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- Watch Knowledge
Ingenious Gem-Setting Techniques Used in Jewellery Watchmaking Explained
From prong to invisible setting techniques, gem-setting in jewellery watchmaking is a highly skilled business.
08 Oct 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
Zenith Continues Its Support For The Global Fight Against Breast Cancer With The Chronomaster Sport Pink In Support Of Susan G. Komen®
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ZENITH is once again reaffirming its support for the global fight against breast cancer with the Chronomaster Sport Pink, a limited edition of 500 pieces with a portion of the sales benefitting Susan G. Komen® and which marks the first new dial colour for the steel Chronomaster Sport since the collection’s launch in 2021.
03 Oct 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
Longines Mini Dolcevita: Elegance In The Smallest Detail
With its discreet profile, classic styling, and aesthetic variations that are at once timely and timeless, it is a masterpiece that exquisitely expresses, in equal part, Longines’ quiet luxury and contemporary elegance.
01 Oct 2023
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- Watch Knowledge
Hacking Seconds: The Most Underrated Complication Explained
A ubiquitous feature of modern mechanical movements, the hacking seconds may not receive much attention but it is essential to keeping time accurate up to the second.
30 Sep 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
Bright and Bold with the Audacious Franck Muller Vanguard Beach Collection
For those who carry the beach in their hearts no matter where they go, Franck Muller presents a bold new collection capturing the essence of carefree holidays and endless possibilities.
28 Sep 2023
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Five Perpetual Calendars that Celebrate the Human Civilisation’s Ingenuity
While we commemorate the cultural significance of Mid-Autumn festival, let us not forget how important the moon once was to our ancestors, and how it enabled them to develop the modern calendar system.
24 Sep 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
Glashütte Original: 20 Years of PanoMaticLunar
In 2003, a watch was born that would come to shape the identity of Glashütte Original like no other model before it. With the design of the PanoMaticLunar, the team at the tradition-rich Saxon manufactory aspired to create a watch that was completely new and yet beautiful beyond time.
22 Sep 2023
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Patek Philippe Combines Jewellery and Artistry into Its Timepieces with Style
High jewellery and rare handcrafted dials add sophistication to Patek Philippe’s grand complications for 2023.
20 Sep 2023
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Diminutive Delights: The Small Watch Trend Makes a Big Comeback
Watchmakers are streamlining some of their timepieces. Smaller models, like those popular in the 1920s to the 60s, are fast becoming a trend.
16 Sep 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
- Interview
Singer Reimagined Revives the Mechanical Chronograph
The founder of Singer Reimagined, Marco Borracino, shares how his design philosophy has shaped the brand’s code and continues to evolve today.
11 Sep 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
OMEGA’s Seamaster Summer Blue Collection Is A Nod To Iconic Designs
OMEGA commemorates Seamaster’s 75th anniversary with the Summer Blue collection, paying homage to exemplary Seamaster designs past and present.
30 Aug 2023
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- Watch Knowledge
Discovering Watch Complications: Part 2
In the second of our two-part series, we look at some of the most technically sophisticated complications that money can buy.
22 Aug 2023
