Perregaux’s Haute Horlogerie collection. Girard-Perregaux’s Constant Escapement Haute Horlogerie timepieces took 5 years of development. Let’s take a step back in time with Girard- Perregaux at BaselWorld 2013, one of the most prestigious watch and jewellery show in Switzerland. Based on the ground-breaking prototypes presented in 2008, it has taken five … Read more
2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013. In 1912 Jacqueline Hermès wears the first wristwatch ever created by Hermès. As a child Jacqueline could not wear a watch attached to her clothing or slipped into her pocket. Especially for her, her father devised an ingenious “porte-oignon” or pocket-watch holder designed to fasten it onto the wrist. Drawing upon … Read more
2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013 Gemstones have feelings. Their emotion is very visible in the abundance of luminous colour shades that they reflect and in the creative winding shapes in movement that they suggest. The symphony of jewellery orchestrated by de GRISOGONO give power. It is up to each woman to embrace it for her own … Read more
2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013 Swiss luxury watch company Eberhard & Co’s «talking piece » of the 2013 Baselworld show was the Tazio Nuvolari Vanderbilt Cup “Naked” self- winding chronograph, the house’s most beloved timepieces for sportsmen thanks to the dial with total black look. Like the other chronographs of the collection, launched by Eberhard & … Read more
2luxury2 at Baselworld 2013. In 1963, Jack Heuer, the man responsible for some of the most groundbreaking advances in sports timekeeping, turned his attention to the specific needs of professional motor-racing drivers. A long-time fan of and participant in the sport, he knew exactly what was needed: a wide-open, easy-to-read dial and a shock-resistant and … Read more