Audemars Piguet now offers its Royal Oak Offshore collection with a choice of smoked blue, green or grey dials, each incorporating the Manufacture’s “Mega Tapisserie” pattern and new Arabic numerals which supplant the customary applied hour-markers.

The first ladies’ watches appeared towards the end of the 19th century, when they were generally worn as a brooch. The Chaumet museum has some very fine examples. But a great deal of progress has been made since then.

This year, 2020, is much more than the end of the second decade of the third millennium. So far it’s been a year of note — some are calling it an annus horribilis, but we’re only halfway through it at the moment, which is probably too soon to say definitively one way or another.

Corum takes aesthetic daring to the heights of technical perfection. Through a number of collections, drawing on the fundamentals of traditional watchmaking, the manufacture continues to pursue its path free from the influence of passing trends.

De Bethune is experiencing sustained growth throughout Asia. To better meet the expectations of its customers and continue to support its development, particularly with the opening of new markets in the region, the brand announces the creation of the position of Managing Director Asia with the arrival of David Keel, who is well known to distributors, customers and collectors throughout Asia.

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With this new limited series, the legendary chronograph pursues its links with the Principality of Monaco. Its strong point: the presence of the Calibre Heuer 02 which replaces the Calibre 12.

True to the Richard Mille spirit, grey Cermet is the fruit of painstaking research conducted by the brand, which is unrelenting in its commitment to the creation of new materials. This exclusive Richard Mille material in watchmaking combines the lightness of titanium and the hardness of diamond.

The Swiss luxury watchmaking brand enhances its growing collection of acclaimed Connected watches with three new references that introduce new colours and styles without compromising on high-tech functionality. Following the launch in March of the third-generation TAG Heuer Connected and the recent Connected Golf Edition in June, these fresh new models build on the success of the elegant smartwatch line with new looks and materials: two steel cases with oceanic blue ceramic bezels and one ultra-lightweight sandy titanium case.

Appointed the watchmaker of the French Royal Navy, the most prestigious title a watchmaker could receive, Abraham-Louis Breguet designed marine chronometers that shaped the success of great expeditions. Today this rich heritage inspires the Marine collection.

In a sailing regatta, the only time zone that matters is the one on board the committee boat, which is where the countdown is launched before the start of the race.