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Here we are, 2016 has just started and the new horological year too, meaning that the SIHH 2016 is about to open its doors and to reveal the novelties of?Richemont Group brands. This year for the very first time the SIHH also gives the floor to several independent watchmakers. Known as the?Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, the SIHH will be this year more interesting than ever before. In order to keep you updated?with everything that will be presented by the exhibiting brands, we are on the road to SIHH 2016 and will report live from the fair as of Monday morning.Like every year, the watch exhibition season starts in January with the SIHH, which focuses mainly on high-end brands owned by the Richemont Group – plus several independent brands, friend of the group (Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, Greubel Forsey or Parmigiani). However, this year, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie undergoes several changes. We find back the 15 major brands that are part of the s
Interview Julien Tornare CEO Zenith on 2021 Strategy and Chronomaster
During the digital version of LVMH Watch Week, Bvlgari, Hublot and Zenith presented some of their novelties for 2021. It was also an opportunity for MONOCHROME to interview Julien Tornare, the CEO of Zenith, to find out how the brand has navigated 2020 and to take a look at the brand's strategy for 2021.Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME – Needless to say, 2020 was a challenging year. What tactics did Zenith adopt to navigate the difficulties?Julien Tornare, Zenith – It has been an intense year. Following the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the El Primero, we kicked off 2020 in Dubai with the LVMH Watch Week 2020, where the presentation of our novelties encountered great enthusiasm. Then came the lockdown during which we had to close the manufacture for six weeks. It's been tough months for the watch industry. We wondered what we could do Traditional resilience planning was not enough and I asked my team to be very active, to take initiatives and to speed up the digitalization
Introducing The Junghans 1972 Competition FIS Edition Lemon
The year 1972 was an important one for the German watchmaking brand marking Junghans's role as one of the official timekeepers of the Olympic Games (the other was Longines). In addition to supplying all sorts of timekeeping instruments, Junghans also produced a series of civilian watches, including a chronograph known as the Olympic Bullhead. Revisited in 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of the brand's Olympic partnership, the 1972 Competition watch stuck to the groovy grey and orange colour scheme of the original. Celebrating its third time as the official timing partner for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Junghans presents an even bolder yellow dial version with black sub-dials of the 1972 Competition. Like the Olympic model, this yellow edition of 150 pieces captures the powerful elliptical design of the original 1972 model and decks it out with eye-catching colours.Nordic World Ski ChampionshipHeld in Planica, Slovenia, from 21 February to 5 March 2023, the 54th edition of
Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Limited Edition for Tiffany & Co - A Solid Investment - Monochrome Watches
Patek Philippe has cooperated with Tiffany & Co on many ocassions throughout the past 160+ years, a cooperation that was celebrated in 2001 with the introduction of the ‘T 150’ Annual Calendar, that was limited to 450 pieces.Now they celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Patek Philippe boutique located in the Tiffany & Co flagship store in New York, by introducing a ladies wrist watch and?the new?Annual Calendar watch (Ref. 5396G) in white gold, that is limited to 100 pieces. This is what we call a?beautiful?timepiece?AND a solid investment. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The in 2001 released annual calendar ‘T 150’, or reference 5150J, had a list price of $ 21,500 for the yellow gold version and $ 22,500 USD for the rose gold and white gold versions. Today these pieces go for $ 65,000 USD and upwards, so that looks like a
Just Because: An Art Piece from Le Louvre on Your Wrist with Vacheron Constantin
Announced in 2019, the partnership between Vacheron Constantin and Le Louvre in Paris now goes a step further. In 2020, the Bid for the Louvre charity offered the opportunity for a buyer to customize a watch featuring one of the museum collection's artworks on its dial – with the proceeds of the auction bid going to the museum's solidarity projects. The unique piece watch born in the frame of this project has been unveiled. It reproduces on its enamel dial La Lutte pour l’Etendard de la Bataille d’Anghiari by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. Initiated by this creation, the A Masterpiece On Your Wrist program now allows Vacheron Constantin customers to create unique-piece watches reproducing artworks from the Museum collections.The 2022 Vacheron Constantin x Le Louvre Metiers d'Art “Tribute to Great Civilisations” CollectionPresented in 2022, the Metiers d'Art Tribute to Great Civilisations collection was an opportunity to acquire Vacheron Constantin watc
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