Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Supercharged is described as a new red-blooded timepiece that fuses modern-day aesthetics and sporty, street-racer lines. This rather large, robust watch, measures 48mm in diameter and it is specifically designed for those who seek performance in all aspects of their lives. The watch is crafted from stainless steel and its case is embellished with red and white detailing, which blends nicely with a contrasting black dial. This vibrant, dynamic watch is also available in the stainless steel anthracite PVD case with yello...

Blancpain Villeret collection is named after the birthplace of the Manufacture. This is the most classic range of Blancpain's watches, the one that exemplifies the brand’s origins and all genuine values of traditional watchmaking. The Villeret collection - distinguished by its clear lines, pure dials, and restrained, timeless elegance – now welcomes a beautiful new automatic three-hander graced with a Grand Feu enamel dial. Blancpain Villeret 630-3631-55B is crafted from red gold and it arrives in a 42mm-wide double-stepped case. Its gorgeou...

The brand new Spirit of Big Bang is very similar to what we’ve seen in previous Big Bang models, except for the tonneau-shaped case which strongly resembles the Hublot MP-06 Ayrton Senna tourbillon wristwatches. The Spirit of Big Bang features all of the emblematic codes of Big Bang: the 6 H-shaped titanium screws across the bezel, the lugs on each side, the two strap attachments, Hublot's SuperLuminova- enhanced hands and baton indices, as well as the overmolded rubber screw-down crown graced with the engraved letter H. Hublot Spirit of...

The Breguet Classique Tourbillon extra-thin automatic, announced last year at the BaselWorld 2013 exhibition, returns once again in a noble platinum version. This outstanding extra-thin watch is now highlighted by one of the most demanding of all Grande Complications – the tourbillon. As you can see on this exclusive world preview photograph, the Classique Grande Complication Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5377 features an off-center tourbillon with a carriage made from titanium - the ingenious innovation is protected by a several patents....

Introduced back in 2008, the Glashütte Original PanoInverse was the first of the manufacture’s watches to reveal its inner beauty, presenting the mechanism for fine adjustment on the dial side of the watch. As its name suggests, this awe-inspiring accomplishment was made possible by inverse positioning of the movement parts. Normally, the adjustment mechanism is visible through the sapphire crystal case-back, but here we can admire it from the watch face. Such an extraordinary innovation required a completely new design of the manual winding Ca...

Richard Mille, a relatively young watchmaking brand launched in 2001, presents yet another of its creative, innovative timepieces made from unique high-tech materials. This time, a brand that drives inspiration from the aeronautical industry and F1 Grand Prix technology presents its first nautical navigator – the RM 60-01 Regatta Flyback Chronograph. The nautical navigator is designed to help the wearer determine its position at sea based on the knowledge of local time and the position of the Sun. To calculate the location, the wearer has t...

The Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna is described as a new horological masterpiece that blends A. Lange & Sohne’s essential values, reflected in its precision, inventiveness, and design. The new watch from this major Saxon manufacture combines an orbital moon-phase display, a perpetual calendar, an oversized date and a powerful mechanism that runs on 14 days of power reserve. The watch is presented in a 45.5mm case, made of either pink or white gold. The large minute circle is at the top of the dial, while the smaller circles,...

For Girard-Perregaux, blue is one of the fundamental primary colors, a color that symbolizes eternity, power and elegance. Ever since the 18th century, this elegant tone has lent its touch to many of Girard-Perregaux historic timepieces. In the early days of watchmaking, blue dials were considered very extravagant, and even revolutionary. Nevertheless, sophisticated blue dials have been a regular feature of Girard-Perregaux watches ever since. Today, the brand introduces two vintage-inspired models with gorgeous sunburst dials which are now pre...

A couple of days ago, in Paris, Martin Gore of Depeche Mode visited the Hublot boutique at place Vendôme to launch a new initiative, which is a part of the Depeche Mode worldwide 2013 – 2014 Delta Machine Tour. On this occasion, the renowned Swiss watchmaker Hublot and the representative of the famous English electronic music band, have announced that they will be offering a number of Depeche Mode inspired watches to support charity: water it its efforts to supply clean, safe water to the inhabitants of developing countries worldwide....

Omega Constellation Pluma is a gorgeous ladies’ watch inspired by soft and delicate feathers. Just as any other member of the Constellation range, the Pluma watch represents an extremely refined blend of high-end craftsmanship and exquisite styling. Omega Constellation Pluma, named after the Latin world for feather, is created for ladies who appreciate fine watchmaking. The watch is propelled by the high-end mechanical movement – the revolutionary OMEGA Co-Axial Calibre 8520. It features the silicon balance spring – the Si14 – which redefines t...

OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean Platinum is a beautiful example of the new world premier expertise that enables the watchmakers for the setting of diamonds on hard-surface materials such as ceramic and sapphire. The new Seamaster Planet Ocean Platinum with diamond-set ceramic and sapphire is crafted from 950-grade platinum with a bi-directional 24-hour GMT rotating bezel. The edges of the platinum case are set with 69 trapezoidal baguette-cut diamonds, while the black ceramic bezel features twelve trapezoidal baguettes in the GMT scale and a full-...

Louis Vuitton Le Tambour Monogram watches for Saint Valentine’s 2014 are inspired by the Maison’s fine jewelry collection named Dentelle de Monogram, which features lace-like adornments made from the most precious materials. The new Tambour Monogram watch repeats the famous pattern on its mother-of-pear dial graced with eleven diamond hour-markers. The watch is mounted on a vibrant, flamboyant red bracelet made from lacquered leather, which features the recognizable Monogram embossment that gives it an extra level of depth and dimension. This p...

The new creation by Jaquet Droz is a sporty variant of its most successful model – the Grande Seconde. The new Grande Seconde SW is immediately distinguished as a member of the Grande Seconde family, thanks to its two off-centered dials that evoke a silhouette of a figure eight, which is Jaquet Droz's lucky number. This model, which is regularly revisited by the brand’s artisans, is now decorated with Côtes de Genève motif, which gives it an extra dimension of luxury and prestige. Côtes de Genève or Geneva Stripes is a pattern of strip...

Pelé, a retired Brazilian footballer, is one of the greatest-ever sportsmen on the planet. He is widely regarded as the best player of all time. Pelé was chosen "Athlete of the Century" by the IOC, and he also appears on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people of the past century. Last year, Pelé received the FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur in recognition of his career and achievements, and was announced as Hublot’s is the Ambassador of the brand for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Hublot Classic Fusion Chrono Aero Pelé is...

Urwerk UR-210Y The Black Hawk features a satellite complication display with wandering hour and retrograde minute indicators. The watch is equipped with a winding efficiency indicator, which is the world’s first complication of its kind. This practical addition to the watch movement enables the wearer to see if the watch is running on stored energy, or if the wearer’s movement produces enough kinetic energy to wind the spring. In addition, to the winding efficiency indicator, located at 11 o’clock position, there is also a traditional power res...

The Big Bang Unico, which was launched last year, is now available in an All-Black version and in a limited edition of 500 exclusive pieces. The Hublot’s All Black series is based on the “invisible visibility” concept, and the newest addition to this much desired range features the brand's signature chronograph movement – the HUB 1242 Unico. This automatic mechanism is completely developed and produced in the brand’s manufacture workshops, and it is unlike in the world of watchmaking thanks to the position of its mechanism with a horizontal dou...

The new Richard Mille RM 36-01 G-Sensor Tourbillon Sébastien Loeb is another mechanical G-force sensor watch developed by this famous Swiss brand. The watch is announced as a further development of the G-force sensor, which was presented previously in the RM 036. The new tourbillon watch, endowed with about 70 hours of power reserve, features an indicator at 2 o’clock, as well as Richard Mille’s emblematic function selector at 4 o’clock. The unusual round addition to the sapphire crystal is actually a G-force sensor reset button, which is posit...

Officine Panerai is renewing the centuries old tradition of pocket watches, with the new Pocket Watch 3 Days models. Today considered very rare and precious, pocket watches were, until after World War I, the most common type of a watch. The first timepieces, which originate from the 16th century, were actually pocket watches evolved from clocks, which were designed to be worn on clothing, or on a chain around the neck. During the 17th century, gentlemen started to wear watches in pockets instead of as pendants, and the very first wristwatches o...

Four new Romain Jerome 1969 Heavy Metal timepieces are now available in a vintage-inspired 43mm cases that combine geometrical lines with colorful dynamic dials evocative of outer space. The first version of the new 1969 Heavy Metal model features an exquisite dial made from Meteorite. RJ-Romain Jerome has chosen a special type of meteorite, named Chondrite, which is said to be much rarer and more precious than platinum or gold. Chondrites are formed from dust and small grains that were present in the early solar system, and they are actually m...

This year, Breitling celebrats a double milestone with the Swiss Air Force – the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces celebrates its 100th anniversary, while the Patrouille Suisse celebrates the 50-year milestone. On this occasion, Breitling is launching a special dedicated version of its Chronomat, which now arrives with personalized dial and engraved case-back. The famous Chronomat model is offered its dual-time version, crafted from satin-brushed steel. The watch face is distinguished by an onyx black dial decorated with the Patrouille S...

