Ever since 1999, Audemars Piguet sponsors the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, the renowned Thoroughbred horse race that is run annually, each April, in Hong Kong. The first run, back in 1975, was to commemorate a visit to Hong Kong by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. The Cup currently offers a prize of HK$14 million (US$1.8 million), thanks to the sponsorship deal. The Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup proudly celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2013, with the gorgeous limited edition Millenary timepiece. The Audemar...

A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange in white gold will be distributed exclusively at the boutiques of the brand. The Richard Lange model was introduced back in 2006, as a classic three-hander with sweep seconds. This year, for the very first time, the model comes in white gold variant, paired with an argenté-colored solid-silver dial highlighted with blued steel hands. The case measures 40.50 mm in diameter and it conceals manually wound Lange manufacture calibre L041.2. This high-precision mechanism is built on 199 components and it beats at a freq...

There will be two additions to the Pontos collection and I have already wrote earlier before about one of them – the Pontos S Diver. At that time, I announced the Pontos S Extreme PT6028 as the sportier model, which is made from a brand new alloy, used exclusively by Maurice Lacroix. The alloy in question is named Powerlite® and it is made from five different elements: aluminium, magnesium, titanium, zirconium and ceramics. The material is said to be very lightweight and resistant to various shocks, which adds to the durability of the timepiece...

The very first tourbillon was developed around 1795 by the French-Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet. This device, added to a watch escapement, aims to counter the effects of gravity. With tourbillon, the escapement and the balance wheel are nested in a rotating cage, which diminishes the effect of gravity when the watch is caught in a certain position. Many different variations of the tourbillon have been developed over centuries and Harry Winston’s the Histoire de Tourbillon collection is an example of exploration into how the tourbillon...

The most recent creation from the Hamilton Watch Company is a watch with two different personalities: one utterly classic and one avant-garde. This description certainly doesn’t sound reasonable until you take a look at this unusual creation and its unique rotating dial. The Hamilton Jazzmaster Face2face actually features two separate dials of which one is a “boy racer” chronograph, and the other is an elegant and classic three-hander. Each of the contrasting watch faces incorporates its own movement, which is fully visible from the back. This...

This renowned collection is aimed at frequent travelers juggling time zones, and to business executives who frequently communicate with partners from all around the world. The Traveller collection is the successor of the epic ww.tc collection, offering modernly designed timepieces of 44 mm in diameter, with the oscillating weight and the folding clasp designed to pay a tribute to the arrow of Girard-Perregaux’s symbolic three gold Bridges. The newest creation in this lineup is the Moon Phases and Large Date model. Girard-Perregaux Trav...

The new creation from Vacheron Constantin manufacture is designed to pay a tribute to the creations of this workshop made during the period running from the 1930s to the 1950s. The watch is distinguished by its pure design, slender bezel and elegant, reduced, look of the dial. The watch is crafted in platinum and it features white gold applied hour-markers and a dial available in several different colors. Powering the watch from the inside is the hand-wound Vacheron Constantin 4400 movement. The watch beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour and...

Girard-Perregaux || The Constant Escapement also refers to a holy grail in mechanical watchmaking, or the constant force, as a guarantee of precision and constancy of a mechanical timepiece. A mechanical watch works as the regulating organ manages the flow rate of the energy that drives the watch components, at the certain speed and at certain regularity. The essential thing is that the movement keeps the beat, no matter how slow of fast it is, over time. The Swiss lever escapement is invented to help the timepiece run entirely free of interfer...

With this new creation, Vacheron Constantin honors its rich heritage and tradition, and offers a unique treat for all aficionados of classic elegance. The new Patrimony Contemporaine Pocket Watch is distinguished by its pure lines and timeless design so that the brand, with good reason, announces the model as a fine token of contemporary dandyism. Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Pocket Watch is crafted in pink gold and its curved slender case measures 43 mm in diameter. The case embraces its opaline silver-toned dial with ele...

