For the first time in its 30-year partnership with the James Bond film franchise, Omega is combining its Bond and Spectre timepieces into a single collection. The new collection comprises six Seamaster Diver 300M timepieces. Three feature the James Bond symbol and three carry the Spectre emblem. All share a 42mm case, Omega’s NAIAD Lock […]
Ulysse Nardin unveiled two new versions of the Freak One Wednesday featuring two artisan dial treatments: enameling and guilloché. Each reference is limited to 99 pieces. Ulysse Nardin says applying these artisan finishes is as much a technical process as it is an artistic one. Unlike a traditional dial, the hour disc of the Freak […]
Just days after announcing a new partnership with American artist Jeff Koons, Swiss watch brand Hublot is revealing the first fruits of the collaboration: two dramatically different watch creations that bring Koons’s artistic language to the wrist. The star of the new releases — and certainly the more immediately recognizable — is the Hublot Classic […]
The maker of such accessible, avant-garde timepieces as the Anatom and Diastar has set up shop at 298 Collins Street — in the thick of “the Swiss end” of Melbourne’s most famous shopping thoroughfare. Rado, the Swatch Group-backed brand that has pioneered innovative materials in watchmaking for over 50 years, has signaled an unprecedented commitment […]
Jaeger-LeCoultre has named British actor Robert Pattinson as its newest global ambassador. The Swiss watchmaker says the partnership reflects a shared commitment to precision, timeless design, artistic expression and craftsmanship. An advertising and marketing campaign featuring Pattinson is scheduled to debut in mid-September. Pattinson says he is a genuine admirer of fine watchmaking and the […]
To mark the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix on October 11, IWC Schaffhausen unveiled a new team watch for its partner, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team. Crafted from lightweight and robust Grade 5 titanium, the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (Ref. IW388121) features a deep purple dial—a first for IWC’s Pilot’s […]
Easily one of the most venerable brands in watchmaking, Vacheron Constantin has long combined the art of watchmaking with respected codes of artistic crafts for its Métiers d’Arts watches. Not only has the brand long offered hand-painted dials, enamel dials, sculpted dials and more, it also has important artistic ties with key art institutions including […]
Omega’s most storied watch is the Speedmaster, the chronograph that became the first watch worn on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It also played a crucial role in helping to save the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, when astronauts used the watch to time a critical 14-second maneuver. Omega’s relationship with […]
Building upon the foundation of the historic LUC collection of the 1990s, the evolved 1860 isn’t merely the best dress watch in the Chopard stable. It’s a benchmark for that style across the entire Swiss watch industry. Timepiece-obsessed Forbes readers may recall that, as part of our Watches & Wonders coverage back in April, we […]
Produced in 1999, a year before the Chronomètre à Résonance officially debuted, the earliest commercially numbered example is expected to fetch up to $1.75 million when it goes under the hammer The auction house describes the F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance 022/99R as one of the earliest and most historically significant F.P. Journe watches ever […]