Watches

Luxury watch guide



Maserati and Bulgari have teamed up to give the world a timepiece that features the luxury assets of both brands, with this using the Octo designation. The name comes from the shape of the watch, which is almost octagonal.


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A Swiss watchmaker has put on display one of the most expensive watches in the world - worth $5m (£3m). The white gold timepiece is encrusted with 1282 diamonds, and will be shown to a small number of people at a corporate event in Basel.

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The dazzling Promenade d'une Panthère watch is an astonishing feat of jewelry-making skill and watchmaking prowess. The panther set with diamonds, secretly connected to the caliber, winds the movement in the course of her continuous journey around the face.

Hublot recreates the Antikythera mechanism as a wristwatch
Wired.co.uk
Swiss luxury watch maker Hublot has squeezed the Antikythera mechanism -- an eerily accurate astronomical computer from Ancient Greece -- into a handmade, one-off wristwatch. The Antikythera mechanism is a sophisticated instrument that ...

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Vacheron Constantin’s deep roots in New York make it the ideal place to open the first US boutique. It is the brand’s 28th boutique, following on from others such as Geneva (its birthplace), Moscow, Shanghai and Dubai.

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Patek Philippe finally opened its first boutique at Bangkok's Siam Paragon last week, joining the growing ranks of leading luxury Swiss watch brands that occupy the capital's shopping complexes. The flagship store arrived in town with Patek Philippe's 2011 Basel Collection, unveiled to a gathering of enthusiasts by Patek president Thierry Stern, who had flown in specially for the opening.

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The world economy may be sitting in a ditch, but cashed-up collectors are still shelling out stratospheric sums for rare, vintage and collectable watches.

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The Face That Reflects the Soul: a tribute to the primary arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania.

 

Enter the fascinating world of the Breguet Manufacture.