Philippe Dufour is setting salerooms alight; WatchBox has invested in De Bethune; Chrono24 has secured LVMH-backed funding; Watchfinder is presenting all the James Bond watches in its Paris showroom; Richard Mille has launched a certified network for its pre-owned watches… for watch fans, the moving and shaking is on the pre-owned market.
Discreet by day, some watches like nothing better than to light up the night. We train the spotlight on lume and some of its newest applications in watchmaking.
More and more watch brands are finding a recipe for success in collaborations with world-class chefs, restaurants, even culinary competitions. After Blancpain, a pioneer in the matter (read the interview with Dani García), others are serving up gourmet partnerships. We look at just some of the projects that are bubbling away.
Already old acquaintances, particularly when entertaining the brand's customers and friends at the Tourbillon boutique in Marbella, Dani García and Blancpain became official partners in October 2016.
Undeterred by the vintage-fuelled trend for slim watches, certain styles are bent on using up every millimetre of precious wrist space. Can there be too much of a good thing? Not according to these ten timepieces.
Watches and celebrities go hand in hand. We've created this complete guide to show how the relationship works, and what makes it so important to Fine Watchmaking.