Glashuette in the Ore Mountains

Watches from the mountain village to the grand boulevards

(04/2010) In Saudi Arabia, timepieces from the Mecca of fine watchmaking are in high demand. You can find them in London, Tokyo, and Manhattan. All over the world people dream about Glashütte watches. The town is famous, nearly more so out there in the wide world than here in Germany. However, Glashütte is in fact tiny: with a population of about only 2.500 living in the eastern hills of the Ore Mountains; there’s one hotel, two banks, five citizens’ associations, six hair salons—and “the Watch,” as people here succinctly refer to the entire watch industry, comprised of ten factories, three of which have the status of “manufactory.”

Héritage Facelift

NIVREL: Introducing the Héritage Bijoux La Grande Date

(04/2010) After quite a long waiting period, NIVREL presents a new automatic timepiece especially for ladies at BASELWORLD 2010. The Héritage Bijoux La Grande Date is a mechanical tidbit. Technically based on an automatic movement calibre ETA 2892-A2, the movement features an indication of hours, minutes, a small second and a twin-disc outsize date at 12 o’clock.

Distinctive chronograph

Baume & Mercier Classima Executives Magnum XXL Chronograph Black PVD Steel

(04/2010) For this distinctive chronograph, Baume & Mercier has designed a new fluted case in black satin-finished and sand-blasted PVD-coated steel, accentuated by profiled push-pieces and driven by a mechanical self-winding movement. Screwed down to guarantee perfect water-resistance to 200 meters, the case-back is fitted with a triangular-shaped opening revealing the oscillating weight adorned with “Côtes de Genève”.

A timepiece for the home...

Swarovski D:LIGHT AVANT TIME N°1 by Eric Giroud

(04/2010) The “Avant Time” concept was unveiled in 2009 at the international launch of the Swarovski watch collection at Baselworld. Proving an instant hit, the “D:Light” enchanted visitors with its combination of skilled design and unique movement designed specially by the company. In keeping with the tradition of this unconventional line, a Limited Edition of 99 pieces has been produced in 18-carat rosegold.

Limited edition of 88 pieces

FRANC VILA FV EVOS 8Ch Cobra Chronographe Grand Dateur Automatique

(04/2010) The FRANC VILA “Cobra” collection introduced the first evolution of the characteristic “esprit unique” watchcase. The new case is dedicated to aficionados of extreme sports. Built to withstand 300 meters deep, the “Cobra” timepieces are specially conceived for hard and intense water activities. The carbon fiber inserts ensure the protection of the watch for the most exigent sports.

For aficionados

MeisterSinger limited edition pocket-watch

(04/2010) MeisterSinger has a special relationship with time. This is why we reinterpreted well-established things by designing an elegant, original pocket-watch. The outcome is the Ur Uhr pocket-watch. Simply made for relaxed people and those who always wanted to form time a little bit more individually. Even with launching the Ur Uhr pocket-watch MeisterSinger is bound to its principles.

Ode to love and to romanticism

Edox breaks hearts of love

(04/2010) The new Heartbreaker Love Edition is an ode to love and to romanticism. This latest little addition to the Royal Lady collection is a sweet tribute to lovers. After the proven success of the first Royal Lady limited edition, Edox is today offering a new version of this magnificent feminine watch. Encrusted with 68 diamonds, the steel case has changed slightly, becoming rounder and more sensual.

The innermost secrets of Time

VENUS, a watch with a precious secret whose pearl is time itself

(04/2010) A jewel of the sea with a watch nestling inside: with the new VENUS, CENTURY plunges into the imaginary world of the sea, with its naturalistic forms and surreal magic. Drawing on the mythology of the beach and of the treasures buried in the ocean depths, CENTURY brings together in this piece its traditional know-how and its mastery of jewellery techniques.

BASELNEWS 2010

FRANC VILA introduced a SuperLigero Concept repeater

(04/2010) 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.

The art of elegance

LORENZ Blue Moon Collection

(04/2010) Sensuous and sophisticated, resolute and intriguing. This is the woman who has inspired the designers at Lorenz Lab in the creation of the new Blue Moon watch collection for Spring/Summer 2010. Epitomising a new approach to modernity, she chooses the accessories she wears with meticulous care. Style, colour, elegance: every detail must be of stunning beauty.

Professional sports watches

C.O.S.C. certified: B-42 MARINEMASTER COLLECTION

(04/2010) The B-42 MARINEMASTER is one of the most prestigious FORTIS ranges of models, established already in the 40’s. Like its historical forerunner the latest model line the B-42 MARINEMASTER collection, which offers a Day/Date, Chronograph and the C.O.S.C. certified Chronograph Alarm, feature highly precise Swiss mechanical movements with automatic winding. It fulfils all requirements of professional sports watches.

International exhibition roadshow

A. Lange & Söhne: Three exceptional timepieces travel around the world

(03/2010) With a special collection of exceptional complications, A. Lange & Söhne commemorates the spiritual legacy of the founder of Germany’s precision watchmaking industry. Presented in a novel gold alloy of hitherto unmatched hardness, the trilogy consisting of the TOURBOGRAPH “Pour le Mérite”, the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON, and the 1815 MOONPHASE manifests the horological heritage of Ferdinand Adolph Lange enriched with contemporary ingenuity and artisanal virtuosity.

Modern interpretation of erotic images

Erotic Watches by Riccardo Zannetti

(03/2010) The Brain Orgy represents a delicious modern and psychoanalytic interpretation of erotic images, that are largely present in the watch history, and in which intellectual pleasure, strictness and divertissement merge magnificently. They become “serious” objects, for “serious” people, that with a big seriousness, doesn’t consider themselves too serious. The draft is almost “escherian” in its twisted complexity, represents our primary sexual organ.

Own watch-movement ARM09

Armin Strom AG loses no time in becoming an authentic watch manufacturer

(03/2010) Following the launch of the first of its calibers to be produced entirely in-house, the "ARM09", the company Armin Strom AG has now become a manufacturer of its own movements and achieved the status of an exclusive watch manufacturer. This has been another important stepping stone on the way to a bright and promising future paving the way to larger degree of independence.

This special model of N° 01

A temptation for your senses: The classic watch from MeisterSinger

(03/2010) MeisterSinger N° 01 is deemed a classic amongst watch connoisseurs. Now this timeless classic is available as a special temptation. The new colour „sun shape cut chocolat“ plays with the light and shows different facets depending on the position of the sun: from a warm deep brown to cacao - due to the special sun-shaped cut!