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Speake-Marin – Watchmaking renaissance

Speake-Marin – Watchmaking renaissance

The times they are a’changing for Peter Speake-Marin. He is moving away from the focus on Peter Speake-Marin the watchmaker and putting it on Speake-Marin (...)

Alpina – Retelling the pilot story

Alpina – Retelling the pilot story

Alpina made quite a splash with its well-designed and extraordinarily-priced pilot’s collection introduced last year. A unique mixture of a vintage feel in (...)

Bremont – taking on the world

Bremont – taking on the world

At this year’s BaselWorld, the English boys, brothers Nick and Giles, introduced the ALT1-WT world timer watch. The time-piece was so well received by the (...)

Hanhart – 130 Years of real history

Hanhart – 130 Years of real history

This year, Hanhart is celebrating 130 years of quality watchmaking, something that not many companies can claim. It all started back on 1 July 1882, when (...)

Vulcain – The Cricket conquers

Vulcain – The Cricket conquers

Vulcain has a long heritage of fine watchmaking, best known for the Cricket movement. Featuring a long and very audible mechanical alarm, the Cricket has (...)

David Yurman – Classic, ceramic and red gold

David Yurman – Classic, ceramic and red gold

Iconic American designer David Yurman’s son, Evan Yurman, is in charge of watches for the company and he has been doing a phenomenal (...)

Jaeger-LeCoultre Special - Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel Jubilee

Jaeger-LeCoultre Special - Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel Jubilee

Jaeger-LeCoultre Special - Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel Jubilee

1833 - 2013 – Jubilee Collection – Rendez-Vous Watches – Reverso Ultra Thin

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Victorinox Swiss Army – Light in the dark

Victorinox Swiss Army – Light in the dark

Victorinox Swiss Army is best known for its Swiss Army knife variations, but watches are a growing part the company’s turnover.

Linde Werdelin – Skeletonised spidos

Linde Werdelin – Skeletonised spidos

When Morten Linde and Jorg Werdelin got together to form their watch company, the underlying concept was a standard watch that could be transformed into an (...)

Hamilton in buoyant mood for anniversary

Hamilton in buoyant mood for anniversary

Hamilton has become one of the shining stars of the Swatch Group. Under the direction of president Sylvain Dolla, Hamilton has had record growth for the (...)

Longines: 180 years young

Longines: 180 years young

In an industry where new brands are constantly introduced, reaching 180 years is a big deal. Born in the Swiss village of Saint-Imier in 1832, Longines is (...)

Bell & Ross 2012 – Keeping an eye on the horizon

Bell & Ross 2012 – Keeping an eye on the horizon

Bell & Ross has made its reputation on being able to take aircraft instruments and translate them faithfully to the wrist. The iconic and ultra (...)

Devon – one year under its belts

Devon – one year under its belts

Devon turned heads with its first watch, the Tread 1, and now the company is back in Basel with the Tread 2, using the same belt drive system as before, (...)

The Omega Seamaster celebrates 50 years of James Bond films

The Omega Seamaster celebrates 50 years of James Bond films

James Bond has worn an Omega Seamaster Professional diver’s watch in every Bond film since GoldenEye (1995). It is perhaps for this reason that the (...)

Graham London – Oversize and on the right track

Graham London – Oversize and on the right track

The past few years have been tough ones for Graham London, but the company has emerged from challenging economic times and uncertainty into the sunlight, (...)

Breguet continues its “Tradition”

Breguet continues its “Tradition”

Between the years 1793 and 1795 Abraham-Louis Breguet fled Paris for Switzerland to avoid a particularly nasty period during the French Revolution known at (...)

De Grisogono's first tourbillon for ladies

De Grisogono’s first tourbillon for ladies

The exceptional new piece that De Grisogono presented at BaselWorld this year is a genuine treat for ladies. The Tondo Tourbillon Gioiello is fitted with (...)

CASIO EDIFICE ERA-200DB-1AVER

CASIO EDIFICE ERA-200DB-1AVER

CASIO EDIFICE ERA-200DB-1AVER

This year, Casio will once again be aiming to capitalise on its partnership with the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team, whose driver Sebastian Vettel (...)

L'Duchen: L'esprit de la Suisse

L’Duchen: L’esprit de la Suisse

The history of Swiss brand L’Duchen began when some passionate watch collectors found in a small antique store an old L’Duchene&Fils pocket watch with an (...)