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Ng Tjeng Jaw Friday 4th of May 2012 
Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen celebrated the opening of its first US Flag- ship Boutique in New York City - the largest of its kind worldwide. IWC marked this new milestone with the launch of the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition Muhammad Ali - limited to 250 pieces and designated as a US exclusive. The glamorous event at Manhattan’s new Madison Avenue hotspot attracted high- profile guests, including actor Matthew Fox and model Adriana Lima. The opening fea- tured an exhibition of the work of famed photographer Howard Bingham, a lifetime friend of Muhammad Ali, who recorded Ali’s career on camera.
“The opening of this Flagship Boutique in New York City is very special for us,” explains IWC CEO Georges Kern. “It not only reflects our unique identity and provides an exceptional customer experience, it also marks a return to our American heritage as our new „house of stories.‟ We are looking forward to welcoming our guests at this marvelous location and inviting them to experience IWC‟s spirit and philosophy.” In fact Florentine Ariosto Jones, the legendary entrepreneur who launched the International Watch Company in 1868, was American. The dimensions of IWC‟s first US Flagship Boutique match their cosmopolitan surroundings. Over   Ng Tjeng Jaw Monday 23rd of April 2012  Jaeger-LeCoultre shared a few of their top 2012 timepieces with their VIP Boutique customers on the evening of 19th April 2012 in Singapore.
The venue of this memorable event is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Marina Bay Sands boutique decorated to look like the mini version of their booth at the Geneva SIHH watch fair.
George Cramer Thursday 19th of April 2012  Cartier chose New York as the backdrop for the launch of its 'Juste un Clou' Jewellery Collection,which graced the landmark Cartier Mansion on Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street.
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The glamorous launch opened with the “Cartier & Aldo Cipullo - New York City in the 70s” exhibition.This insightful retrospective allows viewers to (re)live the free-spirited creative adventure that was Cartier in the Seventies, an era that inspired designer Aldo Cipullo to create two cult bracelets for Cartier: the 'Love Bracelet' and the 'Nail Bracelet'.
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The after party channeled the spirit of the legendary Studio 54, transforming the 30 Renwick Street venue into a nightclub emblazoned for the occasion in retro revival gold and red decor.
- A general vie of atmosphere at Cartier 'Juste un Clou' afterparty at 'Skylight' -
Bernard Fornas, President and CEO of Cartier International, welcomed over 700 guests before handing over the microphone to mezzo soprano of the moment Rita Ora, Jay-Z’s young protégée.
Talented DJ James Murphy provided the soundtrack for the rest of the night. Charlotte Casiraghi, Lily Collins, Lou Reed and Renato Cipullo were among the guests.
- Lou Reed and Bernard Fornas, President & CEO Moderator Wednesday 11th of April 2012 
Ulysse Nardin takes another swift step toward independence with the acquisition of the Ebel in-house chronograph movement. A revered and reliable movement, it has been considered one of the finest on the market for 17 years – a true success story. Interestingly, the Ebel Chronograph story of development began in parallel with one of Ulysse Nardin’s most notable breakthroughs: the Perpetual Calendar. The commonality is a grassroots movement that was optimized and adapted to each of these two outstanding products, allowing both brands to realize their dream of innovation. With the Ulysse Nardin purchase of the movement, it is as if the twin brothers have found each other.
The story of this chronograph will carry on in the hands of the master watchmakers who brought the movement to life, for they are now a part of the Ulysse Nardin family. Ulysse Nardin looks forward to releasing the additional manufacture movement in its final “wand” by the end of 2012.
Without hesitation, the acquirement of this manufacture chronograph movement is another testimonial of Ulysse Nardin’s position as a renowned manufacture in the exacting world of watchmaking.
Wei Koh Wednesday 28th of March 2012 
12 unique watches, each of which commemorates the world’s 12 greatest boxers to grace the ring, to be auctioned for WBC charity in Vegas this September.
The winners bids will receive their watch from the fighter himself.
All proceeds will go to support the charitable initiatives of the World Boxing Council.
Mexico City – 22 March, 2012 - Today, in the presence of boxing legends Lennox Lewis and Julio Cesar Chavez with Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot and WBC CEO Jose Sulaiman, the Swiss luxury watch company rang the bell by announcing the beginning of a legendary relationship with the World Boxing Council, the governing body of the global sport.
