Téma: watch

Swarovski is launching two new watch lines, one of which is a Numbered, Limited Edition, that echo its second collection unveiled at the Baselworld international watchmaking fair in March 2010.

Side by side, the Union for International Cancer Control – UICC - and the Swiss watchmaker RAYMOND WEIL, will join forces to eliminate cancer as a life threatening disease for future generations.

In its Casual Chic universe, Bertolucci pioneers creations where the 4 “Cs” – the very essence of the brand – feature fully: Creativity, Curves, Comfort and Construction. The Italian Riviera, a source of ceaseless inspiration, and Switzerland, the technical expert, mingle and interweave to design new silhouettes playing with the softness of curves and the elegance of lines.

Chronomat 01 by Breitling, the quintessential mechanical chronograph, now appears in new jewelry versions featuring an original gemsetting style accentuating its unique design. Spotlight on performance...

Encouraged by the early signs of recovery in November and December, Swiss watchmakers and jewellers, along with their suppliers, are putting the finishing touches to the latest creations they will be presenting at BASELWORLD, the sector’s largest international event, from March 18 to 25. With the Show just a few weeks away, they are offering us a glimpse of this year’s emerging trends.

Created in 2005, the double tourbillon holds a place of honour in the Brand’s history. This year it has made a powerful comeback.

The legendary chronograph has a long list of adventures to its credit, including every one of NASA’s piloted missions since May of 1963. When Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the lunar surface in 1969 wearing his OMEGA Speedmaster Professional, the watch achieved true iconic status.

No one at Vacheron Constantin can be unaware of what a passion for fine watchmaking involves. For without passion, there are no real expectations. And though yesterday’s cabinotiers have disappeared, their memory lingers on near the workbenches in the halls of the Manufacture, and today is reawakened by each watchmaker and craftsman, whose movements rekindle their spirit and perpetuate their knowledge.

Every constellation in the universe has its brightest stars, and in OMEGA’s newly-redesigned Constellation line, nothing glitters more brilliantly than the unique and luxurious Constellation Baguette.

The new "Tribute" collection introduces the first FRANC VILA ladies watch, in which Mr. Vila faced the challenge of designing a feminine collection for sophisticated women with strong character.

ith a totally new self-winding movement developed from the ground up, the LANGE 1 DAYMATIC adds a further chapter to the success story of A. Lange & Söhne’s most famous timepiece family. Its discreet distinguishing feature is a mirrored dial layout. A retrograde day-of-week indication forms the perfect counterpoint to the outsize date display.

Love is meant to endure. Shouldn’t the present you give to express your love do the same thing? Chocolate is delicious but it will soon be eaten and forgotten (unless it has added unwanted pounds). Flowers are beautiful but before long, they will wilt and be thrown away (unless you gave artificial flowers which would be the wrong way to express your genuine affection).

WOKING, England, December 2, 2009 — Motor-racing greats Lewis Hamilton joined Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren Automotive Chairman Ron Dennis, TAG Heuer Honorary Chairman Jack Heuer, TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Christophe Babin and more than 120 international journalists at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) on Wednesday to celebrate TAG Heuer’s 150th anniversary and the 25th year of its winning partnership with McLaren in F1.

Captive de Cartier, large model, rhodium-plated white gold, diamond-paved dial.

The World's Most Complicated Watch, the Yellow Gold Calibre 89 Patek Philippe - Genève is sold for a total of Sfr 5,120,000 to a private collector in Asia...

Italy - Milan, October 21, 2009 - The Vacheron Constantin Dream Room was inaugurated today at the Pisa Orologeria fine watch boutique on Via Verri (at the corner of Via Montenapoleone 9) in Milan. The Dream Room is the exclusive showcase for the prestigious collections produced by the Geneva watchmaker that Pisa Orologeria has been presenting for decades to its customers who are true connoisseurs of Haute Horlogerie.

Geneva, Thursday October 29th 2009 – Just two years after being awarded the 2007 Watch of the Year Prize (for the Patrimony Contemporary Retrograde Date and Day model), Vacheron Constantin once again takes the top spot on the winner’s podium with the 2009 Watch of the Year Prize, this time for its ‘Historiques American 1921’ model.

1962. The space race was well under way. Already a supplier to civilian and military aviation, Breitling naturally took a keen interest in this new human adventure.