If you haven’t noticed, today is Force Friday — when all the toys and other merchandise surrounding the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie goes on sale. The movie is slated to hit theaters in December. Also slated to hit retail stores — but a few months sooner — the new luxury co-branded…
Watch Collectors Speak Out
Up Close with the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 6
Harry Winston regularly wows the watch world with its innovation and technical prowess. This year, with the Histoire de Tourbillon 6, the watch brand once again pulls out all the stops with what is the brand’s most complex timepiece in the Histoire de Tourbillon to date. This year marks the release of the sixth…
Experience Watchmaking for a Weekend in Zurich
Always dream of going to Switzerland? Of seeing how watches are made? Well now you have your chance. The Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich is offering a “Luxurious Watchmaking Experience” this summer and running through September 30, 2015. Operated as a special package by the iconic hillside-nesteld hotel, the event is designed to offer guests a unique watchmaking experience. Run…
Up Close with the Manufacture Royale 1770 Voltige – an Acrobat in Motion
Manufacture Royale –a five-year-old brand brand with roots dating back to Voltaire and the Age of Enlightenment — has been on the cutting edge of aesthetics and technology since its rebirth. We have covered the brand here before, but now we bring you the newest 1770 Voltige watch. Part of the brand’s 1770 Collection, this…
How To Spot a Fake Watch — NAWCC Introduces Luxury or Lie? Course
Watch education is an essential on-going tool of knowledge for any watch r. Now, the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors has implemented a new educational course for watch rs who really want to know how to spot a fake. The course, entitled Luxury or Lie? How to Identify Genuine Watches, is targeted to…
Breguet Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Tradition Line with new Minute Repeater Tourbillon 7087
By Gordon Henderson Breguet as a brand has, since it’s founding, been at the forefront of horological innovations. The company is able to claim a number of game-changing firsts: the first self-winding movement, the first striking repeating watch operated by gong spring rather than a bell, and the first Tourbillon (among others). As such, the brand regularly…