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Truth to be told, it has been quite some time since we were intrigued by a Franck Muller watch. In the recent history, Franck Muller seemed to have diverted from their ethos and created humdrum pieces like the Conquistador GPG and the Infinity Ronde. The 7 Days Power Reserve Skeleton, however, is a little outstanding though. Franck MullerRead More
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IWC celebrates the 75h Birthday of the Portugieser with a new and updated collcection
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Not long ago, we featured a watch with a similar theme, the Graham Tourbillon Orrery. Unlike the Graham, the Astronomia Tourbillon does not feature a mini-planetarium. Nevertheless, this is still an interesting piece, albeit it may be a little difficult to digest all the details. At the first glance, the Jacob & Co Astronomia Tourbillon is aRead More
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“I asked Herzog what she found most unexpected while photographing this project. ‘That it could make an optimist out of a Russian,’ she said.” –photographer Lena Herzog, in a New Yorker article by Jessie Wender, 2011. If you wanted to cast someone as Theo Jansen, you could do a lot worse than to hire […]
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Showing its commitment to both women’s watches and the women’s sporting arena, Omega has just announced a new 10-year partnership with the Ladies European Tour (LET) – a truly international organisation with 23 golf tournaments played in 18 different countries in 2014. Of particular relevance to the UK is Omega’s decision to enlist 18-year-old Brit […]
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While many watch connoisseurs have a wide variety of watches and change them often, the clocks in one’s house tend to stay where they were initially placed. They truly become daily companions, timing the pace of life at one’s home. Most watch brands have, over the span of their existence, flirted casually or more seriously […]
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The front of the watch showcases a Slate-Coloured Opaline dial with power reserve at 12 o'clock and a tourbillon cage at 6.
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IWC releases the new Portofino Mid-size collection. The new collection, also known as the “Mid-size” now comes in a 37mm case...
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The 2014 edition of Watches&Wonders; took place against a tumultuous political backdrop - anyone with an eye on the news that week could not have missed the mass demonstrations of unprecedented scale that filled the streets of central Hong Kong. Fair visitors and exhibitors alike faced daily challenges in reaching the halls of the Hong […]
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Leading up to Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary, speculation and anticipation were running wild in watch enthusiast circles around the globe. And the recurring theme rising to the forefront of the collective Patek devotee’s imagination was that of a grande sonnerie. A grande sonnerie is a watch that features a minute repeater but is also able […]
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Having already presented an outstanding line-up of new watches earlier this year – headed up by the exceptional Master Ultra Thin Minute Repeater – you might have thought Jaeger-LeCoultre would take some time off to bask in the glory of their achievements. To the contrary – at Watches and Wonders in Hong Kong the Grande […]
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As the news of Dominique Renaud joining HYT reverberates through the industry, Deployant seizes the opportunity to do the first interview on the new partnership, and explores what is special about this announcement. Some background. Dominique Renaud set up Renaud et Papi with Guilo Papi in 1986 and Renaud Papi Claret (now ManufactureRead More
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There are independents and then there is Svend Andersen. Although born in Denmark, he was destined to become a watchmaking pioneer in Switzerland. After joining Gubelin, and spending nine years at Patek Philippe, he decided to start his own workshop…in 1979. Quite a daring move, since the Swiss watch industry wasn’t exactly in good shape […]
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Leave it up to Richard Mille to create “watches and wonders”! At the Hong Kong exhibition that bears this name, he introduces not one, but two new tourbillon watches, both limited editions, and both wonders of watchmaking! With the new RM 56-02 Sapphire, Richard Mille takes a new step in making its watches as transparent […]
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How would you reinvent yourself to recreate something traditional? Ask Glycine. This company has managed to transform a conventional chronograph pusher into something that is extraordinary and fun! When we first received the watch, it did not give us a rather good impression. We thought that the watch was rather big, and that it wasRead More
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They often say that good things come in threes, and there is most certainly some truth to it when you are presented with not one, not two, but three examples of Girard-Perregaux’s 1st quartz watch at the same time. Although the focus on mechanical watches has pushed away much of the history of quartz watches, […]
