Tag: watchmaker
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Big Bang E – a connected watch equipped with the latest Hublot technology
Two years after the debuts of Hublot’s first connected watch model (the Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia), the luxury watchmaker returns with a new model: the BIG BANG e, a connected watch equipped with the latest technology that adopts all the iconic Big Bang codes. The new BIG BANG…
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Jean-Claude Biver: A Retrospective – the traveling exhibition of the watchmaking industry titan’s private collection
These watches have not only marked Jean-Claude Biver‘ exceptional career in the watchmaking industry, but have changed the watchmaking landscape all-together. An exceptional non-selling exhibition illustrating one of the industry’s most influential figures, and his life-long passion for watches. “Jean-Claude Biver: A Retrospective. Share, Respect, Forgive,” is a traveling exhibition presented by Phillips…
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Genus GNS1.2 marks the advent of a new kind of creative Haute Horlogerie
With GENUS GNS1.2 watch, you’ll learn to read the time differently. For the first time in the world of Fine Watchmaking a mechanical component moves seamlessly from one orbit to another. GNS1.2 is competing for the upcoming 2019 “Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.” Sébastien Billières, the Free Spirit of Watchmaking, launches a watch that…
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Jaquet Droz celebrates 280 years of watchmaking audacity with dials made of meteorite
Since the Grande Seconde by Jaquet Droz was brought to life in 2002, its line has become an icon. Jaquet Droz celebrates 280 years of watchmaking audacity, avant-garde aesthetics, innovative spirit and culture of excellence that have been ingrained in the brand’s DNA from the outset. Extraordinary creations that combine design, materials and craftsmanship…
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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…
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SIHH 2018: Voutilainen 217QRS is introducing a retrograde date mechanism of a unique construction
Total series of 30 Voutilainen 217QRS watches : 10 platinum, 10 white gold, 10 rose gold. Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish watchmaker residing in Môtiers, Switzerland. He started an independent watchmaking business in 2002, building a limited number of handmade timekeepers. His latest creation presented at 2018 SIHH – Salon International de…