10 watches to end the year
Santa isn’t the only one with a sackful of goodies! The final crop of new watches for 2021 is a sure way to end the year on a festive note.
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Second-hand mania
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.
A watch by any other name…
What could be more natural than for a master watchmaker wishing to launch his brand to do so under his own name as a pledge of expertise? Particularly when the majority "cut their teeth" working for the sector's leading firms.
Time vanishes from the surface of the dial
From the first mechanical clocks with no dial to the Day&Night watch by Romain Jérôme that doesn't give the time, it seems timepieces have reached a point where they can fully express themselves without referring to that most fundamental matter, the flow of time.
Perfectly polo
Hot on the hooves of a special model in honour of the St Tropez Polo Club comes the Big Bang Polo Club Gstaad, launched in August as a limited edition of 250. This black ceramic chronograph, which sports the Gstaad tournament logo on its dial, is already very much in demand.