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Last year we heard rumours that MCT (Manufacture Contemperaine du Temps), one of the most creative Swiss Independent brands would announce their second model. In March, this year the brand confirmed that the Sequence TWO would be presented at Basel World. We reported briefly about the watch HERE. The Sequential ONE, with its gorgeous cushion […]
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Sometimes you just get bored with it; Brands that release a seemingly never-ending avalanche of variations of existing models, the difference between them often minor. The same could have been said of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s approach to the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 collection, yet here however, every new variation seems to actually make sense. Not in […]
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The Gyrotourbillon 1 was first introduced by Jaeger LeCoultre in 2004 as what would be the first of a series of multi-axis tourbillon wristwatches, the theoretical goal of which was to create variations on the tourbillon suitable for a wristwatch rather than a pocket watch. Each of the Gyrotourbillon wristwatches has a different configuration of […]
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When it comes to Panerai watches, there would only be two outcomes: either you love it, or loathe it. However, with the new 1940 Chronographs from Panerai, it may be able to change the perspective of certain critics towards this watchmaker. Or at least that was what I thought. The folks here at Deployant hadRead More
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Let there be no mistake; Although the title might made you think otherwise, this article has nothing to do with the material silicone, which is perhaps best known to “enhance” the beauty of the fairer sex in many different shapes and forms. Instead it is about silicon, without the “e”, a chemical element that achieved […]
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There was a time when the British not only ruled large parts of the world, but also large parts of the watch world as well. There is some connection between the two, because at one point in time, anyone who wanted to rule the world, needed a lot of ships. Navigating these ships correctly was […]
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Mr Manuel Emch is the man-in-command of Romain Jerome, a watchmaker which prides itself in making provocative and interesting timepieces. Deployant had the opportunity to catch up with the man himself, to find out more about his watches and the industry as a whole. When Romain Jerome entered into the foray of watchmaking, they wantedRead More
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When talented watchmaker Mr. Roger Dubuis decided to launch his own brand in 1995, he sought inspiration in the innovations and techniques pioneered by Swiss watchmakers of the past. “I decided I wanted to create a watch to thank my teachers, friends and all those who had helped me learn and perfect my art,” shared […]
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We wrote about the Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime when it was launched at Basel this year. (See article here) Now, hear it from the man himself, Hamdi Chatti, Head of Watches & Fine Jewellery at Louis Vuitton in this video below, as he gives us more interesting insights into its development and the inspiration for […]
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Revolution Switzerland were the lucky guests of Chopard and Porsche at the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance motor racing event this weekend to witness this mythical race and the unveiling of a brand new timepiece. Helicopter view above The 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit Chopard announced its partnership with Porsche Motorsport back in […]
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We always like to tell people that the watches made by Devon are what you get when you let an American design a watch –not a watch rooted in European tradition, not a watch that looks back to the Golden Age of American watchmaking, not a watch that casts a misty eye, through rose colored […]
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This story is something of a mea culpa. Many years ago, when I was yet green with youth and correspondingly filled with overweening self-confidence, an independent watchmaker –a respected one; a student of the work of such luminaries as Janvier and Breguet –named Francois Paul Journe, came out with a most intriguing watch. That watch was […]
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“International Geophysical Year” sounds, to the modern ear, about as sexy as a road accident, but despite the dull name, that year and the events surrounding it gave birth to a watch that many collectors today think is one of the sexiest of all time: the Jaeger LeCoultre Geophysic. The Geophysic is a true connoisseur’s […]
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A conservative estimate is that I saw 600 watches in my 3½ days at BaselWorld. When asked to choose my three favourites, all I could do was groan, “Impossible!” There were so many spectacular new pieces – and I don’t mean just the silly-priced stuff – that I can’t even devise a mental “filter”. Do […]
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