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Last June, we were invited by Perpétuel, the specialist watch retailer in Dubai founded by Melika Yazdjerdi and Hamdan Alhudaidi, to fly out to Germany and discover Lang 1943 – a new watch brand that they’re throwing their support behind. And, before you ask, yes Lang was indeed founded in…
There’s no denying Breitling is in a good place these days. Sales have been growing exponentially since the European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners acquired it from the Schneider family in 2017, placing it in the hands of industry veteran Georges Kern (who was, of course, previously the CEO…
Founded in New York in 2007, Jacob & Co. is a relatively new brand of highly complicated and often ostentatious watches. As Apollinaria Bakhanova, the brand’s Regional Director for the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia explains, their watches need to be experienced. “There’s a lot of storytelling, as they’re…
Bulgari recently unveiled Ref. 103534 (top left) and it’s a collaboration with Japanese architect Tadao Ando that has truly captivated us. The base of the watch is clearly the 40mm, three-hand automatic Octo Finissimo but Ando has changed the regular case and bracelet to a textured, sandblasted, matte black ceramic.…
THE ORIGINAL CHRONOMAT CARRIED AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE AT THAT TIME, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THIS NEW SUPER CHRONOMAT [George Kern, CEO Breitling] You’re right, when the Chronomat was launched in 1983 it was an ice breaker for the industry because it emerged at a critical point during the quartz…
Louis Vuitton has only been making luxury watches for around twenty years. In Swiss watchmaking terms, that makes them total newbies but thanks to a shrewd strategy that included acquiring ‘La Fabrique du Temps’ (a highly respected watchmaking workshop located in Geneva that specialises in the conception and fabrication of…
Let’s be honest, this year had initially looked like a barren one for us Rolex lovers, didn’t it? What with the pandemic and then Rolex’s withdrawal from (and subsequent collapse of) the Baselworld watch fair, rumours reached a fever pitch by the end of April with news that the world’s…
For the better part of a century, Breitling has enjoyed a global reputation for its links to the world of aviation and of course its pilot’s watches. But though that relationship used to be manifested in the form of the Breitling Jet Team, new CEO Georges Kern has grounded the…
Last September, Breitling announced it had become Etihad’s official timekeeper and to fête the partnership they launched the 5,000 USD Aviator 8 Day & Date 41, which was at the DWW. It runs on Breitling’s Caliber 45 (which is an automatic movement with more than 40 hours of power reserve)…
Audemars Piguet, which has continued to be owned and managed by its founding families ever since it started, is an incredible company for the way in which it has managed to stay at the forefront of watchmaking. It’s startling to think that, just over twenty years ago, Audemars Piguet was…