The new Ulysse Nardin wristwatch is distinguished by its beautiful enamel dial with snake motif. Obviously, the new model is designed to honor the sixth creature in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac and to celebrate the Year of the Snake. The serpent, or snake, is one of the most intuiting mythological symbols, representing wisdom, intelligence, power and ambition. Ulysse Nardin showcases this incredible being using the champlevé enamel method, where the chambers are carved directly on the dial and then filled with vitreous enamel in...

The famous Swiss manufacture has been supporting the “Hearts of Children” campaign ever since 2009. The Frederique Constant collection “Ladies World Heart Federation” was born thanks to this collaboration. One hundred new watches will be produced this year and donated to the World Heart Federation to support their work in prevention of cardiovascular diseases in women and children worldwide. The new models are inspired by the FC-310 automatic winding movement, which provides 38 hours of power reserve and is water resistant to 60 meters....

The new Ebel X-1 will be officially presented at this year’s BaselWorld exhibition, which is the world's biggest fair for jewelry and watches. BaselWorld 2013 takes place April 25th to May 2nd, at Basel, Switzerland, with more than 2,100 exhibitors from over 45 countries. The new Ebel X-1 is aimed at dynamic and self-confident ladies, and it is an addition to Ebel’s recently launched collections - Onde and X-1. The watch measures 34 mm in diameter, offering a stage for captivating gameplay of contrasting dark and light. The sporty elegan...

This unique watch is dedicated to Monsieur Jérôme de Witt’s famous ancestor, Napoleon Bonaparte, and it was conceived and sketched on the same date when Napoleon was given the title Emperor by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French. The new model is powered by the calibre DW8028, which features the very first tourbillon movement entirely developed and produced by the DeWitt Manufacture. The watch is available in two different variants and produced in limited editions of 99 pieces each. The styles available are 18-carat pink...

Chaumet Class One High Jewellery is offered in 39mm version with a bezel, horns and case sides set with baguette-cut diamonds and black brilliant-cut diamonds on the side. The case embraces a white gold dial set with calibre-cut white and black diamonds arranged in a “Damier Eclaté” pattern. The dial is topped with a curved sapphire crystal, featuring black metallized “Chaumet Paris” logo on the inside. Rather simple functions of this watch include hours, minutes and seconds indications. The functions are powered by the automatic winding mec...

The question about who invented the first ever chronograph is one of the most controversial questions in the history of watchmaking. Until yesterday, Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec was regarded as the inventor of the chronograph, thanks to the watch he created in 1821. Rieussec was even awarded the original patent for the chronograph in 1822. However, the recent discovery of a hitherto unknown timepiece is rewriting the history of watch development. The production of this epic chronograph was started in 1815, and completed the following year. Louis M...

The new limited edition Hublot King Power Black Mamba dedicated to Kobe Bryant is issued in a limited series comprising of only 250 numbered exemplars. The watch is crafted from micro-blasted black ceramic and it features 48mm in diameter. Beneath the sapphire crystal with purple number indication lies an impressive sapphire dial with 4 zones of 12 minutes in black and gold. Its indexes are satin-finished and gold plated before being layered with black Superluminova. The complex watch face reveals several different layers and a split-seconds Fo...

Four-time Major Champion, Ernie Els is organizing the third annual Els for Autism Golf Challenge, which is the largest international charity-driven amateur golf tournament in the world. Since its opening in 2011, the Els for Autism Golf Challenge has raised over $4 million for autism, with the help of 13,000 donors and sponsors, and thanks to 3,300 rounds of golf. This year, Els for Autism is announcing the addition of two new Organizing Sponsors: the Trump Organization and Breitling USA. To help in this noble cause, Breitling has create...

