His month, after a two-and-a-half-year renovation, Cartier House in Manhattan was reopened to the public. The event was marked with a suitably lavish soirée that comprised the New York City Ballet, a sterile ice steam tub, Paul Sevigny about the decks, an impromptu collection from Ellie Goulding along with a…
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The Maison Hermès, that has consistently demonstrated a predilection for freeing itself from encumbering tradition, has therefore developed a men’s timepiece with the moon stage as its central feature. A daring bet, given how deeply rooted stereotypes are. And success was not long in coming.Launched at the beginning of 2019,…
Piaget is famous for creating the world’s thinnest self-winding calibre, the 12P, in 1960, also trailblazing a run of ultra-thin watches which reached its apotheosis with the Altiplano Ultimate Concept (AUC) version launched in 2018 and now available to purchase (for those lucky enough to have the ability to afford…
Founded in New York City in 1875 by Bohemian immigrant Joseph Bulova, the Bulova Watch Company has been responsible for numerous watch world milestones in its century-plus of existence, and continues to innovate well into the 21st Century. Bulova had already become known for several watch-industry firsts — such as…
Watch cases come in many shapes other than round, but few boast the complexity of the rectangular, swiveling case of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. WatchTime contributor Jeff Kingston visits Jaeger-LeCoultre’smanufacture in Le Sentier, Switzerland, and meets with Stéphane Belmont, the brand’s director of marketing and creation, who takes us through some of the important…
Are you interested in watch? Do you want to know much about some watchmaking knowledge? Well, here’s video will take you into the Swiss Watchmaking school! Timepiece expert and WatchTime contributor Jeff Kingston visits the École Technique in Le Sentier, in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, one of five watchmaking schools in the…
The first of those models – the SBGX089 – was a limited edition of 500 pieces with a yellow hand and some different colors on the black dial while the Grand Seiko SBGX089, SBGX091, and SBGX093 collection of watches was released in around 2012,Seiko produced this “enthusiasts’ version” of its…
It is a familiar situation for many of us who would be called watch lovers: we are somewhere in public or a social situation and we want to strike up a conversation with someone who, judging by what is on their wrist, might quite possibly share our passion for timepieces….
TAG Heuer is one of the world’s leading luxury watch brands, offering a strong history of innovation, deep connections with sports timing and automobile racing, and more recently, a series of groundbreaking developments in the field of ultra-fast mechanical chronographs, an innovative tourbillon watch priced under $20,000, and the launch…
We’re all familiar with the most popular materials for watch cases — steel, rose gold, titanium, et cetera. Below we take a look at ten brands that have invented their own alloys by combining different metals. Many of these have come about as watch brands invested in developing new alloys…