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Inhorgenta Award 2025: Gerald Charles Wins ‘Luxury Watch of the Year’

In Munich, the jewellery, watch and gemstone industry gathered for the annual Inhorgenta trade fair. As the industry's leading trade fair in Europe, it not only serves as a hub but also honours designers, concepts and pieces of jewellery with the Inhorgenta Award. This year, more than 137 entries were received for the nine award…

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What Is A Mechanical Watch And How Does It Work?

From the clocking ticking above the platform at the railway station to the watch on your wrist, we encounter watches in our everyday life everywhere we go. At school, we’ve already learnt the necessary vocabulary, such as ‘hands’ or ‘hours’, to describe a watch dial. But upon delving deeper into the world of watches, we…

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Diver’s Watches Made In Germany:  An Overview Of The Glashütte Original SeaQ-Series

Timepieces promising the highest level of precision and craftsmanship are known to come from Switzerland. But horological precision can also be ‘made in Germany’, just as Glashütte Original proves in the diver’s watch category. Although diver’s watches do not centre around major complications, which are regarded as the pinnacle of watchmaking, they are nevertheless technically…

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Wempe Signature Collection x Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Micro-Rotor

Sometimes, less is more: more expressive, more focused, more stylised, and more versatile. This philosophy also underpins the latest addition to the Wempe Signature Collection, a series launched in 2022 by the renowned luxury watch and jewellery retailer in collaboration with prestigious brands. Succeeding the release of timepieces in collaboration with Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin…

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Writing With The Flow of Time: 100 Years of Montblanc Meisterstück

When the thoughts are flowing and ink meets paper, a piece of history is created. There is a reason that the pen is said to be mightier than the sword, but the pen also has its very own history. This year, Montblanc's most famous fountain pen is celebrating its 100th birthday: the Montblanc Meisterstück. In…

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150 Years of Piaget: Insights Into an Exclusive Anniversary Exhibition

From the picturesque La Côte-aux-Fées with its lush green pastures to the dazzling fashion capital of Paris – within 150 years, the watchmaking workshop founded by Georges-Édourard Piaget on his family’s farm has come a long way. An established institution for haute horlogerie and haute joaillerie, Piaget has been manufacturing countless elaborate pieces for more…

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Rado’s Anatomy: What The Anatom Reveals About Rado’s Evolution

Shortly before his untimely death, pop art icon Andy Warhol created a painting of three timepieces with a rectangle case and a bracelet with horizontal lines on a 111.8 x 111.8 cm canvas. Their colourful outlines diagonally stretch across yellow, mint, black, pink and red areas. The title of the artwork from 1987: Anatom (Rado…

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