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It is the light that catches every eye, the heavenly body that fires poetic dreams in the dark of night. The magic of the Moon inhabits one of the legendary Jaquet Droz models that the Manufacture has just reinvented.
The Eclipse is a real feat of watchmaking; it not only displays the day, month and year, [...]

Eberhard & Co. gives its Chrono 4 Badboy a completely new and distinctive gutsy look, which will be revealed in all its explosive energy at the watchmaking world’s most important international occasion, Baselworld 2010.
After having revolutionized the reading of time, thanks to the specially patented device aligning four counters, the Company’s emblem collection has become [...]

Yvan Arpa is setting the watchmaking planet on fire with the VOLNATOMIC, an explosive collection in which traditional Swiss watchmaking embodied through a self-winding movement, a Large Date Dubois Dépraz calibre and Concepto tourbillon play with the concept of forbidden territory and nuclear danger by adopting the famous black and yellow color codes.
Warning: not for [...]

The 38th Baselworld Show has wound up with smiles all round: firstly from the Swiss exhibitors, with confirmation of the signs of recovery recorded in January and February of this year; then from the visitors in their response to the superb pieces created by Switzerland’s watch and jewellery makers; and, finally, with attendance up on [...]

“Every time an old man dies in Africa, it is as if a library has burnt down”
Amadou Hampaté Bâ
This foundation aims to testify to little-known cultures, and to provide international support for anthropological observatory missions, publications and lectures.
Throughout its history stretching over more than 250 years, Vacheron Constantin has faithfully safeguarded the values [...]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (March 17, 2010) – TW Steel celebrated the start of BASELWORLD 2010 by unveiling its new ‘Renault F1 Team’ collection – the first executions produced as the Dutch watch brand beings its associations as ‘Official Timing Partner’ to the Renault F1 Team in 2010.
TW Steel’s newest offerings are based on two separate [...]

Black or silver-white, the new Perrelet designs highlight alternating structures. Guilloché, sand-blasted or snailed decorations contrast with the detail of the polished and polished-satin finish of the steel indexes. True to its code of aesthetics, Perrelet maintains its quality of clear legibility.
These different interpretations housed in their distinctively fluted cases, a specialty of the Brand, [...]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (March 18, 2010) – TW Steel, the Dutch watch brand ‘Big in Oversized Watches,’ launches its latest TECH executions at BASELWORLD 2010 today. On display for the first time, the collection consists of seven new models, available in either 45 mm or 48 mm editions, with the styling founded on the popularity [...]

Corum Stand B01, Hall 1
Antonio Calce, CEO of Corum, hosting 150 journalists to celebrate the half-century of the Admiral’s Cup and the 30th anniversary of the movement Golden Bridge and share with them the way that Corum has come since its founding 55 years ago.
This is with “Happy Birthday” by the Beatles that the conference [...]

The bewitching “DIAMOND FLOWER” collection decks itself out in black and white ceramic
A redesigned case, with an impeccable profile and curve, the “Diamond Flower” collection combines materials and perpetuates the charm of unique technology.
Very chic, the new Perrelet design is surprisingly radiant. Its ceramic case, either profoundly black or immaculately white, overlaid with a diamond-set [...]