watches
A Vacheron Constantin King Kalla watch sold for HK$5.8 million (US$743,590) at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on May 28, setting a new auction record for the watch.It is believed that less than 10 King Kalla were ever produced due to the difficulty of matching the more...
Checking the time is something we, a population consumed entirely by the digital, unknowingly take for granted. Smart phones are our stand-in watches. But up until the 19th century, timekeeping wasn’t so easy – and it would take several hundred...
A quick recap of the main jewelry and watches stories, February 11-15, 2013:- Several watchmakers marked Valentine’s Day with the release of timepieces bearing the icons of passion. For those who missed the boat, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop provides a helpful...
Presented at SIHH 2013 last week, Les Heures Fabuleuses is a new watch collection by Cartier adhering to a Surrealist manifesto: “This is not a watch!”Using a playful bestiary that includes a snake, a frog, and an elephant, Cartier’s new collection offers...
Parmigiani Fleurier unveiled at SIHH its first watch dial in wood marquetry, a process that consists of cutting out and assembling wood veneers to create a design. The delicate technique was used to illustrate the spirit of music and in particular the guitar...
Swiss watchmaker Blancpain is currently showcasing its ladies watches at the Cité du Temps in Geneva, an opportunity really to present its latest ultra-slim Saint Valentin 2013 Model.Five red-lacquered mother-of-pearl marquetry hearts are the highlight of a...
SINGAPORE — Yvan Artya and his artist wife Dominique Arpa-Cirpka often draw inspiration from nature to create watches for their ArtyA brand. And for their new Geneva Time Exhibition 2013 collection, ‘Son of Earth,’ they have use natural earth pigments...
Winter white is one of the colors of the season, and the Chanel J12 White Gem-Set Gold is both on trend and timeless. A band of white high-tech ceramic and an 18-karat white gold case meets three rings of 132 baguette-cut diamonds that circle the...
In an era when you can order “bespoke” suits over the Internet, and everything from an iPhone to a fragrance can be personalized, the concept of customization gets a bit watered down. However, that doesn’t mean the trend is on the wane. Take Vacheron...
