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Ulysse Nardin in the creative firmament

The bridge between tradition and modernity? An antiphon worn to the bone by watchmaking marketing. However, Ulysse Nardin has just given it back its letters of nobility. By Olivier Müller…

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Jaquet Droz sets the Lord of the Rings on fire

Here is a collaboration that we did not expect: the one between Jaquet Droz, the venerable watchmaking house of La Chaux-de-Fonds, and John Howe, the artistic director of The Lord…

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Flashy watches Made in Germany

Green dials are in fashion? No matter for Glashütte Original! The German brand has always had a foot in the flashy vintage and now illustrates itself with two sparkling novelties.…

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Beautiful icons

A few days ago, the most famous watchmaking houses had an appointment (online) at Watches & Wonders to present their 2021 novelties. Not surprisingly, yesterday’s icons remain today’s stars. Overview…

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Frédérique Constant’s major innovation

A watchmaking revolution? Not necessarily, but probably one of the most beautiful advances in the construction of an automatic watch in recent years, signed Frederique Constant. By Olivier Müller It…

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Piaget Polo : hello squelette !

Challenged by Bulgari on the field of the skeleton watch, flat, cool and sexy, Piaget strikes back with its new Polo. A sporty-chic ground where the manufacture finds its superb…

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The perfect “Frankenwatch”?

It aggregates the best to make… even better. How far to push vintage fashion? Zenith’s answer. Olivier Müller Zenith is a brand apart in the watchmaking landscape: it is the…

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De Bethune, the two-faced watchmaker

It’s the sales. For every watch purchased, De Bethune offers you the second. Or almost… Olivier Müller Two-sided watches are not a novelty, but novelties in two-sided watches… are rare.…

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Glashütte Original and the forgotten tourbillon

2021 will be the year of the 220th anniversary of the Tourbillon, patented by Breguet in 1801. However, we should not forget its younger brother, the flying tourbillon, rightly put…

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Massive seduction weapon

The essayist Pierre Rabhi has made a name for himself by advocating “happy sobriety”. What if this new Oris “Carl Brashear” was the manifesto? Olivier Müller Fine watchmaking is a…

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