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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
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
August 27, 2018
Timepieces
Jaquet Droz 'Singing Bird Clock': Possibly the most mysterious automation ever
So Jaquet Droz almost casually dropped this on us. On the occasion of its 280th anniversary, amid the many commemorative timepieces trhat include the amazing Tropical Bird Repeater and one of our favourite wristwatches of 2018, the Grande Seconde Skelet
August 21, 2018
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 20, 2018
Timepieces
Crazy rich Asians: Over-the-top watches we love
We can’t wait for the release of this highly-anticipated movie (shot in Singapore, thank you very much) with an all-Asian cast (woot!). And even though we’ll never be crazy rich Asians, here’s what we’d splash out on if we were. No prices here, th
August 14, 2018
Timepieces
NEW: Corum Bubble Mini
There is just no escaping the vivacity of the Corum Bubble watch, not even when it is this tiny. The most curvaceous watch on the planet has been shrunk into case sizes measuring just 17mm across with the Bubble Mini collection – the smallest Bubble w
August 07, 2018