The oldest sport on record- dating back to 6000BC, “Boxing is the art of fighting with the heart while using the fists,” said WBC, CEO Jose Sulaiman. Hublot has taken the fervour and art of the sport and fused it with the passion and history of the watch world. This synergy has resulted in the creation of 12, unique one-of-a-kind pieces, each of which commemorates one of the greatest boxers to grace the ring including legends, Lennox Lewis, Julio Cesar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Marvalous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Harns, Wei Koh Thursday 22nd of March 2012 .jpg) “My first Jaeger-LeCoultre watch was from the AMVOX range, and I have to be honest and say I was instantly attracted to it because it looked so cool”, said Clive Owen earlier this year.
This week Clive Owen attended “Meet the Filmmakers” press-conference in New York City to speak about his role in the horror film “The Intruders”. For the event Clive Owen chose to wear Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX3 Tourbillon GMT.
In “The Intruders” from visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (known for “28 Weeks Later”), Clive Owen plays John Farrow, a father raising his 13-year-old daughter, Mia.
The movie is about two children living in different countries and visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.
Ian Skellern Thursday 15th of March 2012  HM4 RT is a limited edition of 18 pieces in red gold, titanium and sapphire crystal
Ian Skellern Tuesday 13th of March 2012  Modified Papillon movement, 78-hour optimal power reserve, two barrels, conical gearing for winding wheel and pinion.
Ng Tjeng Jaw Monday 20th of February 2012 
According to Jaeger-LeCoultre, Dev Patel [Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008)] wears a Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931 in steel with a special engraving that has a personal meaning for the actor:
“For years I have had an obsession with doodling Trees wherever I go. It started in high school, to be specific in math’s class, where I would grab a textbook and spend hours perfecting my scribbles – anything to ease my boredom! Over time the image just stuck with me. Just the other day, I remember sketching a tree on a paper napkin for a member of staff who wanted my autograph in a restaurant.
The symbol of a tree exudes many qualities one associates with a leader, or even a great partner. A Provider who's Strong, Protective, Sensitive, Rooted, Creative, or even Selfless. Without sounding like a complete hippie, I really feel Trees possess a certain wisdom and mystery which gives them an aura of enchantment and magic. They epitomise new beginnings, much like when a tree loses its leaves and manages to grow new ones. Their real charm and power lies in being able to exude great strength but also immense sensitivity. As someone Ng Tjeng Jaw Tuesday 7th of February 2012 
If you love the intense look of Clive Owen in his movies like I do, you will understand his long time passion for Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces.
Clive Owen loves and owns the AMVOX range of watches from the beginning and has been a fan even before he was introduced to Jaeger-LeCoultre's CEO Jerome Lambert - who are now good friends.
So it was not much of a surprise when he finally extended his passion to the ultra complicated Duometre Spherotourbillon during the SIHH-2012 Geneva watch fair. After a brief introduction by our Editor-in-Chief Wei Koh and Jerome Lambert, Clive Owen took the pleasure to introduce the exceptional timepiece to the invited guests on that fine Tuesday evening.
Internationally renowned British actor, icon of elegance, but also a humanitarian who dedicates his time and energy to his favourite charities, Clive Owen is a man of his time. A man close to Jaeger-LeCoultre values. A man of today.
Clive represents the sophisticated image of Jaeger-LeCoultre Fine Watchmaking. Clive’s discrete yet charismatic elegance is in perfect harmony with the Duomètre collection; a true expression of the savoir faire of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture, located in the Valley de Joux, Switzerland. The Duomètre collection associates technical performance, precision and an Moderator Tuesday 31st of January 2012 
Launching Frederique Constant Black Beauty, an exciting addition to Frederique Constant's bestselling Double Heart Beat Collection. The deep black mother of pearl dial and many diamonds of the Black Beauty will certainly attract attention. The original and registered design of this range - with two intertwined hearts forming an aperture in the dial revealing the 'heart beat' of the movement- makes the Frederique Constant Double Heart Beat more than just a watch. These fine timepieces have been developed with passion to reflect the values and aspirations of today's woman.Frederique Constant's Double Heart Beat watches are created with precision design and assembled by hand, allowing for a high quality timepiece each and every time. Perceived value is important, so we know that quality must be consistent in our work and is vital to our success. Passion definitely shows through our craftsmanship, as well as our charitable donations. We are equally as passionate about charity, with US$50 from each watch sold in our Double Heart Beat Collection donated to various charities. These charities include those related to the heart and children. Hence the slogan for this collection "Assembled by hand to touch your heart".
