Betty Fiechter would become the first woman to head up a watch house. This house was Blancpain and the house would go on to several firsts for women’s watches. From the first […]
Moments in Time: Colorful Ladybird Time from Blancpain
Moments in Time: Breguet’s Interchangeable Strap Time
Mother-of-pearl, brilliant cut diamonds, a powerful movement all come together in the new version of the Classique Dame 8063. But there is more. The new version is outfitted with a mechanism enabling […]
Moments in Time: Hummingbird Time
It is a glorious celebration of the color green. It is a bird of summer and joy. It is an incredibly detailed and beautiful timepiece from the house of Jaquet Droz. The […]
Moments in Time: Underwater Time
The Swiss watchmaking house of Blancpain has been committed to the oceans of the world ever since it bought out it first diver’s watch in the 1950s. Today we see another World […]
Moments in Time: Moving Time
Milan, Italy — A rare and exceptional exhibition opened in Milan last May 1st at the Milan Museum of Culture. Entitled Robot. The Human Project, the show chronicles mankind’s fascination with bringing […]
Moments in Time with Sensational Sailing and Omega
Updated The 36th America’s Cup was played out in Auckland, New Zealand showcasing fierce competition to the daily finish lines from Emirates Team New Zealand and the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team […]
Moments in Time: Celebrating 220 Years of the Tourbillon with Breguet
It is the year of the tourbillon, this complication that is added into the mechanics of a watch to increase its accuracy. Tourbillon means whirlwind in French and that is one of […]
Moments in Time: Snoopy in Space
Long Read The NASA and Omega connection go back in time all the way back to 1965 when the Swiss watchmaker’s Omega Speedmaster was declared « flight qualified for all manned space missions. » […]
Moments in Time: Breguet Time, Traditional Time
Simplicity, elegance and intense engineering features pioneered by Abraham-Louis Breguet himself are the hallmarks of the house of Breguet’s Tradition line which draws its inspiration directly from the caliber of the souscription […]
Moments in Time: Hamilton’s Handsome Jazzmaster Skeleton
There is nothing like contemplating all of the elements of a watch’s movement. It is a captivating show, in which which the wheels turn and tick back and forth. The house of […]
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