My first stop of the day was to check out my good friend Alain Huy at Zenith. They have an amazing location at Basel World and I am very impressed with the new watches that are coming to the market. It was a improtu meeting. I just came in and he showed me some cool […]

  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 […]

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 […]

  At a Montblanc dinner last night I was seated across from super model Eva Herzigova, the brand’s new ambassador. She was modelling the brand’s diamond jewelry, and I asked her if I could take her picture. She posed for a few minutes and I took pictures, but then asked, suddenly, who I was taking […]

This is the 22nd time I have travelled to Geneva to cover the SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie), the invitation-only Richemont affair showcasing the new introductions of 18 elite Swiss watch brands. It is the first SIHH, however, about which I have written a blog. Instead of capping the night with a glass […]

  Baselworld—the World Watch and Jewelry Show—opens its doors in just eight short weeks. On March 8, Basel, Switzerland will host around 1800 companies from the watch, jewelry and precious stone industries as they showcase their newest developments and innovations. Mira will debut its first ladies collection. The Fée Céleste sparkles with 166 diamonds and tells […]