Over the last 10 years, two-thirds of the rhinos in South Africa’s Kruger Park have been killed by poachers. Black rhinos in Kruger Park have disappeared dramatically and today there are estimated to be less than 500 remaining. Moreover, in late March 2020, the South African border was closed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Prior, the day-to-day influx of foreign visitors had kept the poachers at bay.
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Richard Mille RM 40-01 Automatic Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail. A Totally New Case Shape Following the Car's Design.
For Richard Mille, the man, a future that involved the McLaren car brand was all but written in the stars. A lifelong automobile enthusiast, his passion dates back to 1966, when he was just 15 years old and his father took him to the Monaco Grand Prix, where he saw Bruce McLaren driving his M2B, the very first McLaren Formula 1 car. He recalls vividly the ‘absolutely terrifying’ sound of the Ford engine, which was really intended to power the McLaren Can-Am car in the Indianapolis 500.
News: Presenting Three New Editions of the MB&F Legacy Machine 101
The MB&F Legacy Machine 101 series was first launched in 2014. As suggested by its ‘101’ name, it focuses on the essentials of a mechanical wristwatch, contained in one of MB&F’s most compact Machines with a case diameter of 40 mm. At the time, the LM101 movement was also the first entirely conceived by MB&F’s in-house engineering team. In 2021, the LM101 series evolves with technically and aesthetically upgraded versions distinguished by colorful dial plates, including a stainless steel version.
News: Presenting the Hermès Arceau Space Derby Limited Editions
Designed by Henri d’Origny in 1978, the Arceau watch lends itself to a fresh illustration of spontaneity and expertise. Its round case with asymmetrical stirrup-shaped lugs is the setting for a thrilling and futuristic horse race, brought to life by vibrant colors, hand-painted on a glittering or iridescent dial. The Arceau watch reveals a new creation in miniature paintings on aventurine or pink opaline.
News: Presenting the new Breitling Super Chronomat Collection. The Brand Hits a Home Run with this Amazing Lineup.
Inspired by the Frecce Tricolori watch that Breitling created for the hotshots of the Italian Air Force’s aerobatic fleet in 1983, the Super Chronomat is a supercharged, all-purpose sports watch that’s elegant enough for the evening as well. True to the original Chronomat, the rider tabs protect the sapphire crystal. The ones at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock are interchangeable, so the wearer can use them for countdowns as well as count-ups. With a case measuring 44 mm in diameter, the Super Chronomat collection is the boldest of its kind.
News: Presenting the Angelus U30 Black Titanium Limited Edition
Offered upon the altar of the grande complication, the U30 is a piece like no other. Ultra-light and ultra-sporty, the incredible Angelus design unites a variety of prestigious complications: a tourbillon, flyback, and split-second chronograph. The 47 mm black DLC titanium case with open-worked edges houses one of the most complex automatic skeletonized movements in the world. In the U30, nothing has been sacrificed in the expression of Angelus’ extreme watchmaking approach.
News: Bovet 1822 Miss Audrey Sweet Art. The World's First Watch Dial Ever Made with Sugar Crystals.
The new Miss Audrey Sweet Art, however, uses a completely new material and a new process to create a dial that has never been seen before in watchmaking. A dial made from pure sugar. Representing sweetness and purity, the sugar crystals covering the dial of the Miss Audrey Sweet Art represents a breakthrough in engineering innovation, materials, and miniature painting —all hallmarks of the House of Bovet.
News: Presenting the Ulysse Nardin Freak X Razzle Dazzle
Disorder and confusion welcome to the new reality Where art meets craftsmanship, there is nothing more disrupting, and no more fascinating object than the new Freak X Razzle Dazzle. Ulysse Nardin is excited to introduce a revisited and unique version of its bestselling model Freak X, embellished with a new geometrical pattern a captivating design inspired by wildlife camouflage and used for ships’ concealment, as well as widely integrated in works of contemporary art.
News: Richard Mille RM 07-01 Automatic Racing Red Limited Edition
In preparation for the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season that starts on April 26th at Spa-Francorchamps, Richard Mille presents the new RM 07-01 Racing Red. This new ladies’ watch will be making its first appearance at the high temple of endurance. With its all-female trio of Beitske Visser, Sophia Flörsch, and Tatiana Calderón, the team sponsored by the eponymous watch brand is sure to garner plenty of attention as it makes its FIA World Endurance Championship —WEC— debut in LMP2.
