Even though a football team has its official wristwatches doesn’t mean the players will always get loyal with the brand. For instance, the world’s most expensive player Cristiano Ronaldo had rather worn Corum Watch on his wrist than his team’s official watch – Real Madrid’s Ebel or Manchester United’s Hublot; and so does the FIFA [...]
As usual, wristwatch trend this year will be defined by two important events in Switzerland: SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie) 2010 which has been run in Geneva, 18th – 22nd of January 2010, and Baselworld 2010 which will be held on 18th – 25th of March 2010 in Basel. After all, trend has [...]
I’ve covered Hublot All Black series a few months ago. Apparently, the company is not the only one which produces such All-Black timepieces. There are still more. One of them is the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer PIERRE DEROCHE which recently launches its SPLITROCK MDA FULL BLACK WATCH. But unlike its name suggest, black is not [...]
I can’t speak French; so that when I saw the name of this elegant watch, I thought it refers to one of my favorite rock band from Japan –ラルク アン シエル Raruku an Shieru which is also known as L’Arc~en~Ciel. Apparently, I was wrong!
Laruku (L’ Arc-En-Ciel) singing ”Jiyuu e no Shoutai”
“Arc-en-ciel” is the French word for [...]
From 2 to 12 September 2009, the famous Swiss Haute Horlogerie brand JAEGER-LECOULTRE was playing a starring role in the 66th Venice International Film Festival, the MOSTRA. Marking its 176 years of horological mastery, the Manufacture was introducing the trilogy of astounding masterpieces: HYBRIS MECHANICA 55. The collections set of greatest timekeeping consists of the [...]
One of England’s greatest ever strikers MICHAEL OWEN has embarked on a new adventure with Manchester United, the football club whose official watch is Hublot Red Devil Bang. Nevertheless, Owen might seem not to wear the wrist watch as he has already been in successful partnership with TISSOT for 11 years. In fact, to mark [...]
Vacheron Constantin, THE OLDEST WATCH MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD, will present his “Métiers d’Art” Collection with an event featuring guard time of emergency and craftsmen at work, from 11 to 20 September 2009 at Grand Palais, PARIS.
The oldest watch manufacturer in the world whose business and transfer of know-how have no interruption since its founding [...]
British Golf Star JUSTIN ROSE has join forces with the prestigious brand of Swiss watches MAURICE LACROIX to convert a mutual appreciation in several creative projects on an international basis. They have bound the close partnership in a three-year contract, with an option for two additional years.
Well,…now I know what brand will be on [...]
In order to create the exceptional Metiers d’Art Les Masques Collection, VACHERON CONSTANTIN has collaborated with great persons, team and institutions. JEAN PAUL BARBIER-MUELLER has shown the Manufacture his confidence in lending them the world’s most important private collection of primitive art: masks from different continent that of the BARBIER MUELLER MUSEUM in Geneva, Switzerland.
French [...]