Pop art , an art movement that appeared in the mid-1950s in Britain and flourished much later during the 1960s in America, is possibly the most popular art movement of the modern times. It started as an uprising against traditional aesthetic norms, as some kind of a reflective return to the realities that people create on their own – a comeback to everyday life and popular culture. The style and aesthetic codes of pop art are sourced from visual expressions and likings of everyday people, as they appear in mass-media – from comics, illustration...

Audemars Piguet is expanding its prestigious Royal Oak Offshore Diver collection with a new marble made from a sturdy, ultra-resistant high-tech material – white ceramic. The white ceramic model perfectly blends with the Royal Oak Offshore range, which also includes steel or black ceramic iterations of the famous diver. The new Diver is water resistant to 300 meters and it arrives in the very same, emblematic octagonal case with decorative screws. The watch is fitted with a time pre-selection device (NIHS 92-11 norm) and topped by a unidirectio...

Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture features the second time zone and date indicators, which can be adjusted both forward and backward thanks to the new movement that has been developed and produced exclusively in Ulysse Nardin workshops. With this new creation, Ulysse Nardin is setting a new milestone in the history of watchmaking by making it possible, for the first time ever, to adjust the second time zone both forward and backward. The famous Swiss brand has accomplished this by newly designed automatic movement caliber UN-334 that oscillat...

The fresh new version of the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean is a modern, upbeat interpretation of the famous Seamaster, which is designed for serious underwater adventures. The watch is crafted from platinum and it features a large, 43.50 mm case topped with a bi-directional 24-hour GMT rotating bezel and an orange ceramic ring. This is the very first time in the history of watchmaking that a manufacture uses the orange-colored ceramic for the bezel, which is obtained by adding color pigments to the ceramic base before it is fried. This unusual c...

This year is announced as the year of the Royal Oak Offshore, a model that has been introduced to the watch scene back in 1993. For 2014, Audemars Piguet presents six new versions of the famous sporty wristwatch, the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph. The new watches are sculpted in a 42mm case-diameter, which is now boasting more technical look. The brand has used some innovative materials, such as black or white ceramic, but the main design features are left unchanged: the iconic octagonal oversized case and the “Mega Tapisserie” motif on the di...

Six years after the Lady Arpels Day and Night Poetic Complication, la Maison Van Cleef & Arpels celebrates the new circle of the stars by taming the heavenly scales in the proportions of a wristwatch. On the occasion of the SIHH 2014 exhibition in Geneve, Van Cleef & Arpels presents its new Poetic Complication - The Midnight Planétarium. This gorgeous astronomical watch is equipped with a small planetarium complication that represents the miniature three-dimensional model of the solar system and five planets orbiting around the Sun. This com...

The 2013 season for the Lotus F1 Team was marked by signing a two-year deal with the famous Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille. The internationally renowned watchmaker has thus became the Official Timing Partner to the famous racing team, and it now presents the new limited edition wristwatch designed to highlight this collaboration. The watch was announced in 2013 as a creation that blends the philosophies of both the team and Richard Mille. The brand has promised to create an exceptional lightweight watch using the contemporary materials and cutt...

The newest addition to Audemars Piguet’s range of complicated, oval-shaped wristwatches – the new Millenary Minute Repeater – is for the first time crafted from pink gold. Just like its predecessors, the Audemars Piguet Millenary Minute Repeater features an exquisite combination of technical sophistication, traditional and innovative materials, and the most romantic of all complications – the minute repeater. A minute repeater was invented before widespread artificial illumination, to help the time to be determined in the dark. A repe...

Natalie Portman, the Oscar-winning American actress, is the official ambassador of the Swiss watchmaking brand since 2011. This year, Richard Mille reveals its Tourbillon RM 19-01 Natalie Portman that features a breathtaking diamond-set tracery that is based upon the image of a spider. Natalie Portman has chosen a spider motif for her watch because of its strong symbolic power and its connection to feminine energy and creativity. The spider is a symbol of the soul and freedom, while its tread symbolizes a support in spiritual development. In Af...

The new Richard Mille RM 07-01 Ladies Watch is a contemporary feminine timepiece that beautifully blends elegance and soberness in an extremely wearable creation. The watch is described as a perfect synthesis between the classic Haute Horlogerie elegance and the ‘tough love’. The RM 07-01 Ladies is created using the new materials and it features a gorgeous, avant-garde skeletonized automatic movement, which was developed specifically for this model. The in-house caliber CRMA2 features the baseplate and the bridges made from titanium, a v...

Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle 14-day Tourbillon Openworked is announced as an encounter between traditional and contemporary styles in watchmaking. The new model combines one of the most demanding horological complications, a tourbillon, with the art of openworking. Vacheron Constantin is one of the rare Manufacturers that develops and creates this complication in-house, and certainly among very few watchmakers that are able to endow a tourbillon with the 14-day power reserve. This outstanding challenge requires a very complex co...

Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire is an innovative masterpiece that uses a completely new revolutionary design to combine and show both the tourbillon and the perpetual calendar complications on a small surface of the dial. Cartier has adopted the completely new approach in creating this unique dial that is designed as an amphitheater. The center, or the stage, is reserved for a glorious tourbillon, while the disks for twelve months, seven days, the date and the year, radiate from the midpoint in just a few centimeters in diameter. The...

Roger Dubuis the Hommage Tribute to Mr. Roger Dubuis is a sophisticated, elegant model that features the same assembly of complications as its predecessor – the flying tourbillon, a large date display, and a handy power-reserve indicator. The special Hommage model is dedicated to the founder of the Roger Dubuis manufacture and it arrives in a limited edition of only 208 exemplars, recalling the Mr. Roger Dubuis’s registration number at watchmaking school. This beautiful watch is crafted from rose gold and features a sunray-pattern engine...

JeanRichard 208 Seconds Aeroscope is created to mark the 5th anniversary of Captain Sully’s spectacular landing on the Hudson River, when he saved the lives of no less than 155 passengers in only 208 seconds. Sully's inspiring success in seconds of great urgency is one of those brilliant events that beautifully illustrates the importance of time. In the words of its creators, Captain Sullenberger and JeanRichard, the 208 Seconds Aeroscope also symbolizes the values of personal responsibility. JeanRichard 208 Seconds Aeroscope is a cush...

The original Speedmaster Mark II was launched back in 1969, which is one of the most important years in the history of this Swiss luxury brand. This is the year in which OMEGA also made a couple of its most epic timepieces for NASA, and a year in which Omega’s Speedmaster Professional Chronograph became the first watch on the Moon. The original Mark II was launched the same year, as an update to the existing Speedmaster collection. In comparison to the historical Speedmaster range, the genuine Mark II had a completely reinvented, modernized cas...

Chinese New Year is on Friday, January 31, 2014. This date marks the start of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac. The horse is a symbol of free-spiritedness, power and emotion, so this year is said to be a time of fast triumphs, unforeseen adventures, decisive actions, and travel. Ulysse Nardin celebrates the start of the new era with a gorgeous Classico dial decorated with a champlevé engraving featuring wild horses in free gallop. The prestige Swiss brand has created this new watch with the free-roamer in mind, and offered it in a li...

Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Bi-Retrograde for Dubail Paris is crafted from rose gold and it measures 42.5mm in diameter. It features an unusual grey opaline dial, which makes a gorgeous contrast with golden watch case, polished time-markers and delicate hands. The bi-retrograde function is a clever interpretation of the standard date function in which a hand travels across the day/date track, as it counts the days of the month. The new Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Bi-Retrograde for Dubail features two retrograde i...

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Hybris Mechanica Collection comprises of the most prestigious timepieces, entirely developed at the heart of the Vallée de Joux, in houses of Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre. The Hybris Mechanica collection is dedicated to the brand’s unique pieces and Grandes Complications. The new watch in this prestigious series is the first ultra-thin Grande Complication from Jaeger-LeCoultre’s manufacture, and it features a brand new in-house movement that brings together a minute repeater and a flying tourbillon. Jaeger-LeCoultre Ma...

The Hawk collection by Girard-Perregaux is created to honor the Manufacture’s rich tradition. The line of inspiration behind this range can be traced back to 1880, when Girard-Perregaux created specially designed watches for the German Navy. The Chrono Hawk automatic chronograph was introduced about a year ago and announced as a top-level sports watch. This model is distinguished by its asymmetric case, a bezel divided into two parts – circular and octagonal – and a very technical dial decorated with a pattern that evokes the silhouette of the...

The new Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 GMT 1903 honors the famous Wright brothers, two American inventors and pioneers of flying, who built the world's first successful airplane. December 2013 marks the 110th anniversary of their groundbreaking achievement - the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. The new watch is the modern interpretation of the historical Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20, and it is named 1903 after the year that represents the major milestone in the aviation history. Zenit...

