The new Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph ref. 5100 sets the stage for a tourbillon placed at 12 o'clock and a monopusher chronograph, which pays tribute to the history of Haute Horlogerie and reflect Vacheron Constantin's technical mastery in the crafting of Grandes Complications. A complication single-handedly symbolizing the nobility of Haute Horlogerie. The “Etagé” case and lugs, a fluted case-back, a railway-type minute track, dauphine-type hours and minutes hands are some of the aesthetic codes of the Traditionnelle collection and all are clearly present on this new Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Ultra-Thin Blue Lacquered Dial
The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin watch is now treating itself to an all-gold version including a matching bracelet. Its precious metal bracelet, featuring links inspired by the shape of the Maltese cross, is more elegant than ever while radiating a style all its own. In addition to the case/bracelet combination, the brilliance of the gold extends to the blue dial, whose hour-markers, hands, and moon discs are also made of 18K 5N pink gold.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Vacheron Constantin FiftySix Selwinding and FiftySix Complete Calendar with Sepia Brown Dials
Unveiled in 2018, the Vacheron Constantin FiftySix collection audaciously mixes eras. Its part-retro, part- contemporary silhouette inspired by an iconic 1956 watch reveals its playfulness through a new sepia brown-toned dial color. A look imbued with a vintage touch interpreted through two pink gold models with a calfskin strap designed for everyday wear. Two new pink gold versions reinterpreting the iconic reference 6073, launched in 1956 and inspired by the shape of the Maltese cross.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers 'La Musique du Temps' Astronomical Striking Grand Complication
The new Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers 'La Musique du Temps' Astronomical Striking Grand Complication is an ode to music and provides a fresh demonstration of Vacheron Constantin's technical mastery in the creation of horological grand complications. As part of the range of exceptional chiming watches named "La Musique du Temps", this new one-of-a-kind creation is based first and foremost on a minute repeater which determined the construction of the entire movement.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Ultra-Thin Skeleton
The Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection is enriching its range with new territory to explore. The prestige of a precious metal case and bracelet is now complemented by the extreme sophistication of an open-worked movement that is also ultra-thin and houses a perpetual calendar, giving the timepiece a contemporary and horologically sophisticated look. In this new gold version, Vacheron Constantin highlights the expression of Haute Horlogerie's values.
Experience: Audemars Piguet Automatic Movement Oversized Scale Model. Simply Incredible for the Home or the Office.
If you ever dreamed of what a supersized reproduction of an Audemars Piguet movement would look like sitting on your desk, dream no further. Audemars Piguet has just made available what in our opinion is one of the coolest and most incredible watch related items that a watch collector could own. This actual reproduction of a selfwinding Audemars Piguet movement that is not the 40-jewel calibre 3120 nor the new 38-jewle calibre 4302, is an exact reproduction of an actual AP movement with all of its components —all of them of course supersized more than hundred or a thousand times. Even the jewels, bridges, the architecture and finishes are exactly done in the exact same way.
Breaking News: Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin Announce the Gradual Reopening of their Manufacture
Since 1846 for Ulysse Nardin and 1791 for Girard-Perregaux —in over 200years of existence and through two world wars— neither of the two have ever had to close their doors. Unfortunately, with the unprecedented spread of the COVID-19 virus throughout the world, all sectors of activity have had to adapt, and watchmaking is no exception. The epidemic seems to have begun to wane and we have built a new way of working adapted to the new environment.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Presenting the New Cartier Tank Asymétrique Skeleton
The Cartier Privé collection highlights the design of the Maison’s legendary watches. Since 2015, Cartier Privé has been releasing variations in limited and numbered series. Following the Crash watch, the Tank Cintrée and the Tonneau watch — the first models to be reinterpreted by the Cartier watchmaking design studio— it is the Tank Asymétrique’s turn to enter the exclusive circle of this connoisseurs’ club.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Presenting the New Cartier Tank Asymétrique
The Cartier Privé collection highlights the design of the Maison’s legendary watches. Since 2015, Cartier Privé has been releasing variations in limited and numbered series. Following the Crash watch, the Tank Cintrée and the Tonneau watch — the first models to be reinterpreted by the Cartier watchmaking design studio— it is the Tank Asymétrique’s turn to enter the exclusive circle of this connoisseurs’ club.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Presenting the Cartier Santos-Dumont XL
We thought we knew all there was to know about this watch created in 1904 by Louis Cartier for his friend, Alberto Santos- Dumont, which allowed the aviator to read the time in flight. The first modern men’s wristwatch, it made its mark with a pure design incorporating a square bezel with visible screws. We knew, too, of the watch’s symbolic strength —an accessory designed to go ever higher, always further. Nothing would have predicted what it had in store for us. Because in the power of its original design infinite possibilities are revealed; because its timeless shape never ceases to inspire Cartier for new interpretations.
