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Zenith Interview with Julien Tornare, CEO of Zenith Watches Taking the podium and fielding questions from journalists when your boss has just answered them all is no easy task. Julien Tornare dealt with it with aplomb.

June 12, 2017

Before Zenith’s new CEO had chance to get a word in at his official presentation, the irrepressible Jean-Claude Biver had already pre-empted most questions and as an extra bonus revealed a forthcoming revolutionary watch that will be presented by Zenith over the summer. I nevertheless wanted to get Julien Tornare’s take on his new job […]

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Anonimo Riding the ocean waves with SFS sailing What better way to launch the new Anonimo Nautilo SFS Sailing Edition watch than on the open sea aboard SFS II.

June 12, 2017

After industrial action in France turned what would normally be a relaxing high-speed train journey into a drive to Lyons airport to catch an aeroplane that was cancelled, leaving our intrepid driver Anthony to drive us all the way to Marseilles and stop the night without so much as a toothbrush, tackling the winding gear […]

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Blancpain Exclusive preview of Laurent Ballesta’s new documentary WorldTempus presents as an avant-première a new 26-minute film by Laurent Ballesta that previews his next major expedition – Gombessa IV.

June 12, 2017

For the Gombessa II expedition, Laurent Ballesta and his team travelled to the southern pass of Fakarava atoll in French Polynesia in order to study the feeding behavior of the Grey reef sharks. Fakarava is the world’s largest known concentration of these animals with approx. 700 individuals. For the Gombessa IV Genesis intermediate project, in June-July […]

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Smart watches Montblanc Summit vs TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 Montblanc and TAG Heuer both present a new smart watch within three days of each other. A coincidence?

June 12, 2017

TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 Presented simultaneously in San Francisco and Brunnen, the historic heart of Switzerland that overlooks the Grütli meadow where the founding pact of the Confederation of Helvetia was sealed in 1291, TAG Heuer’s second smart watch is based on a modular concept. This new Carrera model consists of three parts: the […]

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Best-selling watches in France A tough sell for the watch industry? The French watch industry is on its knees. And yet, Swiss brands still manage to outsell the local wares, thanks to their more famous names and targeted pricing. Is this a strategic response to a market that is struggling to get back on its feet?

June 12, 2017

The French watch market is not setting the world on fire. Far from it. And it’s not because the French don’t sell any watches; watches make up almost one-third by value of total jewellery sales. This is an entirely respectable figure for a country where jewellery plays an important cultural role. But the thing is, […]

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Madison Avenue Watch Week 2017 Top Watch Brands Celebrate Madison Avenue Watch Week in New York The Madison Avenue Watch Week runs from May 8 through 13 and features brands such as A. Lange & Söhne, Hublot, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Panerai and Vacheron Constantin

June 12, 2017

This week in New York City, top retailers and watch brands celebrate in style during the seventh annual Madison Avenue Watch Week. The event is a weeklong open house for New York visitors and residents to get up close and personal with some of the top retail stores on Madison Avenue. For watch brands with […]

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A. Lange & Söhne A Journey into grey British artist Sebastian Kite creates an artistic installation inspired by A. Lange & Söhne Lange 31 watch

June 12, 2017

The split into black and white gives us a point of reference in a here and now characterised by the uncertainty of the fleeting moment. No colour represents this diversity more than grey. It stands for the multitude of facets of our life and inspires us to keep exploring new perspectives. After all, nothing is […]

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Anonimo New watch partner of the GC32 Racing Tour Anomimo becomes GC32 Racing Tour’s new timing partner and presents the Anonimo Speed Challenge.

June 12, 2017

With the GC32 Riva Cup on Lake Garda having just started with teams from eight nations, the GC32 Racing Tour has announced the arrival of a titan of sailing as its eleventh entry: Spain’s Iker Martinez, who is best known for his gold and silver 49er Olympic medals as well for skippering Team Telefónica in […]

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Chanel Mademoiselle J12 The house in Rue Cambon dresses up the iconic J12 with an illustrated version of Mademoiselle Chanel, whose articulated arms indicate the hours and minutes.

June 12, 2017

Since 2000, the J12 watch is the first timepiece daring to transform high-tech ceramic into a precious material. This year, Chanel pays tribute to this iconic watch by proposing a model with Coco’s emblematic silhouette taking life on the dial, for a graphic and unusual look. The watch is available in black and white versions, […]

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Encelade 1789 Gyroscope collection Discover the cufflinks from the Gyroscope collection, developed around the rotation concept.

June 12, 2017

Two cousins from the Haute Horlogerie world of fine watchmaking decided to create their own accessory collections and founded the brand Encelade 1789. The brand’s name evokes the name of one of Saturn’s moons, which orbits the planet from a position on one if its outer rings and discovered in 1789. The two cousins’ Gyroscope […]

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