Vacheron Constantin has always been a great supporter of Geneva Musee d Art et d’Histoire and will be displaying a few of their rare timepieces at the “Watchmaking in Geneva. The Magic of Craftsmanship, Treasures of Gold and Enamel” exhibit. The exhibit has been ongoing and will run until the end of April 2012 […]

Luxury Swiss Watchmaker Hublot will proudly present the amfAR New York Gala on Feb. 8. The gala will honor influential crusaders in the global struggle against HIV/AIDS. The black-tie benefit will be hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker. The event will feature performances by Janelle Monae and Theophilus London, a gala dinner, silent auction and honoree […]

The remarkable work of Dutch artist M. C. Escher has been a subject of fascination for art lovers and mathematicians alike for many decades. (One of the most intriguing results of his work is the enormous Pulitzer Prize winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, a Pulitzer Prize winning magnum opus that interrelates Escher's work with Gödel's incompleteness theorems, and with J. S. Bach's fugues, all of which are self-referential in structure.)

A crew of four robbers made their way into the exhibition at Cité du Temps in Geneva and destroyed cases, attempting to steal some of the X Fathoms watches, but the robbery was intercepted by company SIC. A representative from Swatch, which owns the Blancpain brand, stated that “most of the watches” were recovered and […]

  High-end brands will be searching for alternative suppliers now that Swatch Group has decided to lower the watch part supplies to rival watchmakers. For decades Swatch has served as one of the main suppliers, providing as much as 80% of Swiss movements and their Nivarox arm, which dominated the market for oscillating parts and […]

Distinguished Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz announced their launch of a micro-site dedicated to the brand’s historical automatons and its recent exposition tour, “Automates et Merveilles.” Pierre Jaquet Droz was not only considered an imaginative watchmaker but well known for perfecting and selling sophisticated automatons. His work culminated with three humanoid robots: The Writer, The Draughtsman […]

During Rick Ross’s 36th Birthday party at Club Amnesia in Miami, Dr. Dre broke out his lavish present, a $100,000 Hublot watch!

Cartier, the jeweler whose clientele have included the actress Elizabeth Taylor and the tsar of Russia , says they are pulling ahead of luxury rivals with watches that match the tenor of the times for less brazen exhibits of wealth. Cartier is gaining market share in part because the financial slowdown is steering customers to […]

Today the Franck Muller group continues to be a leader in the luxury watch segment in both design and movement development and manufacturing. We are excited to welcome our many guests to Watchland next week in Geneva to showcase our new developments in Franck Muller and other brands in our group. We are also very excited about the new “Jetliner” watch introduction in CVSTOS.