Hands-On Gerald Genta Arena Mickey Mouse Playing Football
Swiss watch designer Gerald Genta was ahead of his time. The man who designed the Royal Oak and the Nautilus, singlehandedly kickstarting the extraordinarily coveted luxury sports watch genre, also anticipated another niche for watches inspired by characters borrowed from pop culture. When Genta decided to produce watches under his own name, he unleashed his more playful side and produced a series of ‘serious’ mechanical watches with Disney characters on the dial, including Mickey Mouse. Following the sold-out performance of the Gerald Genta Arena Retrograde Smiling Mickey released by Bulgari in 2021, Mickey Mouse is back for round two, this time kicking a football. A rare triple complication model with retrograde minutes, retrograde date and jumping hours, the Arena Bi-Retrograde Mickey Mouse is a treat reserved for just 200 fans of Genta, Mickey Mouse and football!When Gerald Met MickeyGerald Genta might not have been the first watchmaker to feature a Disney character, bu

Industry News: Reshuffle at LVMH Watches, New CEO for Hublot and TAG Heuer
It wasn’t so long ago when LVMH, the French luxury powerhouse, announced shifts in top management positions. In January 2024, the group announced the creation of a new entity, LVMH Watches, as well as its CEO, Frederic Arnault, the son of the Group's owner Bernard Arnault and ex-CEO of TAG Heuer. As a consequence, Julien Tornare, ex-CEO of Zenith, became CEO of TAG Heuer, to be replaced by Benoit de Clerck. The status quo didn’t last long as yesterday LVMH announced new appointments within the division, following the decision of Ricardo Guadalupe, current CEO of Hublot, to step back from operational management. As such, Julien Tornare takes the lead of Hublot in the middle of a softening market for the watch industry.?Ricardo Guadalupe, the current CEO of Hublot, will become?Honorary President of HublotWith sales of watches currently declining, shifts in top managing positions are becoming the norm – see Louis Ferla appointed CEO of Cartier, replacing Cyrille Vigneron

Auction - The Top Lots of October 2022 Ineichen's Complication Sale
Zurich-based auction house Ineichen Auctioneers has been on the rise recently, with sales that went beyond the classic portfolio of vintage sports watches and modern steel Pateks and APs. There’s something truly attractive in seeing selections based on independent watchmakers or thematic sales turning around a specific colour or complications. Ineichen Auctioneers’?upcoming late 2022 sale will be hosted at two different moments. And we start first with part 1, scheduled?on 29 October 2022, which will feature more than 30 watches showcasing tourbillons and skeletonization. Here are the watches we think deserve your attention.MB&F Legacy Machine PerpetualA watch that needs little presentation… Not only one of the most?visually appealing designs in the MB&F collection but also one of its most complicated models ever. The?Legacy Machine Perpetual mostly stand out thanks to its architecture and the rather uncompromising perpetual calendar that was developed by in

Introducing the Porsche Design Chronotimer Series 1 - Timeless Timepieces in Titanium - Monochrome-Watches
Porsche Design is not your average designer studio. They have produced under the guidance of the great Butzi Porsche some of the most iconic and in parallel groundbreaking timepieces in history. Chronographs in Black?had always been part of Porsche's DNA a legacy derived from the racing-car creations encompassing of course the form follows function principle. In order to keep the spirit alive, Porsche Design decided to introduce the Chronotimer Series 1 Timeless Timepieces by taking advantage of another iconic chronograph of the past; and this time it was not its color but the metal alloy used that made the watch a benchmark.A Small History Lesson……again!As we have already mentioned, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was one of the greatest industrial designers of the 20th?Century. He conceived one of the legends; the Porsche 911. F.A. Porsche or Butzi as he was most notably known cast, in parallel, a deep mark upon the watch industry as well. His principles, derived from the Bau

Live from SIHH 2019 - Jean-Marc Pontroue of Panerai - Monochrome Watches
In our latest video coverage of SIHH 2019, Jean-Marc Pontroue of Panerai explains why the Submersible has become a stand-alone line and why offering experiences' to owners of new Submersible watches is the way forward for the brand.It's the year of the Submersible watch at Panerai. Having long been a successful sub-segment of the Luminor collection, the Submersible is now stepping out as an individual collection. Still sharing many traits of the Luminor, the Submersible family will be the recipient of high-tech, innovative materials developed in Panerai's Laboratorio di Idee and will also bring something new to the mix in the form of experiences.Common traits shared by all the new Submersible watches are water-resistance to 300m, the classic crown protector bridge of the Luminor on the right side of the case, a power reserve of 3 days/72 hours, superlative luminescence, new colours for the dials and indices, and lots of Carbotech –?an innovative composite carbon fibre material &#