The 89th Academy Awards® broadcast will take place live on Sunday, 26 February 2017 on the ABC Television Network and premium watchmaker ROLEX has been crowned for a second time in a row as the official broadcast sponsor of the Oscars 2017 Greenroom. Rolex’s association with the filmmaking industry is not new to the world as the premium watch collections from Rolex have been sported by m...
Watchmaker Hublot has recently unveiled its new redefined Hublot big Bang Magic Sapphire with more streamlined and simplified design and improved case construction. While the Hublot Big Bang Unico Magic Sapphire retains most of the original design of the watch, we can observe some changes made to the case of the watch. While the case diameter has been kept at the same size of 45mm, It no more...
It’s been one year since Cartier announced its Drive de Cartier Collection and now the premium watchmaker took the opportunity to add moon phase and extra flat models in this line. Both these models were presented at the SIHH 2017 event currently held in Geneva. Drive de Cartier Extra Flat The Extra Flat model in this collection is slimmer than 7mm thickness, precisely 6.6mm. As per Car...
Girard-Perregaux seems to be having a wonderful start for 2017. At the 2017 SIHH event last week, the company unveiled some wonderful timepieces with baked-in technological innovations complemented by finished movements and sapphire back casings. So let us take a quick look what Girard-Perregaux had to show us. 1966 World Wide Time Control Collection This unique timepiece from the 1966 collection ...
At the recently held SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie) 2017 event in Geneva, premium watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre unveiled its latest model in the Geophysic True Second series. This is the first ever Universal Time watch from Jaeger-LeCoultre which comes fitted with a flying tourbillon right there at the 4’oclock position. Upon having a close observation at the dial of &l...
It just the start of 2017 and it seems that premium watch maker and fashion giant – Bulgari -wants to wait no more to come up with its new watch collection. Kicking off the year in style, the watch maker bring altogether a new line called Octo Roma in its famous Octo Collection. One of the major differences when observed closely with the new Octo Roma line of watches when compared to its reg...
Longines has always been known for adding brilliance to its watches through its elegant and classy designs, and so is the case with its more renowned – Longines Flagship Heritage – watch series. Today, the company celebrates 60 successful years with this series, which was started back in 1957. The watch reflects the 1950s Mad-Men era watches having the classic dial to its front and qui...
Fabergé Wins Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève Award The annual Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève awards are considered the “Oscars” of the watch industry as they honor excellence in horological design and craftsmanship. For 2015, awards were presented in 12 categories and one of the winners was a stunningly gorgeous timepiece from the house of Faberg&e...
The NBA’s Carmelo Anthony Talks Watches Carmelo Anthony admits that he knew nothing about luxury watches when he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets back in 2003. The Syracuse standout was so naïve about the value of fine timepieces that he gave the watch that was gifted to him for being a first round draft choice to his brother, not knowing that the A. Lange & Söhne model carrie...
Zenith Unveils the Pilot Type 20 Skeleton Limited Edition One of the hottest trends in luxury watches is the skeletonised design, a style that allows a look into the inner workings of the timepiece. One of the most impressive examples of this style was just introduced by Zenith as a limited edition. The Pilot Type 20 Skeleton – Westime Limited Edition is so limited that only three are availa...
Pebble CEO Predicts All Watches Will Get Smarter It’s getting harder to dismiss smartwatches as a passing fad when some of the biggest names in traditional timepieces are creating their own wearable devices. One of the early innovators in the field was Pebble, the upstart that got its smartwatches on the market ahead of major companies like Apple and Samsung. Now Pebble’s CEO is making...
Dubai Watch Week Wraps Up The first Dubai Watch Week event took place over five days in October and brought together some of the industry’s major players to enjoy panel discussions, watch exhibitions and getting to meet the CEOs of major names in luxury timepieces. The event was organized by retailer Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons in partnership with the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the Gra...