News: Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Military Limited Edition
Since its origins, Bell & Ross has built a strong history in underwater exploration and now extends its Diver collection with a new model that reflects its core DNA and reaffirms the brand’s functional approach. With its olive drab tone, the new BR 03-92 Diver Military mirrors the color of the military uniform of these men for whom discretion is the ultimate priority while in mission and makes it a superbly camouflaged watch.
News: Presenting the Richard Mille RM 21-01 Tourbillon Aerodyne
The superlative quality of a Richard Mille watch is in equal measure the architecture and materials it is made of. Naturally, it would be impossible to design watches capable of resisting extreme conditions without using constituents that were themselves created to handle punishing demands. In capitalizing on engineering materials —particularly from the fields of aeronautics and Formula 1— and testing their potential applications in a watch movement or its housing, Richard Mille brings into being watches whose precision, lightness, and reliability are intimately bound to the materials employed.
News: Presenting the Bell & Ross Vintage BR V2-94 FULL LUM
With the Bell & Ross Vintage BR V2-94 FULL LUM, the brand worked with different shades of luminescence. Perfectly legible both night and day, the dial of the Vintage FULL LUM combines two superluminova colors in pale green and pale yellow. This combination of colors gives the watch a professional appearance.
News: Presenting the Chopard L.U.C Qualité Fleurier Jubilee. First Stainless Steel Piece in the L.U.C Collection.
Released on the cusp of the Chopard Manufacture's 25th anniversary, the brand is presenting the L.U.C QF Jubilee limited edition. This 25-piece limited edition sums up the three core values of the L.U.C collection, namely technical performance, aesthetic refinement and an enduring attachment to certified watchmaking. This is the first L.U.C stainless steel timepiece with Fleurier Quality Foundation certification
News: Presenting the Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier New Size at 40 mm and New Dials
The Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch was created in 2007. Worn by both men and women alike, who appreciate its personality and comfort when worn, this piece has rapidly become a resounding success and a Cartier icon. Whether Fine Watchmaking models or jewelry versions, Ballon Bleu has inspired Cartier to create many different variants on metal bracelets or leather straps.
News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-100V Blue Planet
Urwerk’s horological Skunk Works launches a limited edition of 25 pieces into orbit. The new UR-100V “Blue Planet” tracks the earth and our solar system: it’s a 24-hour invitation to interstellar travel and the pleasure of savoring time. With interplanetary imagination, science-fiction iconography, and limitless creative freedom, Urwerk has its roots in spatial horology.
Breaking News: Jean-Claude Biver and WISeKey Announce First NFT Auction in Luxury Watch World
Jean-Claude Biver and the Swiss company WISeKey are leading the way, announcing the first NFT auction in the luxury watch space. Where auctions are already soaring for works of art and intangibles, never before has a luxury watch been the subject of an NFT —Non-Fungible Token— sale. To make history, Jean-Claude Biver has symbolically chosen the famous Hublot Bigger Bang All Black Tourbillon Chronograph
News: Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Chronograph with Ceramic Middle Case ref. 26393
For the very first time, Audemars Piguet evolves the CODE 11.59 collection with two pioneering models bringing together 18K white or pink gold cases with black ceramic middle cases. Entwining bold aesthetics and uncompromising craftsmanship, these two-tone timepieces have pushed the manufacturing and hand finishing of the collection’s multi-faceted case to new heights. While the bezel, lugs, and case back are made in 18K white or pink gold, the octagonal middle case is honed from black ceramics.
News: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chrono with In-House Movement ref. 26239
Audemars Piguet is pleased to unveil a new evolution of the Royal Oak Chronograph. Housed within a 41mm 18K pink gold case, this model is equipped for the first time with the latest generation in-house chronograph movement, the automatic Calibre 4401, visible through the watch’s sapphire case back. Two dial options are available, executed in blue or brown hues.
News: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Flying Tourbillon Flyback Chronograph ref. 26622TI
Audemars Piguet is happy to announce the release of a new complication in the Royal Oak Offshore collection. Limited to 100 pieces, the new self-winding timepiece combines flying tourbillon with flyback chronograph in a brand new case diameter of 43 mm, paving the way for a new generation of redesigned Royal Oak Offshore models.
News: Presenting the MB&F LMX Celebrating 10 Years of Legacy Machines
The new LMX returns to the earliest encounter with the Legacy Machine collection, utilizing the same expression comprising a central flying balance wheel and two dials, although everything else is different. Those familiar with MB&F’s very first Legacy Machine will instinctively know how LMX operates. Two dials of stretched white lacquer, each with its own display of hours and minutes. The dial on the right is set by the crown at the 2 o’clock position, which bears an engraving of the MB&F battle-ax and also winds the movement.
