A new-look SeaQ from Glashütte Original
Two new versions of the SeaQ Panorama Date diver’s watch make their appearance: a red gold version with black dial and a contemporary bi-colour composition in steel and red gold with grey dial.
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The true measure of market temperature
Ex-LVMH Thierry Huron launched The Mercury Project in 2016 to provide business intelligence for the watch and jewellery industry. This includes a sell-out index for nine markets - a more reliable indicator than export figures.
November auctions: 1,275 timepieces come under the hammer in Geneva
Three auction houses - Christie's, Sotheby's and Antiquorum - are in the starting blocks for three days of sales which, twice a year, maintain Geneva at the forefront of fine watch auctions. Will the May 2010 record of a total CHF 42 million be broken? Answer on November 15th.
Zenith makes a marine chronometer for the wrist
Zenith has developed a gyroscopic system based on the principle that the regulating organ of a timepiece is never more efficient, in terms of amplitude, than in a perfectly horizontal position. The result, a world first, is the Zenith Christophe Colomb.
Watchmaking blinds us with science
Professions are becoming increasingly specialised and technology-based, with watch firms employing more and more engineers. A shift in emphasis that can lead to excess.
"The watchmaker's skills alone are no longer enough"
Guy Sémon, VP Sciences & Engineering, TAG Heuer
Teamwork: the Opus X by Harry Winston
After graduating in engineering and microtechnology, Jean-François Mojon quickly made a name for himself researching and developing movements and complications for numerous brands. Following stints with IWC and Swatch Group, in 2005 he set up his own company, Chronode SA, in Le Locle. As a specialist in the development of grande complication movements, he was Harry Winston's natural choice to design the Opus X.
