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Chopard opens a new boutique in Saudi Arabia in partnership with Attar United; Bell & Ross is the Official Watch Partner of the Alpine F1® Team
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Company News
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Chopard opens a new boutique in Saudi Arabia in partnership with Attar United
In collaboration with their partner Attar United, Chopard has opened a new boutique located at Al Basateen Mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The boutique reflects the concept designed by the famous French architect Thierry W. Despont. The boutique of 172 sqm, offers Chopard clients different stunning universe to create the feeling of visiting a beautiful private home with well-defined areas accommodating high jewellery creations, watches, jewellery and accessories. Light-toned wood (white oak), opulent leathers, silk and precious velvet: the architect chose to maintain the plush, comfortable charm of the boutiques, while modernising the design to enable customers to stroll around the store in a relaxing manner. |
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Bell & Ross is the Official Watch Partner of the Alpine F1® Team
Bell & Ross is delighted to pursue the adventure with the Alpine F1® Team and are racing into the 2021 season with a stronger than-ever relationship. In September 2020, Luca De Meo, announced the creation of Alpine F1® Team, a renaissance of Groupe Renault’s F1 team, one of F1’s most historic and successful. After five years spent alongside Renault DP World F1® Team, the watchmaking brand is happy to announce its full support to the team on this new era. Bell & Ross is demonstrating its bond with the world of Formula 1® through a partnership born from a shared passion for mechanical engineering, speed, performance, and sports design. As the Official Watch Partner of the Alpine F1® Team, Bell & Ross continues to celebrate this partnership debuted on March 28 in Bahrain, at the FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2021. |
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Product Launch
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Presenting COCO CRUSH The Encounters
Inspired by the repeating lines of the quilted motif, the COCO CRUSH collection embodies these determining encounters - strength and delicacy, simplicity and density, roundness and rigor. Traced in gold, clean-cut incisions crisscross on a soft, rounded surface and recreate the quilted pattern, an emblem of the House since 1955. In BEIGE GOLD, white gold or yellow gold, all set with diamonds, pieces from the collection are hand-polished to perfectly reflect light. CHANEL reinvents the Toi et Moi ring style. Instead of a single ring set with 2 stones, this new design features 2 lines that meet like 2 destinies. Two distinct trajectories that intertwine, symbolizing love and liberation. The “C” shape of the ring’s profile signifies its allure. The “C” for CRUSH, the “C” for COCO, the “C” for CHANEL. |
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Capture Me collection by Akillis
The Capture Me collection enriches and renews its desirable charm with its Light version where the trap of seduction opens up to new jewellery proposals. Bracelets, rings and earrings explore the brand’s now iconic triangular motif in a winning game. Singular and sharp aesthetics, the creations composed of asymmetrical and graphic cuts assert themselves through juxtaposition of tones and lights. Available in white gold, wherever paved or not, rose gold and yellow gold, the pieces overlap, accumulate, and culminate in a rocking lineup. Wedding rings and engagement rings intertwine perfectly, marking one of the rock & chic unions of AKILLIS. Bangle bracelets bare their teeth before fusing. Earrings, hoops and earcuffs alike though distinct from one another, play an unprecedented game of sensual mix and match. |
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Introducing the Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad
Blancpain reinterprets one of its emblematic historical timepieces, the Fifty Fathoms "no radiations". This mid-1960s diving instrument, of which one version was used by the German Navy's Combat Swimmers, had the characteristic feature of being stamped with a "no radiations" logo indicating that Blancpain was not using luminescent materials composed of radium. This distinctive symbol on the watch dial has forged its success; the timepiece and its variants are now among the most iconic Fifty Fathoms models, which the new Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad intends to honour. The watch is issued in a 500-piece limited series. |
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Zenith launches DEFY 21 Ultrablue
The partially open dial features slightly overlapping closed chronograph counters, finished in a grey tone matching the deep grey of the case with contrasting white markings for legibility. The vividly blue movement is accentuated by the DEFY 21’s uniquely avant-garde movement conception and design with open and angular bridges. A white-tipped central 1/100th of a second chronograph hand makes a complete revolution above the dial in one second. Allowing the blue bridges of the movement to truly stand out while providing a more striking contrast, the faceted 44mm titanium case of the DEFY is given an entirely matte sandblasted finish, bringing out its darker metallic nuances and absorbing much of the light that hits its surface. Complementing the tones of the open movement, the black rubber strap features a blue cordura-effect rubber insert with tone-matching stitching. |
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Frederique Constant presents Slimline Monolithic Manufacture
Marking a world premiere, Frederique Constant presented a silicon oscillator beating at an unprecedented pace of 288,000 vibrations per hour, or 40 Hz. Redefining the principles of mechanical watch regulation, the Slimline Monolithic Manufacture ticks ten times faster than most mechanical movements. Thanks to its innovative design and reduced size, this revolutionary high-frequency silicon oscillator fits inside a traditional movement configuration. The 40mm Slimline Monolithic Manufacture is the proud recipient of this groundbreaking oscillator, the first watch in the world to boast a 40Hz frequency combined with a price that reflects the brand’s commitment to accessible luxury. |
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The Vanguard Skeleton by Franck Muller
