Watchmaking

Sporting Comeback

The Bentley GMT B04 S chronograph has made a comeback with a 250-piece limited series of timepieces equipped with a Breitling dual time zone movement, and a carbon case and dial. This new model follows on from a titanium version,…

Beating Heart

Zenith equips its Elite Chronograph classic with the El Primero calibre 4069. Having seen success with its Elite 6150 model, Zenith has expanded the same collection with a new chronograph equipped with the El Primero movement. In a blend of…

Franck Muller’s Yachting Collection

The seafaring world and the watchmaking world have always been associated. Watch aficionados will remember the Panerai watches made for the Italian Navy or the IWC timepieces created specially for the British Navy. Moving to more leisure-oriented timepieces, Swiss manufacturer…

Christope Claret’s X-TREM 1

The Swiss watchmaker releases a new edition of its concept , the X-TREM1. “We developed this technology with the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD) in Yverdon-les-Bains, and a team headed by Professor Besson,” explains Christophe Claret. “What’s more,…

One Giant Leap

Harry Winston has unveiled the Histoire de Tourbillon 7, which the brand says takes a giant leap forward in the world of high-end watchmaking and challenges current high complications. This is the seventh edition of the brand’s legendary complication: the…

Latin Flare: Cuervo y Sobrinos

Cuervo y Sobrinos, the Swiss watch brand with Latin heritage, has distilled the brand’s spirit into its new skeletonised Historiador Squelette. The steel case recalls the curves of a sketch found in
the abandoned Havana workshops in the late 1940s. True…

Sky Is The Limit

On the sidelines of Baselworld 2016 Virtuozity sits with Jacob Arabo, Founder of Jacob & Co, to discuss the brand’s new releases, the industry’s challenges and his plans for the Middle East. How was 2015 for Jacob & Co? 2015…

Certified Distinction

With the most recent edition of its Senator Chronometer, the Glashütte original manufactory hopes to offer certified precision in a distinctive and expressive dark blue version. The Senator Chronometer has been officially certified as a chronometer by the Ger- man…

Jacob & Co.’s Astronomia Sky

“As a sailor heading toward the seas driven by the celestial vault, I found my star: the Astronomia Sky”, says Jacob Arabo, founder of Jacob & Co. Those words sum up how we feel about this beautiful piece of horlogerie,…