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Rado wins its eighth consecutive design award
Master of ceramic technology and lightweight design, Rado once again proved its mettle by winning the GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, this time for the 2018 HyperChrome Ultra Light timepiece (below).
February 21, 2019
Building on a legacy
Davide Cerrato, managing director of Montblanc’s watch division, on establishing legitimacy for its watches through its 160-year-old Minerva manufacture
January 28, 2019
Timepieces
Feynman Timekeepers: Singapore's latest microbrand explained
Starting a microbrand is no child’s play for Lim Yong Keong, the 35-year-old IT consultant-turned-entrepreneur behind Feynman Timekeepers. And it is certainly not an endeavour that he takes lightly. Take the brand moniker, Feynman, which Lim reveals is
January 14, 2019
Interview
Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué is ready to step up
Jean-Marc Pontroué is ready. Ready for his debut watch show with Panerai at SIHH 2019, and ready to unveil to the brand’s famously passionate fanbase his vision for their beloved marque. And it all circles back to one thing, he says, - Panerai’s &
December 05, 2018
Timepieces
The new Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 P2P: Big Bang with Bitcoin
You could be the richest person in the world but if you don’t own any Bitcoins, the Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 P2P is off limits, making the watch kind of next-level exclusive.
November 13, 2018
Timepieces
Venturing into Vietnam
SINGAPORE (Nov 5): It was love at first sight for Lang Lang when he purchased his first Hublot in Monte Carlo seven years ago. The Chinese classical music superstar was on vacation and enjoying afternoon tea at a hotel with his mother and a few friends wh
November 12, 2018
Timepieces
A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down 'Lumen': Five things to know
Fresh off its spectacular Triple Split chronograph launched in January this year, A. Lange & Söhne has introduced another new chronograph, the Datograph Up/Down ‘Lumen’—a testament to the brand’s unrelenting quest for technical excellence and
October 31, 2018
Timepieces
Singapore microbrands: A brief history
If you had to list some watch brands off the top of your head, we’d bet the big names such as ‘Rolex’, ‘TAG Heuer’ and ‘Patek Philippe’ would roll off your tongue with no problem. But aside from these stalwarts, another group of watchmaking
October 04, 2018
Timepieces
Swatch Group and Audemars Piguet develop a breakthrough hairspring
SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Just when we thought the Swatch Group couldn’t surprise us more (what could be more startling than their shock exit from Baselworld?), they go ahead and delight the watchmaking world with a brand-new invention, developed in collabora
September 11, 2018
Timepieces
A poetic tribute
Walter Lange’s dying wish was to see a wristwatch with a stoppable jumping seconds function being produced. Now, 16 months after the A. Lange & Söhne honorary chairman’s passing, a unique edition of such a watch will be offered up for auction, with p
May 21, 2018