Insights
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- Brand Spotlight
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- Watches and Wonders
Patek Philippe’s 2025 Grand Complications Keeps Things Simple
The high and grand complications that Patek Philippe presented at Watches and Wonders Geneva introduce innovations designed to enhance reliability and durability in the Quadruple Complication, Split-Seconds Chronograph, Desk Clock, and classic Calatravas. Learn more about them here.
26 Jun 2025
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Seconds of Greatness: The Athlete Ambassadors of Luxury Watchmaking
Discover how top athletes become luxury watch ambassadors, uniting sport, style and precision in iconic timepieces.
15 Jul 2025
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- Watch Guide
- Watch Knowledge
The Essential Guide to Water Resistance in Watchmaking
From its earliest days to contemporary dive watches that can handle the pressures of the Mariana Trench, here’s what you need to know about the development of water resistance in watchmaking.
03 Jul 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
- Watch Feature
- Watch Knowledge
Global Timekeeping: Exploring BOVET’s Mastery of the GMT Complication
Thanks to BOVET’s mastery of the GMT complication and exceptional interpretations of the GMT and world time watches, keeping track of multiple time zones is a matter of precision and art.
30 Jun 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Feature
Franck Muller and #FR2 Extend Their Partnership With the New #FR2NCK Muller Vanguard Beach Limited Edition
Following their blockbuster collaboration in 2023, Franck Muller and #FR2 have returned with a new timepiece: the #FR2NCK MULLER Vanguard Beach Limited Edition. The model melds #FR2’s playful irreverence with the sporty, vibrant design of the Vanguard Beach collection, and arrives perfectly timed to usher in the summer.
17 Jul 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
- Novelties
- Watch Feature
Bell & Ross reinterprets the “Phantom” with the BR-05 Skeleton Phantom Ceramic
The new BR-05 Skeleton Phantom Ceramic expresses a distinctive and modern personality, with clear references to cutting-edge aviation, contemporary art and modernist design.
11 Jul 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
- Watch Feature
Back For More: The Wonder of Franck Muller’s Retrograde Watches
Practical and theatrical in equal measure, the retrograde complication provides the perfect canvas for Franck Muller to express its knack for caprice.
20 Jun 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Feature
OMEGA Aqua Terra 30mm, My Little Secret
For the first time, the collection is presented in a 30-millimetre case, introducing a new sizeto the Aqua Terra family with a brand-new movement and featuring 12 new references.
19 Jun 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Feature
Octo Finissimo: Contrasts at Play in Three New Creations
Bvlgari pushes the Octo Finissimo concept further with three bold new interpretations that showcase the Maison’s mastery of both style and substance. After setting 10 world records for thinness in just 11 years, Octo Finissimo returns with fresh creative momentum.
19 Jun 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Feature
Celebrating an Amazing 10 Years: BOVET Introduces the 19Thirty 10th Anniversary Special Edition
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of this important launch, BOVET is introducing a special edition of the 19Thirty.
17 Jun 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
Beyond The Sketch: Jean-Loup Glénat, Franck Muller’s Head of Design
The man at the helm of Franck Muller’s design division discusses aesthetic philosophies, remaking icons, and being true to one’s vision.
13 Jun 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Feature
Bvlgari Bvlgari: An Identity Carved in Gold and Marble
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bvlgari Bvlgari watch collection with the flair befitting a legend, the Roman jeweler is shining a spotlight on the watch that started it all.
12 Jun 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
Bvlgari Celebrates Its Magnificent Icons
Born magnificent, reborn through time, eternally iconic: the maison puts the spotlight on its timeless collections.
04 Jun 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
- Watch Feature
A Twist to the Tale: Franck Muller’s Curvex CX
Pardon us for wheeling out the oft-used saying, but there is really no better way to describe the Franck Muller Curvex CX: it is a watch that has curves in all the right places. And we aren’t just talking about how it looks. The watch’s gentle arcs and sensually rounded silhouette make the Curvex CX as much a tactile delight as it is an aesthetic sensation.
02 Jun 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Feature
Bell & Ross Reinterprets Luminescence with BR-03 Diver Lum Outline
A technical asset, luminescence is also the distinctive style signature of the BR-03 Diver Lum Outline. This new tool‑watch for Bell & Ross divers, limited to 500 pieces, plays on the effect of highlighting only the contours, much like a neon outline. A minimalist, highly functional vision of light.
29 May 2025
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- Watch Knowledge
Dial It Up: Discover the Craft of Dial-Making Through These Five Watchmakers
Watch dials have come a very long way since the 19th century when the first wristwatch was created. Most dials were silver, with a brushed finish; the finest watchmakers applied handcrafts used in jewellery and decorative objects to watch dials. There has been a resurgence in artistic dials, from simple techniques such as lacquering to fine art creations involving a multitude of handcrafts.
28 May 2025