IWC will auction a unique one-out-of-one piece at Antiquorum Auctioneers on April 10th, 2013, with the entire proceeds going to help finance the Tribeca Film Institute. This beautiful watch is platinum version of Portuguese Automatic, which makes it even more exclusive, since the platinum is rarely used for the Portuguese watches. IWC Portuguese Automatic Tribeca Film Festival 2013 measures 42.3mm in diameter and uses an automatic caliber 51011 movement. The mechanism is equipped with Pellaton winding system, it beats at 21,600 vibrations pe...

The initiative is part of the Depeche Mode 2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour. Hublot has designed a special watch especially for this collaboration – the Limited Edition Big Bang Depeche Mode. A part of the proceeds from the sale of this exclusive timepiece will go directly to charity: water. This exciting collaboration is not the first of its kind. In 2010, Hublot and Depeche Mode raised funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust and auctioned 12 exclusive boxed sets, each containing a unique Hublot watch with the cover of one of Depeche Mode’s 12 studio a...

The special new piece is the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Chronograph Doctor’s Watch, a model distinguished by its prominent pulsometer scale. The very first collection of Doctor’s Watches was launched back in the 1930’s and aimed at medical doctors who would use their wristwatches to measure the pulse of their patients. The new chronograph also comes with a pusometer scale which, after only thirty pulsations, shows the heart rate on the dial. The pulsometer scale, graduated for thirty pulsations, is nicely integrated into the chronograph watch. Th...

Hublot has just released a new model, dedicated to one of the Manchester United’s star players – Japanese football player Shinji Kagawa. Kagawa took the chalenge of “Hublot Charity Shooting”, to support youth football players. He shot balls into ten targets and won a total sum of 3 million JPY which will be used to aid children. The special new Hublot watch bears the number of Kagawa’s club number – 26. The watch will be available in a strictly limited edition of 50 exemplars, each delivered with a signed jersey. This unique watch boasts col...

The new repeater, which bears the signature of Ulysse Nardin’s partner - musician Dieter Meier, mimics a classical music box and plays the memorable song of 1966 - “Strangers in the Night.” Dieter Meier, a Swiss musician, is best known for being the front man of the electronic music band Yell who became a shareholder in of Ulysse Nardin when the company was restored by his friend Rolf Schnyder, in 1983. Ulysse Nardin Stranger incorporates in-house manufactured UN-690 movement, equipped with the silicon escapement and anchor. The workings of...

Until this year, Perrelet has kept its Turbine watches, famous for their in-house movements and their original rotating face, in a separate category. Baselworld 2013 sees the launch of the first turbine chronograph, which will be presented in a number of different variations. Each Perrelet Turbine Chrono measures 47mm in diameter and features a famous turbine rotor, as a part of the double-rotor P-361 movement. The aesthetic of Perrelet Turbine Chrono is strongly inspired by the world of racing. This sporty chronograph , comes with a tachyme...

Ochs und Junior is relatively young watchmaking company established in 2006 by Ludwig Oechslin, a brilliant watchmaker who is best known for his legendary collaboration with Ulysse Nardin. His most notable creations are Trilogy of Time collection, GMT± Perpétuel, the Sonata and the mythical Freak. Even today, Ludwig Oechslin collaborates with Ulysse Nardin, a brand that became a strategic partner of Ochs und Junior in spring of 2012. Ulusse Nardin’s UN-118 basic caliber is expected to be used in Ochs und Junior’s upcoming projects. Ochs und...

Hublot has just announced two new interesting models which will be officially unveiled at this year’s BaselWorld exhibition. This year, the famous Swiss brand creates two new feminine versions of their iconic Big Bang Caviar. Both new iterations of the legendary model feature the same design codes of the famous One Million $ Black Caviar, which was inspired by the black ceramic Big Bang Black Caviar model. Hublot Big Bang Caviar in Steel and Red gold boast elegantly sporty diameter of 41mm, with sharply cut, beveled edges. The new Big B...

