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Richard Mille’s Year of the Woman
I was intrigued to learn that Richard Mille is designating 2014 as the “Year of the Woman,” and the best part is that each of the new models introduced for ladies is technically equal to the watches...
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Raymond Weil, Watch Industry Pioneer, Dies at 87
Raymond Weil, founder and honorary president of Raymond Weil Geneve, passed away at age 87 over the weekend. A pioneer and entrepreneur in the watchmaking industry, Weil in 1976, in the middle of the...
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Beauty and Brains at SIHH 2014
Beauty mixed freely and frequently with mechanical ingenuity at most stands during SIHH 2014, but there were undoubtedly several standout examples seen this week in Geneva that remind us what haute...
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Science and Time at SIHH
By Roberta Naas of atimelyperspective.com While we have been busy bringing you brand news and products from SIHH 2014, we take a moment here to bring you an insider’s look at the intriguing exhibition...
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Cartier Exhibits its Style & History at the Grand Palais
Cartier’s prominent role in the history of decorative arts is evident in virtually every one of the 600 clocks, watches, tiaras, jewels, dresses and drawings now on display at the Grand Palais in...
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Inside the Breguet Manufacture
Abraham-Louis Breguet was a man obsessed with precision. It was his tireless quest for perfection that led him to devise the tourbillon, which he patented in 1801. He continued to develop many...
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Hublot and Miami HEAT’s Ray Allen Auction Three Special Edition Timepieces
Hublot and the Miami HEAT’s Ray Allen raised $191,000 on Monday for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) after auctioning three...
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Bremont to Develop New Watch Line with Boeing
British watch company Bremont today announced a partnership with U.S.-based Boeing to develop a new range of mechanical watches that will incorporate the aerospace company’s expertise in advanced...
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Roger Dubuis Hommage Re-imagines the Watchmaker’s First Collection
Looking back is not a routine exercise at Roger Dubuis. As a high-end watch manufacturer founded in 1995, Roger Dubuis the company generally prefers to focus on the here-and-now, or even the future,...
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Mike Giannattasio Appointed President and CEO of Montblanc North America
Mike Giannattasio is the new president and chief executive officer of Montblanc North America. Prior to this appointment, he successfully steered Montblanc’s growth in the United States and Canada...
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Watchmaking Crafts at Chopard: From Dial Making to Gold Casting
Chopard makes many of its own tools and performs twenty-five individual watchmaking crafts under its roof, from dial making to gold casting. Of the many important milestones in the history of Chopard,...
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Experiencing the Alpine Skiing World Cup with Longines
Longines has a long tradition tied to alpine skiing and upholds its relationship, today as the Official Timekeeper of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup. In tandem with the FIS Men’s Giant Slalom in Val...
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Clocking the Cosmos with Ulysse Nardin and Graham
Ulysse Nardin has long charted the universe with timekeeping devices. Graham this past year added its own ode to the orrery. One is almost embarrassed even mentioning the connection between time and...
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Debuts a Master Grande Tradition
Just weeks after Jaeger-LeCoultre impressed visitors at the SIHH in Geneva with numerous complicated and beautifully decorated debuts, the Vallée de Joux-based company this week added another equally...
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On the Wrist: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Annual Calendar and Equation of Time
Scientists attired in stereotypical white lab coats have been known to spend inordinate amounts of time seeking answers to questions that the majority of individuals have not even considered. They...
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Bovet CEO Pascal Raffy on the Bovet Legacy
iW Managing Editor / Swiss Correspondent, Nola Martin, recently sat down with Bovet CEO Pascal Raffy to discuss collecting, watchmaking and more. For the first twelve years of his professional career,...
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Get in the Game – The iW 2014 Watch Madness Tournament
Beginning March 4, thirty two watches will go head-to-head in iW’s 2014 Watch Madness. Similar to the annual NCAA March Madness tournament, iW will present an interactive bracket where fans will have a...
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MB&F Adds a Life to Legacy Machine No.1
MB&F today launches Legacy Machine N° 1 Xia Hang, a performance art machine that adds a sculptural touch to the vertical power reserve of the MB&F LM No.1. Featuring a futuristic sculpture by...
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Blancpain Sponsors the World Ocean Summit
At the World Ocean Summit this week Blancpain vice president and head of marketing Alain Delamuraz reminded attendees of Blancpain’s rich history as a dive watch maker and as the inventor of the modern...
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Inside MB&F’s Legacy Machine No. 1 Xia Hang
MB&F introduced last week, a timepiece incorporating the futuristic sculptures of Chinese artist Xia Hang entitled the Legacy Machine N°1 Xia Hang. The sculptures are appropriately named Mr. Up...
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