The jury at the ninth Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève held on 14th November 2009 have awarded the Harry Winston Opus 9 the “Best Design Watch of the Year”. The Opus collection, launched by Harry Winston in 2001 is a horological collaboration which brings together master designers and pioneers of engineering from the industry annually, [...]

Founded in 2002, the De Bethune manufacturer are already considered to be masters of the use of concepts, technology and innovation within the industry. The pursuit  for precision movements through on-going research has  resulted in the development and patenting of its titanium and platinum balance wheel and also its silicon balance wheel. Now the watch [...]

At the ninth “Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève” held on 14th November 2009 Richard Mille received the award in the “Sports Watches” category for the tourbillon chronograph RM025 diver’s watch. The designers at Richard Mille spent more than five years on the development of this piece which features both a chronograph and tourbillon in a [...]

Audemars Piguet are considered by some in the industry to be the brand who first used the term “concept” watch and with the creation of their latest piece the Carbon One Toubillon Chronograph they have proved themselves once again to be masters in the art of blending the traditions of haute horology with supreme innovation.  [...]

Chopard continues its proud associations with the world of classic cars with the release of a new watch with true motorsport heritage – the Chopard 1000 Miglia GT XL Chrono Split Seconds.  The Mille Miglia road rally event for vintage cars runs over 1000 miles of Italian roads and has become known as the world’s [...]

On an evening of many awards, it was the Vacheron Constantin Historique America 1921 upon which was eventually bestowed the night’s highest honour amid competition from Corum’s Ti-Bridge which claimed second prize and the Montblanc for its “Nicolas Rieussec Chronographe Monopoussoir” which merited third prize.

Ebel watch history. At The Watch Press we often feature some lesser-known brands (although this by no means implies lesser quality – quite often the opposite in fact) among the brands whose fortunes (and foresight) have afforded them the luxury of high-profile international marketing campaigns and instant recognition worldwide. However, no matter how great the name is [...]

Cuervo Y Sobrinos The Watch Press are always pleased to feature watchmakers whose watches and history are often somewhat less than conventional, and on this occasion we would like to introduce to readers who might not be familiar, to Cuervo Y Sobrinos.   Our story takes us back to the heat and humidity, the noise, the [...]

With a starting guide price of €15,000, a unique Blancpain 500 Fathoms No. 1/1 edition fetched €22,000 at the latest OnlyWatch auction held on September 24.

This weekend Blancpain choose the sublime location of the “Vieux Port” in Cannes to launch the latest in its collection of diving watches, the all-new 500 Fathoms series at the Cannes International Boat Show.  Termed the “ big sister” of the original Fifty Fathoms, first released in the 1950’s, the 500 Fathoms features a brushed [...]

The Watch Press spotlight this time turns onto another one of our favourite brands although not one with the highest of profiles – Doxa.

Daniel Roth is one of the modern masters in watchmaking. His contirbutions to great brands like Audemars piguet and Breguet, before moving on in his own right, establishing Daniel Roth Watches and later Jean Daniel Nicolas watches.

    Carl F. Bucherer watch   At The Watch Press we take great satisfaction from bringing to your attention, some watch brands whose representation, although being available through their network of dealers worldwide, are not so heavily marketed so as to lose most of their exclusivity, mystique and personality. It is an obvious fact to state [...]

From the earliest days of the Corum brand, it was evident that instead of opting for the ‘safe’ direction of conventional design, which many watch houses preferred, Corum were daring to be different, and it was this difference which made their watches stand out from their contemporaries of the time.

Unlike many of the ‘Old Masters’ which rightly constitute the majority of today’s most illustrious watchmakers and manufactures, the Chronoswiss history does not go back a hundred years or more. In fact, Chronoswiss are only this year, 2009, celebrating the occasion of their first quarter-century of producing their distinctive timepieces.