The “Whose Who” wearing your watch
Oct 03, 2005
In case you were wondering what the celebs having been wearing on their wrists recently. Here are some of the most recent sightings….. 1. Harrison Ford: Breitling Aerospace 2. Jerry Seinfeld: Every Breitling imaginable 3. Brad Pitt: Breitling 4. Orlando Bloom: IWC Big Pilot 5. Arnold Swarzenegge: Audemars Piguet (usually the T3)6. Ben Affleck : Harry....

Fine Timepieces as Wedding Gifts
Jun 01, 2006
Over the past 10 years I have had many brides-to-be ask my opinion about which watch to buy their fiancé as a wedding gift. It seems that over the last few years watches have become an increasingly popular wedding gift for grooms-to-be. The best advice I am able to give is to buy your fiancé a watch he might have had his eye on, not the one you wish to see....

Great Machines: Personal Appointments - Four If by Land, One If by Sea
Jun 04, 2003
Panerai Luminor Power Reserve The Luminor Power Reserve (right), from Florentine watchmaker Panerai, is named for a feature that was once as critical for pocket watches as for cell phones today: a gauge detailing the amount of power remaining. The watch comes in two case sizes (40mm and 44mm), and southpaws will appreciate a left-handed variant. The....

'Spectacular Rise' in Quartz Chronometer Submissions
Nov 01, 2006
There was a “spectacular rise of quartz chronometers” submitted in 2005 for testing and certification by COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres), the Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, says an August COSC report. While those with mechanical movements—the traditional type of the highly precise....

Watch’s Couth – a new online watch shop
Apr 02, 2007
Watch's Couth is an online shop with the goal of allowing private customers as well as commercial players active in the watch sector to expose the watches they wish to buy or sell, in a simple and direct way, locally or around the world. The aim of this Internet platform is to facilitate the purchase, sale and exchange of watches worldwide without....

1 Million Chronometers Certified by COSC
Nov 01, 2001
More than 1 million chronometers were certified in 2000 by the Official Swiss Chronometer Inspectorate (COSC), according to a report of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. The exact number was 1,032,258, a 9.1% gain over 1999 and a new record. The top five brands with the most certifications, says the Federation's report, were Rolex (635,209),....

Fecit in Britannica … at last!
Apr 14, 2004
North of the border Now, I am going to stray north of England’s border to Scotland, and to that fine country’s leading watch retailer for a set of words which seem to me to summarize very well the scene I have introduced. Malcolm Gillan is the sales director of Hamilton & Inches in Edinburgh, and he offers this set of comments: “Our....

SIHH, other exhibitions are stages for luxury watches
Apr 04, 2006
More than a dozen luxury watch shows and exhibitions open this week (April 3-9) in Geneva, Switzerland, an important annual stage for Swiss haute horlogerie, especially for smaller watchmakers. The 16th annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) opened Monday at Geneva's Palexpo convention center with 16 of the world's best-known luxury....

The lofty ambitions of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie
Mar 30, 2006
This ambitious initiative stems from one woman and two men: Jasmine Audemars, shareholder in the major independent brand Audemars Piguet; Gino Macaluso, owner and director of the Girard-Perregaux brand and Manufacture; and Franco Cologni, Senior Executive Director of the Richemont Group (owners of a brand portfolio including A. Lange & Söhne,....

Magazine contents August - September 2004 issue
Aug 25, 2004
Editorial Time… is astronomy transformed into biology Cover Story Panerai and the historic Radiomir Art of Watchmaking In the 21st century, what is the state of the mechanical watchı The frenzy of the third dimension Mechanical Watches Marriage of a designer and a watchmaker Parmigiani: Tools....