Soon after yacht “Eilean” had become famous for her appearance in Duran Duran’s Rio video she collided with a ferry, broke her mast and while waiting to be fixed, sank at her mooring. Eliean was one of the last yachts built by William Fife and was left to decay and moulder under the trees near […]

This year Blancpain’s Villeret collection will debut its first model featuring a  flinque lacquered dial, with layers of translucent blue lacquer on the dial to create to depth effect at Basel 2012. The calibre 7663Q features 244 parts and 34 jewels with a three-day power reserve, all housed within a 40mm gold case. The new self-winding movement powers […]

Passionate watch collectors will take a look behind the outer shell and learn appreciate the bold use of new materials in a caliber, or the uniqueness and complication of its functions. However, the luxury marketers and designers know that it is the dial that draws the buyer in. How a brand will chose the design […]

Hublot recently debuted its limited edition King Power timepiece “The King Of Russia.” The watch comes in a 18-carat gold 48 mm casing with a white dial showing with the famous Kremlin’s towers star an St. Basel’s Cathedral design with an openworked chronograph (Hublot caliber HUB4214) movement. Limited to just 25 pieces, the watch will […]

Jaeger Le Coultre has created the Atmos Marqueterie clock based on ‘The Kiss,” a famous piece of work by artist Gustav Klimt. Klimt to created the Mosaic in 1904 using  a piece of art that would build on what his core strength would be; mosaics using 1,200 pieces of wood, each covered with gold leaf […]

  After previewing in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, Antiquorum will present a 452 piece collection  modern and vintage timepieces at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong on February 26. The collection includes three very rare and highly complicated Jaeger-LeCoultre watches including the white gold Gyrotourbillon One, No.02/20. The watch is a highly complicated 18K […]

About 17,000 fake watches were seized from a Dubai apartment as part of a raid following an investigation by a trade association representing Swiss watch manufacturers. The Bern-based Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FSWI) sent investigators to Dubai in a bid to crack down on the supply of fake watches into Europe and to track […]

Al Wasl FC, the Dubai soccer managed by Diego Maradona just signed a  two-year sponsorship deal with Swiss watchmaker Hublot. With his agreement, suggested by Al Wasl chairman Marwan Bin Byat Hublot become the official timekeeper of the club. Maradona, a Hublot brand ambassador since 2009 has also agreed to wear the logo of Dubai-based Saif Belhasa Group […]

Novak Djokovich and Champions League victors FC Barcelona were among the winners at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards held this year in London.  Some of the best athletes in the world-selected by a 47-member jury- were honored for their achievements last week. In celebration of the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards, IWC created a signature watch […]

Bell & Ross is hosting a unique HERITAGE photo contest. Now through March 8,  fans of the watch brand can particiate for a chance to win a WW1-92 HERITAGE. Simply take a photo showing your vision of the Bell & Ross HERITAGE style. Enter the contest via facebook here

1. Tell us some of the most exciting developments at Graham today? Graham is full of activity in the product development department. Among the several projects we are running with our engineers and designers, I see three that look the most promising for the time being. The first is a deep evolution, if not a […]

This Breitling for Bentley GMT V8 looks recognizable to those who have seen other Breitling Bentley watches. It has its unique features though, such as the red inner city bezel, making a nice distinction with the black dial. It also has an added red triangle-tipped hour hand finishing one rotation every 24 hours, and multiple […]

The Supreme Commercial Court will be in charge of deciding the validity of the patent agency’s decision to register a company as the owner of the Vacheron Constantin brand name. The patent authority registered Tessir Partners Ltd. (BVI) as the holder of the “Vacheron Constantin” trademark. Vacheron Constantin was incorporated on September 17, 1755 and […]

In collaboration with Scientific Cellular Innovations, Ltd. (SCI) the Ulysse Nardin Chairman is the world’s first and finest luxury hybrid smart phone. The basic model costs about $14,000 but the premiere, deluxe Chairman — featuring more than 3,000 hand-cut 17-karat diamonds adorning the faceplates is $130,000. It was recently named the “Most Expensive Mobile Phone […]

Recently in Dubai for the Watch Art Grand Exhibition, La Moda Dubai was able to obtain an elite interview with Thierry Stern, the fourth in a line of presidents who have steered 170-year old watch company Patek Philippe. The man who is as sophisticated as the watches themselves, told La Moda Dubai about his passion […]

Hublot will pull covers off its first extra-thin skeleton watch, a Classic Fusion with a refined design which preserves the true mark of being a Hublot chronograph, this year at BaselWorld. An inspirational change from the Big Bang trend, this 45 mm diameter watch features a 2.90 mm solid movement which has been designed in-house. […]