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A sparkling time
SINGAPORE (Oct 8): Three stunning feminine models are the highlights of Patek Philippe’s timepiece collection this year.
October 08, 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
Man and machine
SINGAPORE (Oct 1): Like every other Urwerk timepiece, the UR-111C took a total of about three years to build, assemble and develop before it was finally launched in 2018. But co-founder and chief designer Martin Frei says the idea for this model can be tr
October 01, 2018
Timepieces
Vacheron Constantin Fiftysix Tourbillon: Five things to know
This watch has happened sooner than expected. Well, for us, anyway. When the Fiftysix collection was introduced in earlier this year at the SIHH watch fair, watch pundits were happily surprised at its price proposition. The most ‘basic’ of the Fiftys
September 26, 2018
Timepieces
A grand time
SINGAPORE (Sept 17): Instead of kicking a football around or rough-housing with his cousins as a teenager, Pascal Raffy spent every Sunday with his grandfather learning about timepieces in the French Ardennes region. Raffy says that from the age of 13 yea
September 24, 2018
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GPHG2018: Who's in
It is the season of the horological Oscars once again, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2018. The watch elites will have their say. Champagne will be spilled. Not-so-humble brags will be uttered. Egos will be bruised. And maybe, just maybe, authen
September 19, 2018
A grand time
SINGAPORE (Sept 17): Instead of kicking a football around or rough-housing with his cousins as a teenager, Pascal Raffy spent every Sunday with his grandfather learning about timepieces in the French Ardennes region. Raffy says that from the age of 13 yea
September 17, 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
Deep dive
SINGAPORE (Aug 27): Everything old is new again. In Hollywood, remakes are the order of the day. We have already witnessed the Tomb Raider reboot, and later this year, we will be treated to an update of Robin Hood. In the fashion universe, 1990s-style l
September 03, 2018
Timepieces
From sea to space
SINGAPORE (Aug 20): A watchmaker that traverses the deep blue as nimbly as deep space had better be confident of the territories it navigates. Omega shows no qualms, evidently certain it will not be caught unprepared in its relationships with ocean or Moo
August 27, 2018