Despite the current global pandemic, is almost impossible to not get together with other like-minded individuals or hobbyists in a safe manner. While there are clubs for almost every hobby out there, there are only a handful of clubs where watch enthusiasts seem to be quite active. Clubs like Cars & Coffee and the PCA —Porsche Club of America— bring together car guys that happen to also be watch guys and when it comes to watch-centric clubs we can only think of the Red Bar Group or a small group of collectors that used to hang out in South Florida.
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News: FVF Tourbillon Superligero Unibody No. 1 by Franc Vila
Franc Vila was born in Valencia, Spain and after studying science, art, and philosophy he started crafting high-end leather goods which fully immersed him in the world of luxury. At the same time, his fascination for mechanical timepieces led him to learn horology and launch a namesake watch brand in 2004 after creating his very own first timepiece. With his love for horology and the ambition to create one of the most beautiful watches ever imagined, he combined functionality with a unique upsidedown ‘figure eight’ design inspired by the world of ‘luchadores’ —Mexican professional wrestlers.
News: Presenting the Breitling Top Time Deus Chronograph Limited Edition
Breitling is pleased to announce its partnership with Australian lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina. Deus Ex Machina —God from the machine— roared into Australia’s cultural consciousness in 2006, with some neatly customized motorcycles and a quaint notion that doing something is more fun than just owning something. Deus Ex Machina is a step bigger than a brand: it’s a culture. Their openness and enthusiasm strike a chord with people, wherever they are.
News: Richard Mille Announces Partnership with F1 Team Scuderia Ferrari
After partnering with other watch brands like Girard-Perregaux, Panerai, and Hublot, Scuderia Ferrari is now partnering with Richard Mille who started a partnership with Aston Martin in 2016 and that ceased recently. Today, Aston Martin has announced its partnership with Girard-Perregaux. Richard Mille will also back not only Ferrari’s Driver Academy, a breeding ground for up-and-coming talent but will also be an active supporter of the Ferrari Challenge series. Since 1993 this renowned single-model motorsport championship has brought together thousands of gentleman drivers competing throughout the globe.
News: Girard-Perregaux Partners with Aston Martin Lagonda and Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team
After partnering in the past with watch brands like Jaeger-LeCoultre and Richard Mille, Girard-Perregaux has been announced as the Official Watch Partner of luxury British automotive manufacturer, Aston Martin. The Swiss Manufacture is one of the oldest names in watchmaking, known for making peerless exemplars of Haute Horlogerie. The two brands will collaborate on upcoming limited-edition timepieces. In the relentless pursuit of speed, time is the overriding concern.
News: Hublot Big Bang Unico Red Carbon Alex Ovechkin Limited Edition
Hublot and Hublot Friend of the Brand Alexander Ovechkin have teamed up to create the Hublot Big Bang Unico Red Carbon Alex Ovechkin ref. 411.QV.1123.NR.OVK21, a limited edition watch made in honor of ‘The Great Eight’, as the Russian ice hockey superstar is affectionately known. The new watch has a lightweight 45 mm carbon fiber case fused with bright red inserts and comes on a red velcro strap.
Breaking News: Former Employee Files Lawsuit Against Chicago's C.D. Peacock for Alleged Racketeering and Corruption
Per the lawsuit documents filed on February 11, 2021, Suzana Krajisnik, a former employee of C.D. Peacock, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. C.D. Peacock, a Rolex, and Patek Philippe authorized retailer has been accused by Ms. Krajisnik of allegedly engaging in racketeering and corruption.
News: Panerai Platinumtech Luminor Marina PAM 1116
With its craftsmanship and experimental proprietary technologies, Panerai enhances the essential qualities of its materials. In the wake of the 70th anniversary of the Luminor collection, named for the luminescent substance first patented in the middle of the last century and an enduring signature of the brand, Panerai once again celebrates its iconic collection with the Platinumtech Luminor Marina PAM 1116.
News: Patek Philippe Three New Twenty-4 Models
Continuing the renewal of its Twenty-4 collection, Patek Philippe presents three new expressions to epitomize timeless feminine elegance. The “manchette” or cuff-style models with quartz movements now include a new version in 18K rose gold with a chocolate brown sunburst dial and the Twenty-4 Automatic, in a round case, offers two new models, one in steel adorned with an olive green sunburst dial, the other in 18K rose gold, its dial gilded with a rose gold sunburst.
News: Presenting the TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph
To celebrate the just-announced partnership between TAG Heuer and Porsche, the watch brand is releasing the TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph. ‘Carrera’ has been an icon of a name that has been associated with TAG Heuer and Porsche for generations, therefore, it was a natural choice for the first creative product collaboration.
