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Alpina's “accessible luxury”: the new Startimer Pilot

Alpina’s “accessible luxury”: the new Startimer Pilot

One of the pioneers in pilot watches introduced its new Startimer Pilot Automatic at Baselworld. It’s well executed, but how does it fare in terms of (...)

Watch of the Day: Introducing David Candaux and the “1740 - The First 8”

Watch of the Day: Introducing David Candaux and the “1740 - The First 8”

The first offering by talented watchmaker David Candaux pushes all the right buttons of watch design, with an asymmetrical conception and excellent (...)

Europa Star at Baselworld

Europa Star at Baselworld

The Europa Star team will be reporting live on location from Baselworld for the duration of the trade show. Join us at the main entrance of Hall (...)

Hermès: less stress, more emotion

Hermès: less stress, more emotion

SLIM D’HERMÈS L’HEURE IMPATIENTE

With Le Temps Suspendu, and then L’Heure Masquée, Hermès introduced us to a new way of coping with time, by suspending the inexorable march of the hands (...)

Jean Marcel: the most understated German brand?

The Baden-Baden based brand has been in business since 1981 with a strong German market focus. Greater international presence is the next (...)

How to make an award-winning watch better? Grönefeld figured it out

How to make an award-winning watch better? Grönefeld figured it out

The 1941 Remontoire took home a big prize in 2016, but the Horological Brothers have managed to make it even better for (...)

Beneath the Antarctic

Beneath the Antarctic

PANORAMA

«Beneath the ice I discovered a tropical garden. I was surprised to find the shades and colours of submarine flora reminiscent of the Caribbean at the South (...)

Portfolio: let's be slim

Portfolio: let’s be slim

SLIM WATCHES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK

If you needed a demonstration that time is cyclical, the ebb and flow of trends could serve as useful pointers. After a decade in which watches have (...)

Portfolio: less, please!

Portfolio: less, please!

WE’VE HAD “BIGGER IS BETTER”, NOW IT’S TIME FOR “LESS IS MORE”.

The trend seems to be reversing._ Slim, simple and nano are the newest buzzwords. After a long decade when everything had to be bigger and better, we’re on (...)

Martin Frei

Martin Frei

TOOLS THAT INSPIRE IMAGINATION

Martin Frei is the co-founder and principal designer at Urwerk. It is virtually impossible to separate his work from that of watchmaker Félix Baumgartner. (...)

Ludwig Oechslin

Ludwig Oechslin

“DR. LESS”

“My pieces seem simple, but the intellectual path to a simple build is extremely complex. Making things simple is not the same as simplifying. For instance, (...)

Greubel Forsey: from less to nano

Greubel Forsey: from less to nano

GREUBEL FORSEY MECHANICAL NANO

Nano is watchmaking’s next frontier. For a number of years now, watchmakers’ R&D departments have been exploring this promising new territory. Greubel (...)

Richard Mille: less heavy

Richard Mille: less heavy

RICHARD MILLE RM 50-03 MCLAREN-F1

Less than 40 grams. That’s eight sheets of standard A4 paper, or two small slices of bread. At 39.55 grams, the RM 50-03 McLaren-F1 is quite simply the (...)

Automation: towards human obsolescence?

Automation: towards human obsolescence?

INDUSTRY

The Encyclopédia Universalis defines automation as the act of rendering automatic operations which previously required human intervention. So we can see a (...)

LIV Watches, and living on Kickstarter

LIV Watches, and living on Kickstarter

They dared to LIV. The young brand is on Kickstarter once again, offering an affordable new rectangular timepiece to fans of bold (...)

The story of Nooka watches, a warning for other startups?

The story of Nooka watches, a warning for other startups?

After a speedy start to its operations, the American niche watchmaking brand seems to have lost its momentum. What happened and what might other start-ups (...)

Zenith partners with Land Rover for special edition Chronomaster El Primero

Zenith partners with Land Rover for special edition Chronomaster El Primero

The Swiss watchmaker and the British carmaker excel in luxury products in their respective fields. The new Chronomaster El Primero Range Rover Velar (...)

Introducing the TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45

Introducing the TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45

The Swiss watchmaker has released its second generation connected watch based on a modular design, meaning tailor-made luxury for connected and mechanical (...)

Out of this world: the DB28 Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite

Out of this world: the DB28 Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite

The limited edition release by De Bethune is certainly “kind of blue” – with vibrant azure tones on the case and dial. It will also be kind of expensive, (...)

Longines Conquest VHP, a new milestone in watchmaking?

Longines Conquest VHP, a new milestone in watchmaking?

The new VHP (Very High Precision) timepiece is touted as a revelation in quartz technology thanks to its new ultra precise and robust (...)