The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), announced that it has established two new scholarships for minority watchmaking students. America’s first watchmaking guild announces the Benjamin Banneker Scholarship for Black Watchmaking Students, as well as the Oscar Waldan Scholarship for Jewish Watchmaking Students. Benjamin Banneker, a self-taught mathematician, astronomer and horologist who lived from 1731 to…
Recently, we had some time to catch up with Zenith USA head, Thierry Collot, who took the time to explain the brand’s recently released El Primero Chronomaster 2 (available with either a blue or black bezel). The watch demonstrates the brand’s incredible accuracy in timekeeping and is an evolution of its El Primero mechanical caliber…
Last week in New York City, Longines unveiled some of its newest watches for the year, and green took center stage in the form of the new khaki-green colored HydroConqust Automatic watch. The diver’s timepiece — water resistant to 300 meters — features a bold green dial, matching green polished ceramic bezel and green textured…
Following in its “Laureus Sport for Good” partnership, IWC Schaffhausen releases the all-new “Laureus Sport for Good” Portugieser Hand-Wound Monopusher Edition. The newest timepiece is created in a limited edition of just 500 pieces and features an engraving on the case back of the winning design from the brand’s annual drawing competition. The winning design…
Boldly moving forward in the world of women’s watches, Vacheron Constantin today unveils an all-new collection of women’s watches: Egerie. The round watches — with diamond-bedecked bezels — are powered by in-house-made mechanical self-winding movements and offer design inspiration borrowed from the luxurious world haute couture. Each watch — and there are five different models…
As Swiss watch brand Corum ramps up its product assortment and its messaging, the company is about to launch a new marketing campaign: Risk is the Reward. The campaign underscores the daringness in design that has defined Corum since its inception in 1955. To help tease the campaign, Corum asked particular journalists and personalities from around…
Sometimes it’s about the mechanics. Sometimes it’s about the shape. Sometimes, it’s a nice neat package all wrapped up into a dramatic presence on the wrist that has you drooling. That is exactly what the Claude Meylan Tortue Lady watch is all about — and it is the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. Even…
While the venerable brand Vacheron Constantin — the world’s oldest continually operating Swiss watch brand (founded in 1755) — has a nice boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, it announces that it has plans to move. Beginning this year and hoping to open in Spring of 2021, Vacheron Constantin will upon a multi-level flagship store on bustling…
Forget the candy and the over-priced dinner — maybe even the flowers. This year if you are looking for the perfect Valentine’s gift for the woman in your life — look no further than your wrist. Make her a nice candle-light dinner at home and slip a gorgeous and iconic Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso watch on her…
This past weekend at the Ocean Reef Club’s All Charities Weekend, a special numbered-edition of the all-new Oris Carysfort Reef Limited Edition 18-karat gold watch was included in the event’s auctions in an effort to benefit the Coral Restoration Foundation’s efforts to restore the Carysfort coral reef. (The #2 watch will be auctioned at another…
Ever look at a brand and see so much diversity in creation that you feel as though the brand needs every collection to continue its successful path? I have. I was thinking just the other day about how Corum – a relatively young brand in the watchmaking world having just been founded in the 20th century…
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