This being the first time that Bulgari is doing an event like this — held in a regional market, early in the year, exclusive only to the LVMH group — what do you think is the biggest advantage of this move?

There are watch brands whose names are supplemented by the abbreviations & Cie or & Co. They generally mark traditional, rather formal companies that have several unnamed partners. There are also watch brands that are named after their founder.

DOUBLE SHOCK

Always on a quest for excellence, the Manufacture combines two original Haute Horlogerie complications in a powerful, monochrome contemporary architecture.

In 2015, Vacheron Constantin presented the most complicated watch ever made.

The Tambour Moon, created in 2017, retained the original spirit while giving the watch a new expressive look with an inward curve on the case reminiscent of a crescent moon.

Years ago, a good mechanical watch was the utilitarian tool that everyone needed to accompany them in day-to-day life. Then quartz came in, solar-powered watches and even today’s smart watches — with the most accurate GPS options on the market available on the wrist.

GRAPHIC AND EXTRA-FLAT

An esthetic evolution is granting the sporty chic model a new lease on life. It becomes the first automatic round model in TPT® carbon.

In 2011, the RM 033 was perfectly round.

To mark the first rally of the 2020 season in Monte Carlo, Anonimo, Official Timekeeper of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), presents a new version of its Militare chronograph bearing the newly unveiled championship colours.

Last week, I received an invitation to be part of the newly formed Academy of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. For those of us who love watches and watchmaking, there can be no greater honour than to be called upon to serve in this capacity, to be asked to be part of the organisation that recognises and rewards the very best of what our industry has to offer.

Meccaniche Veloci's Trade-In Program is available on the updated website, which now incorporates a section dedicated to re-purchasing its watches produced between 2006 and 2015.

Through this innovative project, Meccaniche Veloci will value and trade-in watches from previous collections by offsetting the value of the pre-owned watch against the price of the a new model.

In March 2020, the first Grand Seiko Boutique in Europe will open its doors at 7, Place Vendôme in Paris. As befits this most prestigious of locations, it will be the largest Grand Seiko Boutique in the world and will give watch lovers an unparalleled opportunity to see the widest range outside Japan and to experience the world of Grand Seiko.