Frederique Constant signature is the Heart Beat. In 1994, Frederique Constant developed its first Heart Moderator Sunday 29th of January 2012 
The Legendary Diego Maradona takes “Hublot One Million RMB Goal Shooting” Charity Challenge On The Bund.
1 Million RMB raised for the Children aid Program in China. Global Premiere Unveiling of the Limited Hublot King Power Diego Maradona Watch
Shanghai, January 17, 2012 – Diego Maradona, the brand ambassador of Hublot, the legendary king of football for the first time takes the “Hublot One Million RMB Goal Shooting” Charity Challenge on The Bund in Shanghai, China. In the beautiful scenery of LuJiaZui and the Bund, Maradona has challenged the eight different values of targets. Joining forces with Maradona, Hublot will generously donate the total fund of corresponding successful shootings to support the Children aid program in China.
Ian Skellern Wednesday 18th of January 2012 
The Quadruple Tourbillon Secret represents a special link between Robert Greubel, Stephen Forsey and the collector. The ultimate refinement, this timepiece evokes to the passionate enthusiast the promise of an exceptional movement in which a magical mechanical ballet plays out on a hidden stage visible only through the display back. The dial side redefines the expression of telling the time with its harmonious arrangement of multiple dials. Ultra-exclusive, the Quadruple Tourbillon Secret comes in a unique edition of eight pieces in 5N red gold and eight pieces in platinum.
Conceal . . .
The Quadruple Tourbillon Secret redetermines the expression of time which plays out its many paradoxes. A play of seduction in which fantastic mechanisms are subtly revealed by indications imperturbably bearing witness to their existence; a play in which a contemporary dynamic is created by overlapping curves within curves, in which symmetry gives way to asymmetry.
. . . to better reveal
The ultimate in refinement, the ballet of the tourbillons is visible only through the synthetic sapphire crystal display back. This private micro-mechanical performance becomes a witness to the bond that unites the owner with the values of Greubel Forsey. A bond further strengthened by the precious exclusivity of the Quadruple George Cramer Tuesday 17th of January 2012 
About 7 weeks ago Cartier did a pre announcement for a few new models of the 'Fine Watch Making' collection, that we extensively discussed here at the forum.
This morning, the 16th. of January, the SIHH opened it's doors and the wait for the all the new 'Fine Watch Making series' is over.
The Mainstrem Collection is also presented this week, but will be posted a few days later.
'Fine Watchmaking' is again thrilling and astonishing this year, first of all from a technical point of view of course but again also from a visual point of view.
Carole Forestier-Kasapi, Head of Movement Design at Cartier and just voted as Watchmaker of theYear, by Revolution Magazine, presents a very strong collection with some models now also in smaller cases!
The show stopper of the new models is, without any doubt, the:
- - - POCKET SKELETON WATCH / LE of 10 pieces - - -
- In the hands of it's creater; Carole Kasapi Forestier -
- Tourbilon chronographe perpetual calendar
- White gold, manually polished
- Case dimensions: 49.2mm
- In House caliber 9436MC
- Saphire curved glass on both sides
- 8 Days power reserve
- Rock crystal arc for display on a desk
On the outside of the case is a tiny connector which goes thru the Moderator Tuesday 27th of December 2011 
Baselworld 2011 – The Herios TriRetrograde watch is the only square model in the Milus collection. This shaped piece, thus far produced in versions that are feminine, sporting or even featuring dials artistically decorated in cloisonné enamel, is presented in a classic and entirely reworked version. New case, new style but still the famous retrograde display that has become the hallmark of Milus.
If the power and the success of a model can be judged by the originality of its style and its incessant capacity to reinvent itself without ever betraying itself, the Herios TriRetrograde watch is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished watches. Successively sporting, an article of jewellery or decorated in cloisonné enamel, Milus now presents it in a resolutely classical style. An item of great formal beauty, with an emotional design, rigorous and guided by a desire for simplicity and purity. The original square form has thus been reworked to give it a gentleness that is reflected in its many curves, both on the flanks as well as in its profile. To accomplish this work, the designer has gone back to the aesthetics of the 17th century arabesque style from which he has re-transcribed the fineness and lightness, Moderator Sunday 11th of December 2011 
A titanium chronograph for time and speed
Stuttgart/Grenchen. A new era has dawned for Porsche Design’s classic Dashboard chronograph series. Ten years after creating the watch inspired from the
dashboard gauges of sports cars, the luxury brand has released the nextgeneration Porsche Design P’6620 Dashboard. The shape and dial are correspondingly
functional. The dial has grown to 44 millimetres, the case is made entirely of titanium.