News: TAG Heuer Partners with Porsche
Fueled by a common history with innovation and motor racing at its core, led by visionary families whose values of entrepreneurship, precision, and performance propelled them to the forefront of their respective industries, TAG Heuer and Porsche join forces to unveil an extensive partnership that will set a new standard for brand integration.
News: Piaget Polo Skeleton in Blue and Slate Grey
There are few finer expressions of horological art than that of ‘skeletonization’ which is the intricate reduction of dials and movements to their bare minimum in order to reveal the true, beating heart of a watch in all its mechanical glory. Creating a skeleton watch requires vision, confidence, time, and the considerable skill and experience of numerous specialists.
News: Presenting the Hublot Big Bang MP-11 Magic Gold and Blue Sapphire
Two new cutting-edge cases for a unique engine-inspired movement. Hublot reasserts its unrivaled expertise in cutting-edge materials by housing its MP-11 manufacture calibre in two new exclusive cases, showcasing its scratch-resistant Magic Gold alloy and the transparency of its high-tech synthesis technology Blue Sapphire. Characterized by its atypical and highly visual construction, the unorthodox concept of the MP-11 calibre, developed and manufactured entirely in Hublot’s workshops, must therefore forge an alliance with brand new cases distinguished by their unique design and innovative materials.
News: Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Tourbillon 5-Day Power Reserve Carbon White
In the seven years since its launch in 2014, the singular and distinctive Spirit of Big Bang has been cultivating its differences whilst incorporating the signature Hublot codes, a "sandwich" case construction, and a demonstration of the Art of Fusion. With the Spirit of Big Bang Tourbillon 5-day Power Reserve Carbon White, Hublot combines black with white, proving opposites attract. The 42 mm case, case back and bezel are crafted from carbon fiber featuring white composite inclusions.
News: Presenting the Hublot Big Bang Integral Ceramic in Blue, White, and Grey
Following the success of the black ceramic Big Bang Integral, Hublot presents the Big Bang Integral Ceramic in navy blue, white and in grey. A signature material at Hublot, ceramic represents the perfect fusion of hardness and lightness —two to three times harder than steel and 30% lighter. A high-tech material that is difficult to machine, used here to create a case, bezel, case-back and bracelet.
News: Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic in Orange Sapphire, Texalium, and Black Magic
Transparent, black, yellow, blue, red —Hublot has mastered the creation and machining of sapphires with exclusive shades for its watch cases. With the new Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Orange Sapphire, the brand has once again achieved a world first by adding a completely new color to its palette of through-tinted sapphires. This unprecedented technical and aesthetic feat is combined with an entirely new tourbillon movement not only equipped with self-winding —a rarity for a tourbillon—, but also with a reinvented architecture with its micro-rotor visible on the dial side and three sapphire bridges.
News: Presenting the MB&F Horological Machine No. 9 HM9 Sapphire Vision
First presented in 2018, Horological Machine N°9 —nicknamed HM9 ‘Flow’— was a tribute to the extraordinary automotive and aeronautic designs of the 1940s and 50s. The result was a case like no other that echoed the epoch’s flowing, aerodynamic lines. Despite its striking external appearance, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser described the engine inside HM9 as “the most beautiful movement we’ve created to date”. What other logical step was there to take, if not to encase the HM9 engine in a transparent sapphire crystal shell?
News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-100V T-Rex. A 22-Piece Limited Edition.
T-Rex is the name given to the latest iteration of Urwerk’s UR-100 collection. It carries both Urwerk’s genome in its satellite hours and that of its namesake in the primal texture of its reinforced hide of bronze. The UR-100V T-Rex is decidedly a creature you’ll want to tame. But wouldn’t want to stroke the eight-ton, 12-foot high Tyrannosaurus rex. In addition to its massive jaws equipped with 60 dagger-like teeth, it has a hide like a rasp. Best leave the creature to your imagination.
News: Panerai Luminor Marina 44 Guillaume Néry Edition PAM 1122. A 70-Piece Limited Edition.
Following the success of the other Panerai Luminor Submersible watches released in partnership with freediver Guillaume Néry, the brand presents a new performance watch inspired by him to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the birth of the iconic Panerai Luminor with its signature crown-protecting device. The new Panerai Luminor Marina 44 Guillaume Néry Edition PAM 1122 is available in a limited edition of 70 pieces and comes with a 70-year warranty. Yes, this is not a typo.
Breaking News: Patrick Ottomani Leaves and Ginny Wright is Appointed CEO of Audemars Piguet North America
Ms. Ginny Wright is joining Audemars Piguet North America, Inc. as CEO, effective January 18, 2021. Based in the company’s New York City office, Ms. Wright will oversee all of the business activities in North America as well as Latin America and report directly to Mr. Yves Meylan, Chief Commercial Officer, and Mr. Francois-Henry Bennahmias, Global Chief Executive Officer, both based at the company’s headquarters in Switzerland.
