Julien Haenny, Managing Director of the Fine Watch Club, Interview for MONOCHROME
An international multi-brand watch club aimed at anyone with an interest in luxury mechanical watches, the Fine Watch Club - which we already introduced here - just kicked off its sales activities with a Bvlgari Octo Finissimo special edition. Perfect timing to talk with the Fine Watch Club's Managing Director, Julien Haenny, and understand what is exactly the goal behind this collector's initiative.MONOCHROME, Xavier Markl – How was the Fine Watch Club born?Julien Haenny – The Fine Watch Club is an initiative started by GMT Publishing, which owns and publishes GMT Magazine?and WorldTempus.com?since the early 2000s. The goal was to create a bridge between those who are passionate about beautiful watches and high-end watch brands and create unique experiences for those who don't easily have access to this universe. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Introducing The 2023 Bulgari Aluminium Collection With New Chronos and Capri Editions
The original Bulgari Aluminium watch was released in 1998 and caused quite a sensation. A hit-watch back in the days, it was cool, different and slightly provocative. A cult model for the brand that even made it on the side of an Alitalia Boeing 747. In 2020, Italian brand Bulgari relaunched this emblematic watch?in a design that remained faithful to the original one, but with major technical improvements. Since then, the collection has expanded with a GMT model and various limited/special editions. For 2023, Bulgari adds some new, summery editions – so-called Capri, and it’s easy to understand why – as well as a pair of updated chronographs and a lefty edition to be worn for tennis games.The Updated Bulgari Aluminium ChronographFirst and foremost, before we speak about the cool and unprecedented limited edition models, let’s focus on standard production watches. From the first day of the relaunch, the Bulgari Aluminium Collection included an automatic chronogra

Chopard L.U.C XPS 1860 Red Carpet Edition (Specs & Price)
This year, Chopard celebrates 20 years of partnership with the Cannes Film Festival (the relationship dates back to 1998). In order to honour this long-term alliance, the Geneva-based brand presents a new model dedicated to red carpets and?passion for film-making. Based on the nicely executed?and ultra-thin L.U.C time-only watch, meet the new Chopard L.U.C XPS 1860 Red Carpet Edition.For this edition, Chopard adds a touch of glamour to one of its signature models in the Haute Horlogerie collection L.U.C, the XPS 1860. This version, introduced in 2016, was?based on the traditional, yet highly elegant XPS, an ultra-thin dress watch with a small seconds counter, as a re-edition of the?very first L.U.C watch introduced in 1996. As the first watch entirely produced and manufactured by the Chopard Manufacture it was the first with an in-house movement. It was later followed by a stainless version reviewed here. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Industry Frederic Arnault Appointed CEO of TAG Heuer
LVMH Group, the?world leader in luxury, has just announced that Stephane Bianchi will assume the role of CEO of the LVMH Watch and Jewelry Division with a scope enlarged to encompass jewellery brands Chaumet and FRED, in addition to TAG Heuer, Zenith and Hublot. Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of Bvlgari, will continue to report to Toni Belloni, LVMH Group Managing Director. Along with this new position, the group has also announced the appointment of Frederic Arnault as CEO of TAG?Heuer.Frederic Arnault, 25 years old, is the fourth child of Bernard Arnault, Chairman and Chief Executive of luxury giant LVMH. A graduate of the prestigious ecole Polytechnique in Paris, he has joined TAG Heuer late 2017. He had been the brand's Strategy and Digital Director since September 2018, leading, in particular, the launch of the TAG Heuer third-generation Connected Watch – you can read our interview with him here. He will now be alone at the helm of the company as of 1 July. Ad - Scrol

The Golden Auro Of The Rado DiaStar Original Skeleton
Rado is synonymous with innovative materials, and the DiaStar, introduced in 1962, paved the way as the world's first scratchproof watch made from an ultra-resilient hard metal in a futuristic oval case. Renowned as the Master of Materials', Rado's competency today lies in high-tech ceramic cases and bracelets. To celebrate the DiaStar's grand 60th birthday, the watch was given a gleaming composite Ceramos suit last year and also materialised in a contemporary skeletonised edition. Today, Rado takes a page from its 1970s playbook and launches a flamboyant yellow gold-coloured DiaStar with a mirror-like golden Ceramos bezel and an openworked dial.The DiaStar was a child of the 1960s with its futuristic flying saucer case and round porthole over the dial. Almost like a helmet, the sloping flanks of the case were enormous and gave the watch its distinctive personality. Marketed as the first scratch-resistant watch made with carbide tungsten and fitted with a sapphire crystal - an innovati