Just last week in New York City, Antiquorum Auctioneers U.S. held its US-exclusive preview of the 33 unique watches – each made especially for the auction — that are being auctioned this weekend in the upcoming Only Watch auction on September 28 at the Only Watch 2013 charity event in Monaco. All proceeds from the…
First Release of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Anniversary Movie Narrated by Clive Owen
British born actor Clive Owen deftly narrates the new movie that celebrates Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 180th anniversary and heralds its many years of patents and inventions. The movie, first shown at the brand’s recent anniversary celebration in Venice (which you can read about here) depicts a couple of minutes behind the scenes with this iconic brand. Above, you…
TAG Heuer Unveils Specially Made Smart Watch for Professional Timing
As this year’s 34th America’s Cup enters its exciting final weekend, we want to bring you a little behind-the-scenes info about how the R&D departments of TAG Heuer and Oracle Team USA co-invented onboard connectivity equipment and intelligent smartwatch to supply each crew member instant access to crucial race condition data in real-time. The system…
Watch Education in Napa Valley with A. Lange & Sohne
Recently, we had the distinct privilege of joining A. Lange & Sohne in Napa Valley for the Akademie of watchmaking – wonderful and enlightening experience. To begin with, the event was chocked with watch education and hands-on work on important elements of the luxury watchmaking world. The Akademie, started in 2007, is a watchmaking event…
Exclusive Interview: Stephane Linder, TAG Heuer CEO, has a few plans in store for the brand (first in a series of new executive interviews)
There have been a lot of shifts in the watchmaking world lately- behind-the-scenes shifts that is. CEO’s and brand presidents are moving around – hopefully for the better. TAG Heuer just got a new CEO, as did Jaeger-LeCoultre, Bulgari and a few others. Ditto in the USA, where Audemars Piguet has a new president and…
Tudor Watches Launches in America, Announces Major Auto-Racing Partnership with IMSA
We heralded the coming of this sister brand to Rolex since March. Well now, the eagerly anticipated, Tudor is here. Last night the launch event for Tudor was held in New York at the ultra-modern, Frank Gehry-designed IAC Building in Chelsea. The evening witnessed a gathering of who’s who in the watch world—from collectors to…