Both sporty and elegant, the timepiece can be worn every day from business gatherings to casual events. The beautiful movement of this timepiece has been fully designed and manufactured at Watchland in Geneva, Switzerland. Thanks to its openworked design, the architecture of the watch allows one to admire the in-house movement in its entirety. The Vanguard™ Skeleton is available in Stainless Steel, white or rose gold, and boasts 7 days of power reserve thanks to its two barrels. |
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Bremont introduces the Supermarine Chrono and announces New Ambassador, Jason Fox
Bremont has launched the new Supermarine Chrono with 43mm case. The three-piece case construction, with DLC coated middle case barrel, follows Bremont’s signature design, however the sleek case measuring a mere 15.8mm is not typical of a sports chronograph which is normally housed in something much thicker. The Supermarine Chrono uses a chronometer rated La Joux Perret 7754 calibre chronograph movement with GMT functionality, appealing to global explorers and style seekers alike. The watch is available in both a black and blue dial variation and features a bi-directional ceramic and etched bezel, clearly displaying the markings for the 24hour functionality. On the other hand, Former Royal Marine Commando, ex Special Forces Sergeant and current ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ star, Jason Fox is the latest ambassador to join Bremont’s impressive line-up. |
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The new U-BOAT Darkmoon Collection
Italo Fontana expands the Darkmoon collection of watches and offering the chance to its wearer to choose the nuance of the dial that feels most its own and positively influence its own moods passing from red, to black, to blue, to green and brown. From a technical point of view, the designer from Lucca adds an innovative locking ring system with quick battery replacement, an innovation not only conceived for all Darkmoon models but also for the acclaimed Capsoil Chrono watch in both the steel case and the black DLC version. The new U-BOAT Darkmoon range consists of 13 watches with 44mm cases, and two 38mm cases, all characterized by the innovative concept of "Oil Immersion", tested for the first time in the Capsoil model, where an oil bath completely immerses the Swiss Ronda quartz movement and completely surrounds the dial turning it into a full, deep color. |
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Presenting ARCEAU L’heure de la lune by Hermès
The Arceau L’heure de la lune watch offers a unique vision of Earth’s satellite with the simultaneous display of moon phases in both northern and southern hemispheres. Two mobile counters gravitate on a lunar, Martian or Black Sahara meteorite dial, revealing mother-of-pearl moons in step with an exclusive module, coupled with a Manufacture Hermès movement. Framed by a white gold or platinum case, the mechanics adopt a light, barely-there role. Meteorite inlaid with mother-of-pearl form a cosmos in which satellite dials float above hemispherical moons. These mischievous displays have swapped cardinal points, with the south above and the north below. A topsy-turvy direction inviting observers to lose their bearings, with their head in the stars. |
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The Doxa SUB 300 Carbon COSC Collection
Fashioned out of forged carbon, the funky, distinctive SUB 300 Carbon cushion-shaped case measures 42.50mm (width) x 45mm (height) x 13.40mm (thickness). Standing high above the case for better grip, and with its distinctive notches, the forged carbon unidirectional rotating bezel features the twin depth-minute display that was brought by the brand in the late 1960s. Back then, the US Navy no-decompression dive table was the most authoritative system. Doxa took the idea and incorporated two separate scales into the bezel, an outer depth ring and an inner minutes ring. Last, the movement is protected inside a titanium container, fitted with a screw-down back and crown to ensure the 300m water-resistance of the model. |
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Salvatore Ferragamo presents Double Gancini Round
Full of evocative charm, Double Gancini Round draws inspiration from the emblem of the House, reinterpreting it in the succession of links that form the bracelet, each of which has an embossed Ferragamo logo. Available in stainless steel, IP Yellow Gold, or IP Rose Gold, Double Gancini Round combines the design of its exquisite bracelet with a round case, whose profile echoes the links’ harmonious forms, composing an ensemble of perfect stylistic continuity. The silver sunray dial thus becomes the central element of an elegant, trendy jewel-accessory, embellished with four little studs at the indexes and finished by a red cabochon on the crown. |
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NOMOS Glashütte offers perfect pairs of watches for couples
In love, engaged, married: People tend to find companions much more often in spring. And that’s why the watchmaking company NOMOS Glashütte now also has the perfect pairs of watches for couples who tick in tandem. NOMOS Glashütte has created pairs of watches perfect for all the couples out there ticking in tandem. These are mechanical timepieces produced in the 175-year-old tradition of Glashütte craftsmanship - special halves of an even greater whole, watches for life. |
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Introducing the Ultimate transparency by S. Craft
The timepiece features a solid sapphire 40mm case that has been carefully machined from a single block of sapphire crystal. The aim, of course, is to offer full visual access to the multi-level movement, from all possible angles. The eye-catching heart of this watch is the skeletonized automatic ETA movement 2892-A2, which carries a power reserve of approximately 42hours and is beyond any doubts, one of the most reliable and trouble-free movements in the industry. This movement beats at 28’800 BPH (beats per hour) 4Hz and itis decorated with polished steel screws. It has undergone extensive skeletonizing thus reducing the bridges and main plate to a minimal see-through framework. |
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Celebrity News
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Eiza Gonzalez wears Messika
On March 22nd, Eiza Gonzalez shone in Messika High Jewelry for the Godzilla vs Kong virtual Junket which took place in Los Angeles. She wore the Diamond Equilibristes double finger ring and earrings from the Messika’s Voltige collection. |
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