Watches & Wonders 2020: The New Pasha de Cartier Collection
A square inside a circle, an extrovert, and a unisex watch is what the new Pasha de Cartier stands for since 1985 when it was first launched. Produced in steel, yellow gold, pink gold, and set with diamonds, the Pasha de Cartier collection includes many models, incorporating fine jewelry pieces and fine watchmaking creations with skeleton versions. With its distinctive codes and extraordinary design, the Pasha watch is for those who think big. A broad worldview that echoes a whole new generation of successful talent. Their success is reflected in new, unique, and diverse creative projects being launched in 2020 that set them apart from previous generations.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Maillon de Cartier Collection
The Maillon de Cartier is first and foremost a statement of style. The chain-link bracelet remains a composed centerpiece, one that plays on classic codes, whilst reinventing today’s attitudes. The Maillon de Cartier watch is firstly a jewel designed by the Cartier watchmaking studios. A precious watch that resides in the creative watchmaking repertoire of the Maison. A bracelet whose chain-links are offset and aligned on the bias by Cartier.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Cartier Santos-Dumont Engraved Limited Editions
The new Engraved Cartier Santos-Dumont Limited Edition watches pay homage to Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont one of the pioneers of aviation. “Go further” could have been Santos-Dumont’s motto, which pushed him to invent delicate, poetic flying machines for his pleasure and that of Parisian spectators —machines that connected dreams and technology, man and sky. This is the story told by the new Santos-Dumont watches.
News: Presenting the De Bethune DB28XP 10th Anniversary Watches
De Bethune Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the DB28 drawing on the quintessence of its DNA, and releasing three new watches. When the first De Bethune DB28 was launched in 2010, De Bethune's idea was to present a timepiece with an identity all its own and a resolutely futuristic vision of the art of watchmaking. The distinctive case shape, the crown at 12 o'clock inspired by pocket watches. Just some of the hallmarks of the contemporary aestheticism specific to De Bethune.
Insider: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Memovox Boutique Edition. Hands-on with One of the Best Looking Blue Dial Watches Out There.
Inspired by the Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Snowdrop from the early 70s, the new JLC Master Memovox Boutique Edition is a perfect modern reinterpretation of one of the most iconic watches in the history of horology and of the brand. Fitted with a mirror polished stainless steel case measuring 40 mm in diameter and equipped with a mechanical alarm function, the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Memovox Boutique Edition is available in a limited edition of 500 pieces and exclusively sold throughout the JLC Boutique network.
News: Cartier launches Cartier Watchmaking Encounters. An International Website Dedicated to 2020 Novelties.
In the absence of a major watchmaking fair this year, the Maison Cartier is launching www.cartierwatchmakingencounters.com, an international consumer website dedicated to this year’s watchmaking novelties, on April 25th, 2020. This edition will be placed under the sign of unexpected encounters between shapes and ideas, nurtured by the Maison and expressed through its watchmaking creations. Through this dedicated website, visitors will be able to first discover iconic watches like the Pasha, the Maison’s cult watch since its inception in 1985, featured in a new interpretation.
Eye Candy: Patek Philippe ref. 5270G White Gold Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
The Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph ref. 5270 was originally launched at Baselworld 2011 to replace the iconic Patek reference 5970. Some of the main differences between the ref. 5970 and the ref. 5270 includes a bigger case measuring 41 mm vs. 39 mm on the ref. 5970 and an in-house movement powering the ref. 5270 instead of the Lemania 2310-based CH27 calibre in the ref. 5970. Additionally, there are some other changes on the dial of the ref. 5270G-018 when compared to its predecessor.
News: Watches & Wonders 2020 Will Take Place Online Beginning April 25th
In light of the unprecedented challenges we are all facing, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie —FHH— has accelerated the digitalization of its Watches & Wonders concept and will be able to launch a new online platform on April 25th at watchesandwonders.com. Featuring 30 of the world’s leading fine watch brands including A. Lange & Söhne, Armin Strom, Arnold & Son, Cartier, Girard-Perregaux, HYT, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, MB&F, Panerai, Piaget, Roger Dubuis and Vacheron Constantin amongst others, the FHH’s site will provide an unparalleled opportunity to discover the watchmaking universe, as well as the newest watch introductions for 2020. A robust offering of customizable content, curated by the FHH, will also ensure a vibrant educational experience for all watch enthusiasts.
News: Presenting the Breitling Superocean Heritage '57 Capsule Collection
Breitling announces the launch of its Breitling Superocean Heritage ’57 Capsule Collection, whose watches take their design inspiration from the brand’s original Superocean from 1957. They also embody the cool, laid-back surfing lifestyle of the 1950s and 1960s. Breitling’s Capsule Collections are produced for a limited time and consequently in a limited volume, but the watches are not numbered. They give the brand a chance to tell specific stories rooted in the history of its core collection, and the Breitling Superocean Heritage ’57 Capsule Collection watches definitely have their own stories to tell.
News: Presenting the New Breitling Chronomat Collection
The Chronomat holds a significant place in Breitling’s history. When the Breitling Chronomat was launched in 1984, it marked a welcome return to mechanical Swiss watches, which had all but disappeared when quartz watches dominated the marketplace in the 1970s. Breitling had used the name Chronomat for some of its 1940s watches, and, in those early days, the word was a portmanteau of “chronograph for mathematics”. The 1984 Chronomat expressed something different: “chronograph” and “automatic”, a name that called attention to the self-winding mechanical movement.