Powerful design
The new look of the Porsche Design P’6620 Dashboard evokes dynamism and clarity. Like all the products in the luxury brand’s portfolio, this one too was shaped into a precision instrument by the world-famous Porsche Design Studio in Zell am See (Austria). With a diameter of 44 millimetres and a height of 14.5 millimetres, this is a watch that makes itself known on the wrist. The purist dial, the Arabic numerals and the straightforward hands filled with luminescent material combine to turn the chronograph into a clear and unmistakable statement. The two elongated push buttons next to the crown control the start/stop function. The sapphire crystal is nonreflective and the case is water-resistant to a depth of 100 meters (10 ATM). The stop function not only captures increments of time, but can also be used in combination with the tachymeter scale to Ian Skellern Thursday 8th of December 2011 
The Time Art Gallery brings together and showcases three universes related to the creation and the art of watchmaking: The Greubel Forsey timepiece collection; the co-creation process undertaken with contemporary artists; and the work of master watchmakers whose work Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey consider milestones in horological history. Greubel Forsey chose the multicultural city of Shanghai for the Time Art Gallery due to its ever-increasing prominence in the world of contemporary art.
The Time Art Gallery is located in the beautifully restored waterfront complex, Bund 18, in Shanghai, a cultural crossroads and nerve centre for the thriving contemporary arts scene. In 2006, Bund 18 received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Greubel Forsey -Time Art Gallery, Room C1, Bund 18, 4/F, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), Shanghai
Sarah Murray Monday 14th of November 2011 
Eight-time Grand Prix winner and two time world champion runner up Jacky Ickx shares with us his love of Chopard timepieces and Formula 1
To a generation of Formula 1 drivers and aficionados who have grown up with the more commercialized view of this high-speed sport, Jacky Ickx may not immediately incite as much blood-pumping adrenaline as Jensen Button or Kimi Raikkonen today. But for those of us who were weaned on Formula 1 vehicles without roll cages, who were glued to our sofas watching Steve McQueen and Aryton Senna, Ickx is a man who is as imposing today, a wise racer who competed with the best in Formula 1 history, and who is still very much venerated today for his skill in the automobile.
While he no longer participates in Formula 1, Ickx is still very much involved in the automotive world as well as the watchmaking world, both as a friend and ambassador of Chopard and personal associate of Karl-Frederich Scheufele, co-president of Chopard. As the watchmaker is a sponsor of the Mille Miglia race, Ickx also takes part in the Italian vintage car parade with Mr Scheufele.
The Chinese adage “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single Wei Koh Thursday 3rd of November 2011  "The history and evolution of the modern dive watch begins and ends with Blancpain, from its historic Fifty Fathoms to its incredible new X Fathoms"
By Wei Koh
Some kind of commercial magic happens when an object created initially as a tool leaps across the rarefied threshold of our imaginations to become a luxury symbol. In the most successful instances, these objects retain the powerful primacy of purpose forged to serve real practical needs. Nowhere in horology is this purposefulness expressed more clearly than in Blancpain’s legendary dive watch, the Fifty Fathoms. The story of its invention has already become immutably meshed into the fabric of watch cognoscenti lore.
Following World War II, one hero of Charles de Gaulle’s Free French Forces was tasked with the creation of les nageurs de combat — the first incarnation of the French naval commandos. Captain Robert “Bob” Maloubier emerged from the fracas of WWII a bona fide cult hero, thanks to his exploits. Maloubier, who is 88 years old, lives in the gentile town of Houilles, France, and likes to tell people he is a “retired accountant”, but can undoubtedly still hammer nails through a two-by-four with his forehead, would be a terrific subject of a Ian Skellern Thursday 3rd of November 2011 
This timepiece marks a first for both Greubel Forsey and the history of GMT watches. After exploring, inventing, and developing new mechanisms in the world of the tourbillon over the last decade, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have now combined it with a new complication, the GMT, which they have naturally interpreted in their own way.
With this remarkable timepiece, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have focused their energy on indicating a second time zone, a complication traditionally denoted by GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), the historical reference meridian for navigators.
A highly-practical complication and one greatly-valued by connoisseurs, a second time zone is of particular benefit for globetrotting businessmen, frequent leisure travellers and those with family and friends around the world.
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