LVMH, Bertolucci, Milus Announce New Top Execs
Dec 01, 2006
Some luxury Swiss watch brands made important appointments to top U.S. posts this fall: Thierry Collot is the new president of Bertolucci Inc., based in New York City, the new U.S. division of the Swiss luxury watch brand. French-born Collot has over 20 years in marketing and distribution of luxury brands in the Americas, including as vice....

LVMH Watch and Jewelry NA names new president, CEO
Oct 03, 2006
Springfield, N.J.—LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Watch and Jewelry North America has appointed Ulrich Wohn as its new president and chief executive officer, effective Dec. 1. Wohn joined TAG Heuer in 2002 as vice president of marketing. He currently serves as Tag Heuer's senior vice president of sales and trade marketing in North America. ....

GRANDE CLASS OPEN by Zenith
Sep 19, 2006
Stainless steel (44 mm) chronograph equipped with an automatic El Primero 4021H movement. Grey dial with ‘grain d’orge’ guilloché pattern and open at 10 o’clock, 50-hour power reserve with indicator from hour axis, measures short time intervals to a 10th of a second, automatic winding in both directions, central seconds....

Magazine contents August - September 2006 issue
Aug 22, 2006
Editorial Bubbles Cover Story The Master Tourbillon by Jaeger-LeCoultre, a ‘regulator’ that sets the record straight Special Mechanical Innovations Mechanical watchmaking: everything is yet to be done The new escapement by Audemars Piguet, a turning point in precision watchmaking The quite remarkable....

Swiss Watch by JCK has timeless appeal
Jul 13, 2006
For four days last month, buyers and manufacturers representing the most elite Swiss Watch brands came together at the Venetian Hotel Resort & Casino for the fourth Annual Swiss Watch by JCK. This event, produced by JCK Events in conjunction with Kaiser Time, offered jewelry retailers a convenient location to shop for high end watches in a beautiful and....

Magazine contents April - May 2006 issue
Apr 30, 2006
Editorial My time against yours Cover Story Patek Philippe: The long awaited chronograph A fundamental innovation: the “Spiromax®” balance spring Perspectives 2005-2006 Behind the velvet curtain Leading Players FHH: The lofty ambitions of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie Vacheron Constantin:....

Market Focus Germany: Part 2
Feb 14, 2006
Riding on a roller coaster After a gap in 2002, when the total turnover generated by watch sales decreased to 1,902 billion Euros, in 2003 the amount increased to 2.4 billion Euros. In 2004, 2.3 billion was reported and in 2005 the prognosis is 2.4 billon again. The trend in watch sales was positive on a low level during the last years, while jewellery....

The "talking piece" of Zenith
Jan 25, 2006
With its Grande Class Traveller Minute Repeater , Zenith has definitely made a grand impression, and it has done so by dramatically increasing the functions, the complications, and the price of this timekeeper. Selling for about CHF 800,000 per watch, only three pieces will be made per year (one for the USA, one for Europe, and one for Asia). And, as the....

Magazine contents December - January 2006 issue
Jan 06, 2006
Editorial Unite for the Long-Term Cover Story Innovation in Luxury & Timekeeping Haut de Gamme A brief visit to Blancpain’s “Farm” The “talking piece” of Zenith In memoriam to Günter Blümlein: The Tourbograph “Pour le Mérite” Jaeger-LeCoultre....

CHIFFRE ROUGE by Dior
Nov 05, 2005
Stainless steel automatic chronometer chronograph (developed by the Zenith Manufacture (COSC certified) equipped with a Calibre ‘irréductible’ 1/10th second precision, black steel dial, 50-hour power reserve, 36,000 v.p.h., circular satin finish on the oscillating weight, individually numbered 1 to 150, water-resistant to 50 metres. ....