Born at the heart of Watch Valley

Chronometer-certified: Chopard L.U.C XP Tonneau

(09/2010) The new Chopard L.U.C XP Tonneau model combines technical expertise, rarity and elegance – a set of qualities achieved by Chopard Manufacture, where this exceptional model was born. L.U.C Calibre 3.97, a shaped movement that is chronometer-certified by the COSC. Chopard’s L.U.C collection welcomes a refined model that combines technical qualities and aesthetic virtues. Born at the heart of Watch Valley within Chopard Manufacture in Fleurier, the L.U.C XP Tonneau model, an ultra-thin interpretation of the tonneau or barrel-shaped model, now appears with a particularly distinguished new look. (more…)

Launch of Extraordinary Wristwatches

Frédérique Constant Genève and Cohiba Cigars

(08/2010) Luxury Swiss watchmaker Frédérique Constant has partnered with Cohiba® premium cigars to create two bespoke wristwatches exclusively for the U.S. and its territories including the U.S Virgin Islands. The “Frédérique Constant for Cohiba Limited Edition” timepieces will be unveiled exclusively at a private VIP reception on September 22nd, 2010 at Club Macanudo® in New York City. Designed in homage to the Cohiba brand, the handcrafted Swiss wristwatches boast an ivory-colored dial with tobacco brown Roman numerals, housed in a sleek case highlighted by a hand-sewn tobacco brown Croco-calf strap. (more…)

SuperLigero Concept collection

One of Franc Vila`s favorite complications: The FVa35 SuperSonico 5 Minutes Repeater

(08/2010) FRANC VILA unveiled a new timepiece featuring 5 minutes repetition complication and built to provide a clear sonority thanks to the use of Lightnium combined with titanium. The new watch, named FVa35 SuperSonico 5 Minutes Repeater, is included in the brand’s SuperLigero Concept collection. (more…)

World of OMEGA

Launch of the OMEGA iPhone App

(08/2010) Users of Apple’s popular iPhone now have the entire world of OMEGA at their fingertips with the watchmaker’s new App. The feature makes it possible to browse OMEGA’s complete collection, presenting images and technical data for all of the brand’s wristwatches. The Watchfinder function lets users select the timepieces which have exactly the specifications that they are looking for; their choices can be saved as Favorites. (more…)

New watch-duel: Masterful black versus pristine white

CORUM Admiral’s Cup Black Split-Seconds 44 & Admiral’s Cup Challenge 44

(08/2010) In the year Corum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its iconic Admiral’s Cup model and reinforcing its presence in the sailing world – with back-to-back announcements of two new partnerships – it naturally reinforces its sports collection by introducing two timepieces with a 44 mm-diameter profile. (more…)

50 years of Admiral’s Cup collection

CORUM Admiral’s Cup Black Chronograph 40

(08/2010) Now entering the Admiral’s Cup collection that is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010, the Admiral’s Cup Black Chronograph 40 already has the makings of greatness. Loyal to the aesthetic design that has forged the collection’s admirable reputation, it proudly bears the identity codes of its siblings: a 12-sided case and nautical pennant hour-markers. (more…)

The fighter star of the Battle of Britain

The HURRICANE by CX SWISS MILITARY WATCH™

(08/2010) July 10th 1940, in Fairlight, outside Hastings on the English channel coast – the fast approaching hum of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109E and Bf 110C heralds the beginning of the Battle of Britain, the epic fight between the German Luftwaffe and the RAF, the Royal Air Force. The RAF’s HURRICANE, the trustworthy “workhorse” of the British airforce bore the brunt of the battle that lasted from July 10th 1940 to October 31st 1940. (more…)

Easy-to-wear, easy-to-use!

Daily luxury: BERTOLUCCI - Bella Costa

(08/2010) In its Casual Chic universe, Bertolucci pioneers creations where the 4 “Cs” – the very essence of the brand – feature fully: Creativity, Curves, Comfort and Construction. The Italian Riviera, a source of ceaseless inspiration, and Switzerland, the technical expert, mingle and interweave to design new silhouettes playing with the softness of curves and the elegance of lines. Well-being is highlighted in designs which combine comfort and harmony, to be worn as daily luxury. (more…)

The art of mechanical watchmaking

OMEGA opens Co-Axial Exhibition at KaDeWe in Berlin

(08/2010) An exhibition describing a revolution which is taking place in the art of mechanical watchmaking, and featuring OMEGA’s radical Co-Axial escapement, will take place at the KaDeWe in Berlin from the 4th to the 28th of August, 2010.

Visitors to the exhibition, which is located on the ground floor in the centre of the “Themenhalle”, will have the opportunity to see all of OMEGA’s current wristwatch models equipped with Co-Axial movements; they can also examine the calibres in detail through a watchmaker’s loupe. The numerous delicate individual parts of the movements, such as screws and springs, are compellingly revealed through the magnifying lens.

In the style of a spaceship’s instrument panel

BALL WATCH: The Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster

(07/2010) A quintessential Ball Watch timepiece, the new Engineer Hydrocarbon has undergone numerous developments, like the unidirectional rotating bezel with an H3 micro gas light inserted into a container at 12 o’clock. Its graduation from 0 to 14, as well as the numbers 15, 30 and 45, are coated with a very powerful luminescent paint producing blue reflections. (more…)

Limited to 88 pieces

The FRANC VILA - FV EVOS 8 Cobra Estrella Roja

(07/2010) FRANC VILA today introduced a special edition of its successful "Cobra" collection to celebrate the first spanish football World Cup win. Christened "Estrella Roja" (red star), this edition is limited to 88 pieces as is customary in the brand and features the spanish squad colors and a star commemorating its triumph. (more…)

Available in Italian and English

Officine Panerai presents the new iPhone Application

(07/2010) If you love Panerai watches, then you’re going to love the new tool you can use to access the world of your favourite watches wherever you are: the new application created by Officine Panerai for iPhone is now available. This application offers a wide range of images and information about the latest collection of Panerai watches and up-to-the-minute news and it will be regularly updated so customers and fans of the brand can keep up with what’s happening. New content will be available on a monthly basis, with comprehensive focuses on products and initiatives that Officine Panerai is promoting round the world. (more…)

Expéditions Polaires Françaises – Missions Paul-Emile Victor

The Longines watch for missions to the Arctic and Antarctica

(07/2010) In 1947 France instigated a series of exploratory missions to the Arctic and Antarctica under the leadership of a renowned scientist, Paul-Emile Victor. These expeditions brought together geologists, geodesists, meteorologists, physicists, biologists, geographers and glaciologists all were aiming to explore, study and understand the North and South Poles. The mass of equipment required by the first Paul-Emile Victor missions for exploring these inhospitable regions included four Longines ship’s chronometers and fifteen Longines wristwatches which were used for determining their astronomical position. (more…)

Special edition of the Tribune des Arts

165 years A. Lange & Söhne - Homage an F.A. Lange

(07/2010) On 23 June 2010, Switzerland’s Edipresse publishing house circulated a special edition of the Tribune des Arts magazine that salutes the traditional A. Lange & Söhne brand’s anniversary under the heading “165 years – Homage to F. A. Lange”. A total of 76 pages present the history of the brand, the special facets of Lange’s watchmaking heritage, flagship watch models, and a number of protagonists. (more…)