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One of the highlights of Baselworld 2010 was the U-Boat booth. Not only did this edition of the watch fair inaugurate U-Boat’s inclusion in the main hall, amongst greats such as Rolex and Patek, but this achievement was backed by the manufacturer with the release of some very impressive, new models. Amongst these, perhaps the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

LINDE WERDELIN, the leading sports watches and attachable instruments manufacturer, is proud to present a new addition to the Oktopus family, the Oktopus Moonphase complication. Powered by a Frédéric Piguet movement (caliber 1150) and with a moonphase complication built by Danish-born Svend Andersen, this is a unique combination of design and craftsmanship, which depicts the [...]

The launch of the new Twenty-8-Eight collection of DeWitt is an inspired evolution of the brand, as it harmoniously integrates a more classical style and extremely pure lines and patterns into its unmistakably recognizable DNA: the imperial columns on the flanks of its case. Offering a subtle combination of character and refinement, the design of [...]

Following the great success of its first Extreme Tourbillon Regulator Manufacture – the Full Black version – at Baselworld in 2009, ALPINA Genève is proud to present two new models in gold, both issued in an extremely limited series of just 18 numbered pieces. These new versions, both as astonishing as the first, feature a [...]

The saga of Outland continues… The new declination of the RSW Outland timepiece actually keeps the identical neo‐brutalism design paying homage to futurism, oblique architecture, the super computers and the first electronic musical instruments used in the first version of Outland. The novelty lays in the fact that the new model drops the theme of [...]

Baselworld 2010 marks the 275th Anniversary for Blancpain and is the occasion for the debut of a new Villeret Collection. The first timepiece from this new series to be unveiled is a new complete calendar moon-phase model featuring a fully secure calendar mechanism, and under-lug correctors, fitted into a half-hunter red gold case. This new [...]

A MARRIAGE OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY On the occasion of the next International Basel Fair, Eberhard & Co. will present as special preview the new “Tazio Nuvolari Edition Limitée Grand Prix TN” in 18 ct. red gold. Ever mindful of all that has left its mark on history, Eberhard is once again inspired by Tazio [...]