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Geneva Watch Days concluded on a successful note; Buccellati announces its new boutique address in Venice
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Market News
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Geneva Watch Days concluded on a successful note
After a week full of launches, meetings and lively discussions, Geneva Watch Days can look back on a record edition: 39 participating brands and nearly 1,500 industry professionals, including 600 media representatives and 300 retailers, came from all over the world to gather on the shores of Lake Geneva. The pavilion at the Rotonde du Mont Blanc was open to the public for four days and welcomed 8’000 people from the public, who were able to admire the latest offerings from the brands in 51 display cases grouped around three themes. 450 of them enjoyed guided tours led by three experts. The six symposiums on issues dear to the heart of the watchmaking industry were also a great success, each one drawing in fifty or so listeners to the auditorium. |
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Company News
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Buccellati announces its new boutique address in Venice
Buccellati has relocated its historic boutique in Venice from Mercerie dell’Orologio 214/216, which has been open for about thirty years, to Salizada San Moisè, Sestiere San Marco 1295, which is a calle located right in the centre, between St. Mark's Square and Calle Vallaresco, populated by the shops of the great luxury brands, Venice's famous Harry's Bar and 5-star hotels. The architectural style of the new boutique echoes that of the other Buccellati shops in the world, with its typical historic shop windows finished in gold leaf, but set in the unique, historic context of Venice, with references to the city's typical aesthetic canons, such as the façade and signboard typical of Venetian shops, the Venetian seminato floor, and the consoles, the tables and chairs from the 18th century elegantly shaped and hand-carved. |
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Maison gérald genta celebrates the creative spirit of Mr. Gérald Genta
On August 31st, Maison gérald genta welcomed watch collectors, journalists and friends of the brand to a private cocktail celebrating the creative spirit of its late founder Mr. Gérald Genta, affectionately nicknamed the Picasso of watchmaking. Reflecting the creative energy of its founder but also his unconventional and daring approach, the Maison surprised its guests with the exhibition of one of the 1970s design icons: a unique car prototype designed by famous car designer Marcello Gandini the very same year Mr. Genta was launching his eponymous brand. The cocktail was held on the Esplanade of the Hotel Président Wilson in Geneva, the birthplace of the Maison gérald genta.
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Club Campus is a candidate for the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie
Club Campus 38 electric green from NOMOS Glashütte is on the shortlist for GPHG 2023, the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève. Designed primarily for school and university graduates, the watch in electric green is not only a contender for the most important award in the industry—Club Campus 38 electric green is now also going on a world tour. Nominated in the "Challenge" category, the hand-wound watch with a high-precision caliber from NOMOS Glashütte will be exhibited in Macao, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Geneva, Dubai and Zurich over the next few months. |
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Product Launch
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Introducing Grand Seiko mechanical Hi-Beat 36000 GMT watch
In Japan, the charms of changing seasons are woven into the fabric of everyday life. Taking up this concept, the latest Grand Seiko mechanical Hi-Beat 36000 GMT expresses the beauty of autumn as it might be experienced in a traditional Japanese building with floors of lacquered wood. There, light pours in through windows, and the ebullient reds of autumn leaves outside reflect off the floorboards in a mesmerizing display of nature’s beauty. Each dial has a striated surface depicting a spectrum of reds, calling to mind how some lighter or darker floorboards might reflect varied shades of changing leaves. The GMT hand, rendered in a rich golden hue, adds another fall color to the dial.
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Richard Mille presents RM 30-01 Automatic with Declutchable Rotor
With the new RM 30-01 Automatic with Declutchable Rotor, the brand is demonstrating its ability to generate intense emotion stemming from the excellence of its technical expertise. Like its predecessors, it benefits from the aesthetic solutions and technical advances that are adopted with each new design. But far from forgetting its roots, the RM 30-01 is strengthening them through a reinterpreted skeletonised design that helps to establish graphic balance. The grade 5 titanium bridges and baseplate create perspective and depth through the multiplication of their parallel segments. The curves of the previous models have been eliminated to allow a diamond-based geometry to emerge that adds dynamic energy to the display of information. |
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H. Moser & Cie. and MB&F creates a buzz for Only Watch
Maximilian Büsser and Edouard Meylan have collaborated for a second time for the Only Watch charity auction organised to raise funds for the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophy, co-creating an exceptional one-off piece dedicated to music. Baptised the H. Moser X MB&F Streamliner Pandamonium, it features a minute repeater complication led by a miniature DJing panda, a creature that has become the signature of the Only Watch creations by MB&F. At the heart of the Streamliner's case is a three-dimensional movement that has been developed specifically and exclusively for Only Watch. It will not be used in any other models. Acoustically captivating and visually enticing, the minute repeater mechanism can be seen on the fumé dial in a brand-new colourway.
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Speake Marin introduces the Art-Series Koala timepiece
Following its partnership in 2020 with the London-based charity “Save the Rhino International” that works towards the protection and conservation of all five species of rhinoceros, Speake Marin once again draws attention to threatened animals, this time in association with the “Queensland Koala Crusaders” based in Queensland, Australia. To support the cause of these irresistible animals whose population decreases yearly, a new dial has been specially created, adorned with the touching image of a koala. With this “Koala” watch from The Art Series Collection, the haute horlogerie brand once again proves its commitment to the protection of the planet’s environment and its inhabitants. The time and care necessarily devoted towards the making of such a timepiece have resulted in a pure work of art. |
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Bausele's latest collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force
In their latest collaboration with the Royal Australian Air Force, after being the watch of the RAAF centenary in 2021, Australian luxury watch brand Bausele has pulled out all the stops. The timepiece is based on their legendary Ocean Moon model and comes complete with a blue sunray dial and two crowns to control both the hands and the inner bi-directional bezel of the watch. For this limited edition Royal Australian release, Bausele utilizes the durable Sellita SW200 Swiss automatic movement. To further increase durability to handle whatever your active lifestyle throws at it, Bausele utilizes a Faraday cage shock system and anti-magnetic construction within the timepiece. A versatile 42mm width makes this the perfect watch for most any wrist.
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Celebrity News
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Carla Bruni attends the 80th Venice International Film Festival wearing Chopard jewelry
Carla Bruni attended the Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement Award & The Lion's Share: A History Of The Mostra, sparkled in earrings featuring 10.27 carats of diamonds, a bracelet featuring 5.99 carats of round brilliant cut diamonds, 13.98 carats of marquise cut diamonds, 13.71 carats of pear-shaped diamonds, 15.50 carats of round shaped diamonds and 1.62 carats of diamonds both from the Haute Joaillerie collection and both set in 18-karat white gold. |
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