Meticulous enamel craftsmanship matches legendary watchmaking

Launch of the Master Ultra Thin Enamel “Qing Dynasty” Collection in Hong Kong

Jaeger-LeCoultre, in partnership with the Chinese Arts and Crafts (HK) Limited, has unveiled a limited edition collection called Master Ultra Thin Enamel “Qing Dynasty”. This Jaeger-LeCoultre “Qing Dynasty” Collection draws its inspiration from the art of the eponymous dynasty in Chinese history, and includes masterpieces of two famous painters, Ju Lian and Yun Shou Ping, masters of the illustrious Lingnan School of Painting. (more…)

• New goals for watch-collectors
• Girard-Perregaux 1966 collection: The chronograph
• The expert courses of the LANGE ACADEMY have started
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Geneva Motor Show

TAG Heuer and Tesla Motors launch worldwide partnership

Pioneering luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer and electric carmaker Tesla Motors have teamed up in a worldwide partnership as the iconic Swiss brand celebrates its 150th anniversary. On display at the Geneva Motor Show is the 2010 TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster. This one-of-a-kind collector's car includes a unique interior by Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen, incorporating TAG Heuer avant-garde design elements and a specially designed center console due to host TAG Heuer’s cutting edge concept watch, to be revealed in Basel on March 18. (more…)

• International Exhibitors at Baselworld 2010
• Omega and the Olympic Winter Games
• A. LANGE & SÖHNE continues to offer apprenticeships
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Baume & Mercier & Me

Baume & Mercier ambassador for a full year: Andy Garcia

To celebrate the fifth edition of its Baume & Mercier & Me charity campaign, the Geneva-based watch brand is associating with actor Andy Garcia as the new star ambassador of its now famous humanitarian initiative. The philanthropic mechanism of this campaign is both simple and effective: Andy Garcia, like the Hollywood celebrities in the previous campaigns, is offering voluntary use of his reputation and his image by serving as a Baume & Mercier ambassador for a full year – in exchange for the brand providing financial support to the charities of his choice. (more…)

• Diane Kruger at the 2010 Oscars Ceremony
• Piaget supports the 25th anniversary of the Independent Film Festival
• Footballing legend Diego Maradona is Hublot's new ambassador
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For lovers of beautiful watch-engineering

BASELWORLD 2010: Chopard L.U.C Engine One Tourbillon

To celebrate Chopard's 150th anniversary as well as the decades of passion it has shared with the world of motor sports, the Geneva-based brand is introducing this new L.U.C Engine One Tourbillon model combining the finest elements of the two forms of mechanical expression. From its strong lines to the most subtle details, everything about this powerful timepiece honours the automobile spirit also admirably accentuated by a fine watch movement machined like an engine block. (more…)

• Unveiled at Baselworld 2010: Breitling for Bentley Masterpiece
• Beat Haldimann designs exceptional horological sculptures
• Limited Edition: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar
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Deutschlandfunk: Thousands of watches ticking in the watch museum in Glashütte (Saxony)

In Glashütte, a small town on the eastern edge of the Erzgebirge, the best mechanical watches on the globe are manufactured by a small number of competing companies. Recently, one of the well-known companies co-founded, in partnership with the town, the German Watch Museum Glashütte. In May it was opened to visitors. (more…)

• Aachener Zeitung: Three amateur watchmakers in search of perfection
• Deutschlandfunk: The time on your wrist – Swiss Watches
• Tagesanzeiger: Hayek: We will continue to grow in 2009
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Apple infringes Cartier’s trademark

At first glance, Apple and Cartier operate in rather different business segments. However, an offering in the App store displeased the manufacturer of luxury watches. The reason: two applications named 'Fake Watch' and 'Fake Watch Gold Edition'. The apps display a watch on the iPhone or iPod Touch, copying Cartier’s famous wristwatches - according to a complaint from the luxury watchmaker. (more…)

Passion for church clocks

Peter Kuban’s church clock magazine

Hans Peter Kuban has an unusual passion. His hobby, or better his passion is church clocks. In his private church clock magazine founded in 1981, time seems to have stopped. On two floors, Hans Peter Kuban presents several dozens of old treasures in the former Steinhaldenfelder Bunker. (more…)

• Dieter Rinow in his element: pocket watches
• Paul’s hobby: collecting watches
• Passion Tourbillons
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GlückTV also offers watches by André Belfort

This may sound incredible, but the TV channel GlückTV also sells watches by André Belfort. Apparently, the business concept of the two GlückTV executives Bernd Fuhlert and Julian Brakmann is also applicable for “luxury brands”. The André Belfort Aphrodite Gold Zirkonia, for example, is a real bargain at GlückTV. Instead of a whopping 3,190Euro, the watch only costs 790 Euro, not including shipping costs though. (more…)

• GlückTV and its bargains with watches by Lydia David & sons
• Watch trade on Chrono24 exposed to security problems
• Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices and astronomical prices
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Burglars steal several hundred thousands of Euros worth of jewelry and watches

Burglars, who are as yet unknown, broke into a property at Völklinger Jupiterstraße and stole jewelry and watches worth a total of several hundred thousands of Euros the night of Saturday 29^th May, 2008. Among the stolen goods were also two watches, worth 21,500 Euros and 6,800 Euros. There is no trace of the offenders yet. (more…)

• Millions in jewelry stolen during van raid in France
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Social bookmarking services

TrustedWatch fully embraces social networks

Del.icio.us, Mister Wong, Yigg: Social bookmarking services are helpful Internet navigation aids which offer the possibility to determine the relevance of information on the Internet. Links bookmarked or recommended by many users are rated “good”. (more…)

• TrustedWatch.mobi is online
• International focus
• Welcome: Michael Brückner
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