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Georges Kern and The Future of Breitling – The Cool Alternative to Traditional Luxury

Since Georges Kern took the helm at Breitling almost three years ago, realigning collections and the brand’s strategy, annual sales have increased significantly. Kern recently revealed just how the brand will stay on the path to success with an intriguing,…

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Jaquet Droz Manufacture – Where Birds Never Stop Singing

Christian Lattmann already waits in the manufacture’s entrance as we arrive in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The brand’s CEO welcomes us in such a heartfelt way, as if we had been long-time friends of the Maison. It all feels so familiar, not…

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Breitling Discontinues The Colt – Now It’s All Up To Avenger

If you search the Breitling website for Colt, you won’t find anything anymore. Perhaps only a short description of the collection. But there is nothing else left of a line that established itself in the 1980s to become the entry…

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Carl F. Bucherer shows, why heritage watches are just now more contemporary than ever (Volume II)

In the middle of the last century, a hype around chronograph watches emerged. Over the course of time, the wrist stop-watches have received nicknames like BiCompax or TriCompax, whereas these descriptions did not stand for the number of sub-dials, but…

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked Ceramic

The moment you think that the inventiveness of the currently most hyped brand must be exhausted for the year at some point, the makers from Le Brassus have topped it all with something unexpected. Hasn’t the thirst from all Royal…

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Carl F. Bucherer shows, why heritage watches are just now more contemporary than ever (Volume I)

In 2018, Carl F. Bucherer celebrated its 130th anniversary. For this occasion, CEO Sascha Moeri presented some special jubilee editions – and at the end of last year, he even revealed the release of a brand-new product family. There it…

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Breguet Classique Hora Mundi 5717 Düsseldorf Boutique Edition – Mechanical Genius

Ever since watchmaker Louis Cottier developed the first world time wristwatch in 1931, its mechanism was steadily improved in order to make this function as attractive and simple for its wearer as possible. The classic execution displays the 24 world…

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From Fifty Fathoms to Air Command – how Blancpain got into producing Toolwatches

First of all: the general image of the Swiss watch brand Blancpain could not be more different. The layman would probably never link Blancpain to sports watches, whereas for most connoisseurs, the ‘Fifty Fathoms’ is the epitome of the modern…

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Statement Piece – Panerai Radiomir 1940 in Military Green

The Radiomir, a watch classic that was originally designed for functional use, has since established itself as a style element in the everyday life of many fashionable men. It is a model that is directly linked to the brand Panerai: the…

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When IWC Watchmaker Kurt Klaus met the Smart Watch

What we spotted on YouTube this morning, is a great example of how self-ironic and contemporary the watch industry can be. It is probably the most amusing idea on demonstrating the merits of a mechanical watch, that a brand published in…

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How Tudor’s Black Bay Bronze shapes your Lifestyle

If you are a go-getter type of person, someone that likes to get out of his comfort zone but always makes sure to only take reasonable risks, then this watch is for you. Not because you necessarily need to own…

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The world’s most expensive watch – Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300A-010 ‘Only Watch’

This year’s ‘Only Watch’ charity-auction has become a double record breaker. Not only that it has in its 8th edition collected almost as much proceeds as in the past 13 years together: Also, the most expensive watch was sold, that…