The Crash watch saga began in the heart of Swinging London. The year was 1967 when a Cartier customer confided their London boutique with repairing a damaged watch. But the object had a shockwave effect: the stripped down design stupefied Jean-Jacques Cartier, the branch director, and he found himself charmed by it. The carefree and...
It’s not easy to dig up a last-century icon and bring it back into the present. To approach the perfect balance between creative additions and profound respect for heritage, a deep knowledge and working of the codes to be handled is a must. This is the exact process that Jeager-LeCoultre has put to work in...
Omega presented a timepiece in Basel that echoed out to the moon, a never-ending source of dreams and fantasies for mankind. This celestial body who’s surface has only been explored by 12 humans today exercises a sort of magic and an attraction that little yet realize. It’s true that when you scientifically explain the phases...
The new Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Silver Snoopy Award celebrates the anniversary of the Apollo 13 rescue mission. It’s only natural then that the background displays a 925 silver Snoopy medallion – Snoopy, NASA’s mascot and guardian angel of the Apollo 13 mission. The timepiece functions with an Omega 1861 caliber – a manually-rewinding chrono that...
The Omega Seamaster collection is getting a new addition: the Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M 007. This stainless steel timepiece, inspired by the Bond family’s coat of arms, joins the rest of the legendary Omega 007s. The symbol is inscribed here and there on the 41.5 mm midnight blue dial to form a dynamic sequence. It...
There’s no more iconic Gucci signature than the horsebit. A quasi-fetish that ties all of their collections together, it’s also a distinct touch that can easily be found on a number of the brand’s pieces. This year, Gucci Watches and Jewelry is bringing the horsebit to a new line of timepieces, or rather, expanding their...
The Première is the very first watch imagined by Chanel, exclusively for women. The year was 1987. The object was inspired by the octagonal shape of the stopper of each flask of N°5, inspired in turn by the silhouette of the Place Vendôme. The Première is an icon. And today, the icon is reinventing itself...
When the exceptional becomes the rule… Chanel watchmaking has managed to compose a timepiece that mixes preciousness and watchmaking technique. 2015 shall be no exception: the J12 Haute Horlogerie is the fruit of a collaboration between the house on the rue Cambon’s ateliers and master Swiss watchmakers Renaud & Papi. The precious comet tourbillon lightly...
Conceived within a capsule collection, the Camélia Haute Joaillerie watch just keeps getting better through the years. In 2015, the brand called on the founding inspirations of Chanel’s fine jewelry division: the magic of the comet, the lightness of the feather, and the simplicity of the camellia. This is what bold virtuoso is all about:...
A race car lover himself, Jack Heuer set off on the Carrera adventure in 1963. Heuer wanted the name to be an homage to the Mexican “Carrera Panamericana” rally, outlawed in 1955 after only five editions: “the name’s simple sonority – elegant, dynamic, easy to pronounce in every language – is filled with emotion.” But...
