This November, the seventh annual OnlyWatch auction will take place in Geneva on the 11th of the month. The event is one that pulls the finest watch brands in the world together for charity, as each participating brand (or company) donates a single one-off watch that goes up for charity auction. OnlyWatch is organized by…
Four Fantastic Floral-Inspired Women’s Jeweled and Complicated Watches
This year women’s watches are again all the rage, with some of the finest watch brands offering beautiful gemstone-adorned pieces and complex watches with artistic dials or complex calibers. Here we take a lo at four fantastic women’s watches that hold hefty (but well worth it) price tags. MasterGraff Floral Tourbillon A magnificent work of art…
Valentin Piaget, Who Led the Piaget Ultra-Thin Watch Development and Advanced Women’s Watches, Dies
Valentin Piaget, the grandson of Piaget founder Georges-Edouard Piaget, has passed away at the age of 94. This third-generation visionary in the watch world is the man responsible for pursuing the making of ultra-thin movements — an arena Piaget pioneered in the 1950’s and in which it has held a leadership role ever since. Brothers…
Piaget has Starring Role in New ‘Jackie’ Movie with Natalie Portman
In the new film about the Jackie Kennedy — the last four days before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated — Natalie Portman, who plays Jackie, wears the original Piaget watch with jade dial that Jackie wore. Jackie Kennedy was one of the most popular and most photographed First Ladies of the 20th century and…
GPHG 2016 Winners Gallery (and Why I Feel this is a Not-so-All-Inclusive Event)
Last night — as watch rs know — the annual Grand Prix de Horlogerie de Geneve — GPHG — awards were held. The awards (which this year were given to 14 category watch winners and one Special Jury Prize) are often acclaimed by many in the industry as the watch world’s Red Carpet or Academy…
Philippe Leopold-Metzger, CEO of Piaget, Talks About the Significance and Design of the Piaget Polo S Line
Recently Piaget unveiled its newest Piaget Polo S watch in New York, where we also had the opportunity to talk to global CEO, Philippe Leopold Metzger about the launch of the new that is created only in stainless steel and that represents a new opening price point for the brand. Consisting of five mos,…