IWC Pilot Watch Auction to Benefit Tribeca Film Institute
IWC Schaffhausen reprises its role as the official ‘Festival-Time’ Partner of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City for the second year and will again make a donation to the non-profit Tribeca...
View ArticleBASELWORLD PREVIEW- Victorinox Unveils New Timepieces
Victorinox, this week, unveiled four new timepieces previewing their BaselWorld debut. Some are expansions of the brand’s most successful collections, while others are based on the brand’s history and...
View ArticleShinola’s Wright Brothers Limited Edition Watch Takes Flight
Nearly 110 years after the famed Wright Flyer lifted itself into the sky over the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Shinola introduces a limited edition watch in Detroit, Michigan, paying tribute...
View ArticleBehind BaselWorld
Last year, Managing Editor / Swiss Correspondent Nola Martin brought us exclusive coverage from the new BaselWorld venue. In addition to an exclusive interview with BaselWorld Managing Director Sylvie...
View ArticleAvant-Garde Watchmaking with HYT
What do you get when you mix non-conforming horologists with fine watchmaking? As HYT tells it, you get avant-garde watchmaking developments, engineering pushed to its limits and a watch design that...
View ArticleBASELWORLD PREVIEW- Dior VIII Montaigne
Dior released, this week, its latest BaselWorld Preview- the VIII Montaigne. The timepiece will be available in several different versions. Featured here, in pale blue, the timepiece contains slender...
View ArticleiW Watch Madness 2014 Tournament Recap
iW’s annual Watch Madness tournament concluded at the end of last week. 32 watches went head-to-head and thanks to YOU, the voters, one timepiece came out on top. Congratulations to ROGER DUBUIS with...
View ArticleBASELWORLD PREVIEW- De Bethune DB209 Maxichrono Tourbillon
De Bethune pushed its mission to assimilate new technologies and materials to watchmaking in the new DB209 Maxichrono Tourbillon timepiece. The model took seven years to complete and will be in...
View ArticleTudor Launches Heritage Black Bay
Debuting at BaselWorld 2014 this new Tudor Heritage Black Bay derives its overall lines and its domed crystal from the brand’s first divers’ watch, the Tudor Submariner reference 7922, launched in...
View ArticleBulova Introduces New Line with Five Collections
Bulova introduced today an entirely new line; the Bulova Accu Swiss. The new timepieces are a reinterpretation of the brand’s 1960s models and integrate new materials like textured leather straps....
View ArticleDiscussing 175 Years of Patek Philippe with CEO Thierry Stern
International Watch speaks with Patek Philippe CEO Thierry Stern, who recently visited Govberg Jewelers in Philadelphia and spent an evening there with Patek Philippe collectors. Stern, whose family...
View ArticleDestination Basel-The Calm Before the Storm
The most anticipated time of the year for the watch industry is upon us, BASELWORLD 2014! The industry awaits for what the show will bring. Doors open tomorrow and Team iW has officially arrived....
View ArticleIn-Depth with the New Hermès Dressage L’heure Masquée
Hermès continues to wax poetic when making wristwatches. the Hermès 2014 time to dream watch, Dressage L’heure Masquée, allows the wearer to choose whether or not to reveal the hour at home and in a...
View ArticleINTERACTIVE FEATURE- Exploring the Halls of BaselWorld 2014
Though it seems like everyone in the entire world is in Basel, Switzerland right now, some of us weren’t so lucky to catch an airliner to the show. Team iW is reporting live from the scene to bring you...
View ArticleZenith’s Roland Enderli Discusses the Montre D’Aéronef Type 20 GM and El...
Earlier this year, iW Managing Editor / Swiss Correspondent, Nola Martin, sat down with Zenith Brand Director for North America, Roland Enderli. Here, Enderli discusses the El Primero Chronomaster...
View ArticleThe Chopard Journey
Wednesday’s press conference at Chopard was graced with the elegant presence of Caroline and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-presidents of the esteemed Swiss-based brand, who shared some highlights for...
View ArticleHublot Introduces New Materials at BaselWorld 2014
As press and watch enthusiasts stream into Messeplatz Halle for BaselWorld 2014, exhibiting brands are busy unveiling their latest horological creations, often having taken years to complete. Since...
View ArticleFirst-Day Debuts at BaselWorld 2014
The high-profile tenants of Hall 1.0 and 1.1 at BaselWorld 2014 didn’t disappoint the first day of this largest of the annual watch and jewelry shows, where nearly all the major timepiece makers show...
View ArticleInside the Bell Ross B-Rocket
Bell & Ross and Shaw Harley-Davidson introduce their second collaborative concept motorcycle and timepiece, the BR01 B-Rocket. Bruno Belamich, Bell & Ross Co-Founder and Steve Willis, Shaw...
View ArticleExperiencing BaselWorld 2014 with Managing Editor Nancy Olson
I made it to day two before trading in my heels for a pair of flats. Once again comfort trumped fashion as I wended my way through BaselWorld’s Hall 1 and its massive—though expertly planned—maze of...
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