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MÉTIERS D’ART TRIBUTE TO GREAT CIVILISATIONS​
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History & Masterpieces
Magnificent métiers d’art at Vacheron Constantin

In Paris, Vacheron Constantin presented the most recent additions to its Métiers d’Art collection. They are the latest illustration of the collaboration, since 2019, between the Geneva-based Manufacture and the Musée du Louvre. This quartet of limited series looks to emblematic works by ancient civilisations and is a reminder of the extraordinary heights achieved in the artistic realm of watchmaking.

Monday, 20 June 2022
7 min read
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Photo 5 - De Bethune DB Kind of Two Tourbillon
Culture
Independents Day

A whirlwind weekend in Geneva of auction sales, Only Watch and the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève has confirmed the rise and rise of independent watchmakers.

Thursday, 18 November 2021
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Grande Sonnerie Ref. 6301P © Patek Philippe
History & Masterpieces
A year of Grande Sonneries

Patek Philippe is the latest of the Manufactures to present a Grand Sonnerie this year, joining Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet. Given the intricacy of this melodious complication, three such launches constitute an exceptional event.

Wednesday, 02 December 2020
4 min read
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Pierre Muller
Culture
Riskers, a brand for "ordinary" heroes

Riskers is up and running with watches that support worthy causes and the individuals behind them: "ordinary men doing extraordinary things". The product: a watch inspired by First World War trench watches.

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
5 min read
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Philippe Dufour
Culture
Philippe Dufour rekindles the beauty of Simplicity

This November 8th, Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo will auction the first Simplicity in an anniversary edition of 20 by Philippe Dufour to mark the watch's 20th anniversary. In Hong Kong, a Simplicity recently fetched in excess of US$ 650,000 at auction.

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
4 min read
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Moon © Louis Moinet
Culture
"Twenty years ago, I met Louis Moinet"

In 2001 Jean-Marie Schaller encountered the genius of an eighteenth-century watchmaker who would become the focus of all his energy. Twenty years on, Louis Moinet is very much one of the small group of independent brands that are shaping watchmaking's "new wave".

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
5 min read
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Polaris Mariner © Jaeger-LeCoultre
Culture
Deep dive with Jaeger-LeCoultre

The face of the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Mariner is none other than Benedict Cumberbatch, star of In a Breath, a short promotional film shot on Rakino Island in New Zealand. In it, we see him meditating before plunging with his watch into the ocean.

Thursday, 15 October 2020
3 min read
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Les Cabinotiers - Singing birds blue tit © Vacheron Constantin
Culture
A year for women at Vacheron Constantin

The Geneva manufacture revives its Heures Créatives collection, first shown in 2015 at Watches & Wonders Hong Kong, with a fresh interpretation of the Heure Romantique watch. Shimmering with diamonds, it confirms the significance women have always held for the brand.

Friday, 09 October 2020
4 min read
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Regulating organs

All about the incredible invention of escapement

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