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Personalised engraving Reverso © Jaeger-LeCoultre
Trend Forecaster
Customisation, one step at a time

It starts with the strap and ends with the full-blown experience of a bespoke timepiece. Personalising a watch has no other limit than the amount you're willing (or able) to spend.

Thursday, 09 April 2020
5 min read
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Trend Forecaster
The bare bones of Fine Watchmaking

Once an exercise in style intended to leave only the pith and marrow of an existing movement, skeletonization has expanded its territory to include complicated calibres as well as the mechanical movements in women's watches. A virtuoso illustration that less truly can be more.

Thursday, 07 June 2018
6 min read
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The limited-edition Parmigiani Fleurier Kalparisma Nova Galaxy, set with aventurine and diamonds, with the automatic Caliber PF332
Connoisseur of watches
Adventures in Aventurine: the arcane origins of the sparkliest dial

Usually very rare, dials set with aventurine, the sparkly blue mineral with flecks of gold running through it, were as ubiquitous as tourbillons at the 2018 SIHH. An opportunity to question ourselves on the nature of this precious material: natural or manufactured?

Tuesday, 06 February 2018
4 min read
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Hermès leather workshop
Beginner's Guide
Hermès turns leather into gold

Originally a saddlemaker, Hermès prolongs this expertise within its watchmaking division with some of the finest leather straps in the business. The heart of this activity is in Biel, where La Montre Hermès opened in 1978.

Thursday, 01 June 2017
4 min read
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Bovet
Beginner's Guide
Dimier 1738, a manufacturing gem

When Pascal Raffy acquired Dimier 1738, five years after Bovet, he put his hands on a movement manufacturer that could meet his demanding vision of watchmaking.

Thursday, 02 March 2017
5 min read
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SIHH 2017 Audemars Piguet Diamond Outrage
New Models
Strapline

Ingenious or extravagant, brands unleash their creativity to equip their timepieces with straps whose technical and aesthetic prowess has nothing to envy that of the movement. A closer look at recent innovations and what's new this year.

Tuesday, 17 January 2017
5 min read
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Connoisseur of watches
The Oyster Myth (II)

2016 marked the 90th anniversary of the Oyster, a development that for ever changed the face of our beloved mechanical wristwatches. But was Rolex the sole creator of the waterproof wristwatch, or was it simply in the right place at the right time?

Thursday, 05 January 2017
Ilias Yiannopoulos
7 min read
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Rolex Oyster
Connoisseur of watches
The Rolex Oyster Myth (I)

2016 marked the 90th anniversary of the Oyster, a development that for ever changed the face of our beloved mechanical wristwatches. But was Rolex the sole creator of the waterproof wristwatch, or was it simply in the right place at the right time?

Wednesday, 04 January 2017
Ilias Yiannopoulos
5 min read
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Trend Forecaster
Ruggedness: the new trend for young travellers

As recently stated in the Economist, we are entering a new ‘golden age of discovery’, and while Apple may tell us that there’s an app for pretty much everything, the classic mechanical watch is still in many ways the more iconic tool for extreme travelling.

Wednesday, 12 October 2016
5 min read
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