Zenith presents a new model in its famous El Primero line of watches. This time, the famous Zenith El Primero uses the Calibre 401, a variation of the legendary El Primero movement, created all the way back in 1969. Zenith El Primero 410, the latest of all Zenith watches, represents a bridge between the past and present, featuring design codes loyal to historical models, but in a new, contemporary-styled case. The El Primero 410 movement was created the same year as the famous El Primero automatic chronograph. The original El Primero was the...

The new special edition Panerai Luminor Sealand, dedicated to the Year of the Horse, is a part of the special series of watches, created by Officine Panerai, to celebrate the significance of the Chinese Zodiac. The new Horse edition is the sixth sequel in the exclusive series that began in 2009, with the Year of the Ox. The zodiac-inspired Luminor Sealand models included watches made in the year of the Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon and the Snake. Since the year 2014 is the Year of the Horse, Panerai presents a new watch graced with a vivid Horse engrav...

1963 is one of the most important years in the rich history of Chopard watch manufacture. This is the year in which Paul André Chopard, grandson of Chopard’s founding father Louis-Ulysse Chopard, met Karl Scheufele who later decided to buy the Geneva-based watch manufacture. Karl Scheufele has since been Co-President of Chopard, and the company has been operated as an entirely independent family-owned business. The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary since the famous watchmaking brand was acquired by Mr. Karl Scheufele, which is an excellent o...

The new editions of IWC Aquatimer watches are bringing the fresh new twist to the classic Aquatimer range, as well as a number of special limited editions fitted with in-house movements and crafted from rare materials. The Aquatimer range was first launched back in 1967, as a response to the growing popularity of scuba diving. The famous divers’ model was, at first, water resistant to 200 meters and furnished with an internal rotating bezel that showed dive time. Ever since then, Aquatimer family has followed the evolution of the diver’...

Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon, originally named Rotonde de Cartier Terre et Lune, is a gorgeous platinum watch paired with an outstanding lapis lazuli dial that showcases a very unique “on demand” moonphase indication. What is so unusual about this complication is that it works when the wearer presses the push-piece located at 4 o’clock. This action triggers the lapis lazuli round disc that symbolizes the shadow on the Moon, while the tourbillon aperture represents the Moon itself. This unusual watch puts two very demanding complica...

Hublot Oceanographic 4000 Cheval Blanc Randheli is the most recent version of the brand’s popular diver. The Oceanographic 400, famous for its amazing water resistance rating of 4000 meters, is now revisited to pay a tribute to the beauty of the Maldives, the natural surroundings of the Cheval Blanc Maison, and its beautiful lagoon. In the words of the brand, Oceanographic 4000 Cheval Blanc Randheli is a symbolic watch, developed for pushing the limits of what is rational and possible. It can be worn at outstanding depths of 4000 meters, and un...

A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase, the newest creation from the famous Swiss watchmaker, features a beautiful astronomical indication, which is designed to remain accurate for 122.6 years. What is unusual about this model is that the moon phase display occupies the largest part of its dial. In the words of the brand, the lunar complication has never before been as prominently showcased as in the Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase. The lunar display indicates the time that passes from new moon to new moon with a precision of 99.9978 %. This is eve...

Graham Silverstone RennSport Skeleton collection challenges the aesthetics and technical codes of high-end watchmaking. The new range, which is strongly influenced by automobile mechanics, brings an unexpected blend of innovative materials, mechanical design and the finest Swiss watchmaking techniques. The silhouette of the Graham Silverstone RS Skeleton watches is inspired by aero-dynamics of luxurious cars. Very balanced and sensual, it exhibits a perfect mix of various materials including steel, ceramics, aluminum and rubber. The cases are l...

Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous models are designed especially for ladies. This charming piece, equipped with a Manufacture movement, is announced as an embodiment of free spirit and spontaneous personality. Classic and sophisticated at the same time, Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous is available in numerous different variants, crafted from precious metals, adorned with diamonds or rare and delicate mother-of pearl. The Valentine’s Day edition, for 2014, features a new limited edition red strap with a secret. The case and the dial of the watch are per...

Chopard is proud to unveil two new incarnations of its iconic Happy Sport model, designed exclusively for the Valentine’s Day 2014. The new Happy Sport Automatic is, for the very first time, endowed with a mechanical self-winding movement, and aimed to serve as genuine token of affection for sophisticated ladies of style. This year, Chopard celebrates the 20th anniversary of its iconic Happy Sport collection, which was launched back in 1993. This charming and cheerful range was born from the brand’s desire to offer subtle but unconventional...