The new Pontos S Diver will be officially unveiled at Baselworld 2013 exhibition, together with another new model from the Pontos collection – the Pontos S Extreme PT6028. The Pontos S Extreme is the sportier of two models and it is made of Powerlite®, a new alloy used exclusively by Maurice Lacroix. The Pontos S Diver is crafted from stainless steel, and it is announced as a timepiece designed with the needs of professional divers in mind. The choice of material is quite unusual for a contemporary diver’s piece, because it makes the watch rela...

Richard Mille: The Spa-Classic is the Belgian historic motor racing festival that takes place on the prestigious Spa- Francorchamps circuit, which is acclaimed as the most beautiful circuit in the world. This year’s racing festival will feature a unique exhibition of more than 1000 club car models, a Bonhams auction, an exhibitors' village, and this year’s exclusive: the appearance of two Touring cars grids to complete the 'Spa-Classic Endurance' pole, evoking the magnificent 24 Hours of Francorchamps race.

Les Cristalleries Saint Louis, established in 1586, is the oldest manufacturer of Glassmaking in Europe. In 1989, the brand was acquired by Hermes, a brand that collaborates with Jaeger Le-Coultre since the late ’70s. This famous collaboration has brought to life the most exclusive line of desk clocks, the famous Atmos Clock, which is now enriched with another breathtaking edition - Hermés Atmos Clock now crafted from hand-blown crystal coated in white enamel. The watch visually reminds of a hollow golf ball but it is much larger and way too...

Saint Honore is launching a new series of ladies’ timepieces named Trocadero Lady. These charming quartz-powered watches are very playful and quirky, graced with delicate flower-motif, and released just in time to greet upcoming spring. The model is crafted in stainless steel and available in a couple of different variants and sizes. In addition to the pure silver-like polished steel, Saint Honore Trocadero Magic Flower is also available with PVD finish in rose. The floral motif is repeated three times on the dial, with the most imposing one re...

The new Corum will be officially presented at BaselWorld 2013 exhibition, which takes place from 25th April to 2nd May 2013 in Basel, Switzerland. The watch is the most recent addition to the celebrated Bridges collection, featuring the new manufacture movement Dual Winder system of the automatic CO 207 caliber. As any other Ti-Bridge model, the new Automatic Dual Winder blends contemporary materials and the brand’s most emblematic design features. The horizontal layout of both the titanium case and the movement, reflect the collection's signat...

The JeanRichard 1681 Collection, for 2013, brings an extraordinary automatic watch equipped with the JR1000 manufacture movement. In the official press release, the brand promises new additions to the collection, a full variety of dials and bracelets. However, they have chosen to let us take a sneak peek at only one new piece from this vintage-inspired collection – ref. 60320-52-153-BBBB. As you can see on the picture, the new model retains the emblematic neo-vintage look, but it now comes in a cushion-shaped case made of pink gold and paire...

The newest incarnation of Hublot’s famous Big Bang model is a true collector’s piece, a watch issued in a strictly limited edition of only 25 exemplars. The watch was unveiled yesterday at the Al Tayer Ferrari Showroom in Dubai. The watch boasts lively accents that evoke the colors of the national flag of UAE. The series of 25 exemplars is another reference to the Arab country in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, and the 25th anniversary of Ferrari in the Middle East.This interesting new watch embodies the emblematic DNA shared between Hu...

Breitling and Bentley are two brands that same passion for sophisticated mechanics. For both of these brands, prestige and technical excellence are the guiding stars. A line of extraordinary watches, dedicated to the automobile world, is a fruit of their collaboration - uniting the best of two worlds. The first Breitling for Bentley watch was launched back in 2003, the famous Bentley Motors 30 seconds Chronograph. This year the story continues with the new Bentley Light Body Midnight Carbon. Breitling for Bentley Light Body Midnight Carbon p...

