Watches should be Swiss they said, look again we said…
There is a much larger world beyond the world of Swiss watches, it includes pieces that are equally mesmerising, complex, and undoubtedly cool. Say hello to the new geographical centres …
Presenting a new look for the world’s most complex chronograph! There are chronographs, flyback chronographs, the split-second or Rattrapante chonographs and so on. Then in 2004, the Saxon based Manufacture introduced the double split, the worldʼs first mechanical chronograph with …
Time to update your gear
It started out in 2005 as Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore ‘Scuba’, with a 35-piece limited edition for the German retailer Wempe’s 100th anniversary. Rechristened in 2010 as the Royal Oak Offshore ‘Divers’ the …
AUDEMARS PIGUET unveils a new 41mm chronograph
It seems Audemars Piguet is not going to relent when it comes to ‘proving’ the point. The Code 11.59, a watch that the global “watch junta” came down heavy on; with their no-holes …
MASTERING WATERPROOFNESS: Breaking records, down under…
“We must find a way to create a waterproof wristwatch”, wrote Hans Wilsdorf in a letter in 1914, to Aegler, the firm which would later become the Manufacture des Montres Rolex S.A.
An enterprising …
