Best Open Casebacks of SIHH

Today’s fine mechanical watches are as beautiful from the back as they are from the wrist-up side. In fact, just to qualify as a fine timepiece, the movement has to be decorated. This includes chamfering, which means beveling the edges of components; perlage, or circular graining, usually done on the base plate; Côtes de Genève, […]

By Carol Besler

Linde Werdelin Unveil Oktopus II Moon With First In-House Complication

Luxury watchmakers Linde Werdelin are celebrating a milestone with the release of their new Oktopus II Moon, the first timepiece to utilize a complication entirely conceived, developed and produced in-house by the Swiss manufacture. And it is an impressive complication, displaying the existing phase of the moon on its dial, just as one sees it in the […]

Hermès Celebrates 35th Anniversary of Arceau Timepiece

Luxury watchmakers Hermès are celebrating the 35th anniversary of their iconic Arceau model in style. Designed in 1978 by Henri d’Origny, this watch is distinguished by its upper horseshoe-shaped attachment and the slanting numerals around the dial. To mark the occasion, the famed French luxury house have unveiled the Arceau Petite Lune, a feminine take on the classic […]

Girard-Perregaux Unveil Ultra-Feminine Cat’s Eye

The Cat’s Eye collection by luxury watchmakers Girard-Perregaux is one of the most recognizable timepieces in the ladies’ watch industry. And just like us women, it has never stopped refining its appearance. Girard-Perregaux recently unveiled the newest Cat’s Eye, a stunning model which is both elegant and utterly feminine. The Cat’s Eye timepiece begins with a 37.95 […]