This gorgeous and elegant Cartier watch has a very simple face that actually conceals enormously complex mechanism that helps the hands appear to float on the dial. This paradoxical creation is at the same time simple and highly complicated, since its simple display requires no less than hundreds of hours of careful engineering. The connection between the hands and the movement is completely invisible thanks to two large sapphire crystal discs that turn on fine pivots. In such a way, the friction between the crystals (weighing 0.56 g) is almost...

The new watch from Carl F. Bucherer manufacture comes with a high-precision movement CFB A1011 and with an integrated power reserve indicator. This useful complication shows the wearer the amount of the remaining stored energy in the mainspring, expressed in hours. The power reserve indication was originally invented for marine chronographs, but even today it remains one of the most useful functions that a mechanical watch can have. This may not sound convincing but try considering the fact that an automatic timepiece must be work for at least...

Three new models are currently on display at the brand’s luxury boutique in the up-scale department store Harrods. This is a great opportunity for all admirers of fine watchmaking to take a first look at the brand’s most recent creations, before they go for sale in July. IWC Big Pilot’s Top Gun Collection is now boosted with three new models, all crafted from titanium and ceramic. IWC BIG Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun IWC BIG Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun comes with a black body highlighted with blue SuperLuminova highligh...

The new Girard-Perregaux 1966 Lady is aimed at women who truly appreciate fine watchmaking. This model is driven by an in-house mechanical movement that shows its face through the sapphire glass of the case back. The watch is very slender and sized for delicate ladies’ wrists. It measures 30 mm in diameter and comes with gorgeous diamond set bezel and lugs. The dial is finished with guilloche decoration and graced with an hour chapter of brilliant cut diamonds and Roman numerals at 6 and 12 o’clock. On the inside beats Girard-Perregaux...

The watch is powered by the new in-house movement ML215, which is the twelfth movement entirely developed in Maurice Lacroix manufactures. What makes this one really special is its seconds linear display with a blued steel hand. The hand rotates around its axis, showing the time per 15 seconds, while at the same time to naked eye it looks like the hand levitates suspended in the mid-air between the dial and the sapphire. The hours and minutes are shown on off-centered sub-counter, which is positioned at 2 o’clock. The rest of the dial is open-w...

The famous Swiss brand will join the young Swiss sailors of Team Tilt, aged 19 to 24, who will participate in the race on the wing-sailed AC45 catamarans used throughout 2011 and 2012 in the America’s Cup World Series events. Speaking about the new partnership TAG Heuer President and CEO Jean-Christophe Babin said: “We are very proud and excited to be partnered with this next generation of racing talent. TAG Heuer and Team Tilt are driven by the same values: high-tech, precision, tradition and 100% passion for competition. We hope that this...

Inspired by the symbolic codes of the CFB, Parmigiani Fleurier has created the ladies’ and gent’s versions of the Pershing Chronograph. The men’s models, Pershing chronograph 002 CBF, are modern and sporty, nested in titanium cases and offered in a choice of white gold or rose gold bezel. The colors of the CBF – gold, blue and green – are shown in the tiny details on the dial, highlighted with the intense blue backdrop. The surface of the watch face is finished with “Côtes de Geneve” pattern while the 5 victory stars in green commemorate a numb...

Here’s another interesting Royal Oak model designed for 2013. For the very first time, Audemars Piguet is introducing a self-winding Royal Oak in 37-mm diameter version. The watch is aimed at women with refined tastes in watchmaking, it comes in a luxurious golden case set with 152 brilliant-cut diamonds. Audemars Piguet is offering this model in two distinctive versions - a pink gold version featuring a grey dial and a white gold version with a gorgeous diamond-pavé dial, which is shown on the pictures. Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Royal...

The Blacksand Continuity Ocean Piece Unique is the newest creation in the Continuity ladies’ collection, which is distinguished by its poetic dials. Each of the pieces from this line tells its own story, including the latest Continuity Ocean that depicts a hand-made turtle swimming in a sea of enamel. The dial is embedded in a pink gold case and embraced with 80 VVSI TopWesselton diamonds (0.60 ct). Thanks to the Blacksand Genève 1999, self-winding caliber, the watch revisits the traditional timetelling. The poetic reading of time is pos...

