Philippe Dufour is setting salerooms alight; WatchBox has invested in De Bethune; Chrono24 has secured LVMH-backed funding; Watchfinder is presenting all the James Bond watches in its Paris showroom; Richard Mille has launched a certified network for its pre-owned watches… for watch fans, the moving and shaking is on the pre-owned market.
Suddenly they are everywhere. A sign of the times, perhaps? Skulls emerging from the dark corners of our epoch to remind us that ours is a fleeting existence. Here are some of the most recent models to link arms with Death. Would you "die" for them?
Art and watchmaking have always cavorted with death, possibly their most intimately common ground. Read on for a close encounter with the Basel Dance of Death where the Grim Reaper lies in wait, within arm's length of Baselworld.
F.P. Journe - Invenit et Fecit becomes the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie's 26th partner-brand. This active support and essential participation lends further weight to the Foundation's activities to promote Fine Watchmaking worldwide.
Minimalistic. Sleek. Simple. All words that could be used to describe the new style trend which is taking horology by storm. Following the minimalism fashion movement, many luxury watchmakers now find themselves forsaking highly complicated timepieces and returning to simple, elegant designs.