Audemars Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph is the famous self-winding model with date display and small seconds counter positioned at 6 o'clock. This famous model now comes in 37mm version, crafted in stainless steel and closed with a monoblock case-back engraved with the Ladycat logo, the Royal Oak Offshore logo and with the legend “Edition Limitée” inscriptions. The finely brushed steel housing is nicely paired with the black mega “Méga Tapisserie” dial and graced with a total of 323 brilliant cut diamonds (5.82 carats) on the bezel and links....

One of the interesting pieces from this range is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel Jubilee, a watch inspired by 19th century perpetual calendars. The pure aesthetic of this watch reflects the dreams of foregone times, while its newly developed caliber demonstrates Jaeger-LeCoultre’s quest for ultimate accuracy and precision. The watch is powered by automatic mechanical tourbillon movement Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 985. It features a flying tourbillon and a perpetual calendar complication. T...

Piaget Limelight Gala collection is inspired by the spirit of the roaring 60’s, when the brand introduced dazzling jewelry watches for women, for the first time. All of the pieces in this lineup are aimed to women and they are nested in smooth, nicely curved cases, a true embodiment of glamour and chic. The main feature of the collection, and its emblematic motif, are two elegantly extended lugs. Everything, from the sketch to the design and the fine finishing is entirely done in-house. The brand often describes its creation as something that l...

This famous novel was the inspiration behind Louis Moinet’s Jules Verne Instrument III, which was released for the Geneva Time Exhibition in 2012. Since then, Louis Moinet’s Jules Verne Instrument III has become one the brand’s most wanted timepieces. This mono-pusher chronograph is available in either gold and titanium or titanium and stainless steel, graced with dark grey guilloched dial and contrasting chapter rings. The watch has a unique patent pending function indicator inspired by the famous Chadburn telegraph transmitters of historical...

This vintage-inspired piece is paying a tribute to traditional artistic crafts and it beautifully illustrates the 180 years of history and expertise of Jeager-LeCoultre.  The watch is crafted in 18-carat white gold enchased with sparkling white diamonds. The dial depicts the starry sky and its constellations, evoking the breathtaking magic of nature and its significance for measuring the days, hours and minutes. The watch face is divided into two segments, separated by the diamond-set curve. The hand-guilloché decorated crescent, coated...

The new precious watchmaking creations from the house of Chaumet are born from collaboration between the famous Swiss brand and the local master craftsmen who are preserving the traditional artistic skills and savoir-faire. Each of the watches from this collection,  including the Creative Complication of which I have already written a couple of days ago, combine high jewelry and high-end watchmaking, blending technique and aesthetics in unique and limited edition creations. The watches are crafted in 18-carat rhodium-plated gold and they featur...

During the evening Yao Ming was the recipient of the Asia Society's "Visionary of the Year" award, and the special Girard-Perregaux Yao Ming Chrono Hawk timepiece. The watch is crafted in stainless steel and it measures 44mm in diameter. It features Ming’s special symbol embossed in vivid red on the rubber strap and transferred on the sapphire case-back. The watch features the in-house GP 3300 movement with an in-house chronograph module, mounted on the base movement. The mechanism provides 46 hours of power reserve and drives the indications...

Carl F. Bucherer has created a new version of the Alacria Diva model, which is inspired by bamboo tree. The watchmakers haven’t used this material in production of the watch, but they have been inspired by the symbolic tradition of this plant which has been known for centuries as a symbol of good life, a sign of friendship and an omen of good luck and purity. The famous Lucerne-based watch manufacture is launching a special custom-made model Alacria Diva Bamboo, which will be available in a strictly limited edition of only 25 exemplars. Carl...