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Bvlgari Presents its Latest Timepieces

Today we are talking with Bulgari’s CEO Jean-Christophe Babin on the latest timepieces introduced by the brand, including yet another record for the thinnest automatic tourbillon chronograph in the Octo collection, but also a new Gerald Genta bi-retrograde watch, as well as the re-introduction of the Aluminium collection. This last one being a pretty smart move and will make the brand available to a much wider consumer group.

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PRIMETIME - Geneva Watch Days Special

Though we haven't yet published all our individual video reports on what just happened in Geneva, here you go with our latest edition of PRIMETIME with a recap of the event and our view on its successful format.

I sincerely believe that it sets the premises of what the future of what we should experience in the future; a mix of decentralised organisation, cool and informal atmosphere and no need of going too crazy when you want to showcase your new products!

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De Bethune DB28 Steel Wheels Sapphire Tourbillon

Always a pleasure to discover a new De Bethune timepiece especially when it is presented to us by our good friend and creator Dennis Flageollet who explains the intricacy of this new DB28.

The addition of this delicate blue transparent sapphire arch does indeed bring something original to this watch featuring their famous tourbillon movement, but it was hard to achieve!

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Introducing: MB&F and L'Épée - Tripod

During the Geneva Watch Days, we got to meet MB&F and L'Epée's new creative take with yet another super original table clock called TriPod.

Time is displayed on two horizontal concentric dials turning on themselves in 36 hours, but the most intriguing feature lies on the fact that you actually read the time by looking through three glass balls.

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Introducing: Musical Automaton by Reuge

Today we will show you another type of this form of Art with the presentation of Reuge seen during the Geneva Watch Days.

Their core business over the last 150 years has been producing music boxes and when said like this, I can totally imagine what is going through your minds, but in fact there are a lot of parallels between watchmaking and what Reuge is doing.

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H. Moser Introduces The Streamliner Centre Seconds

In today's video we had the pleasure to chat with Edouard Meylan, H. Moser CEO at the new Geneva based watch event, Geneva Watch Days.

He presents the brand's new timepiece the Streamliner Centre Seconds, which is the second timepiece in the Streamliner collection that H. Moser launched back in January with the Streamliner Chronographe Flyback Automatique.

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Current Situation on Swiss Watch Exhibitions for 2021

In today's video, we will have a small recap of the current situation regarding the evolution of watch shows after the downfall of Baselworld and the fantastic opportunity of laying everything back on the table.

We are only a few days away from the first watchmaking related event of the year as the Geneva Watch Days regrouping approximately 15 brands will start tomorrow.

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Greubel Forsey Introduces The Balancier S

In today's video we had the pleasure and privileged to get our hands on the Balancier S, the latest timepiece by Greubel Forsey.

This new timepiece follows the footsteps of the GMT Sport introduced last year with a very original shaped titanium case, but now coming with the 30 degree inclined balance wheel seen first on their Signature model.

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Presenting Roger Dubuis' - The Excalibur Diabolus in Machina

It’s not every day that you are going to see a tourbillon automatic minute repeater, furthermore water-resistant and that’s precisely the program reserved for us by Roger Dubuis with the presentation of a unique timepiece called the Excalibur Diabolus in Machina. And the reason for this intriguing name lies precisely in the notes chosen when the chiming mechanism is set in function.

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Comparing Constant Force Mechanism with The Naked Watchmaker

n today’s video we compare two different approaches illustrating the constant force mechanism and we not only do so with our good friend Peter Speake but with two great timepieces coming from Ferdinand Berthoud and the second one from Arnold & Son. Peter comes back on what is constant force and details with us how it has been expressed differently on these two timepieces.

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Introducing: Vacheron Constantin's Overseas QP

We had the pleasure of meeting in Geneva our good friend Christian Selmoni of Vacheron Constantin who talked to us about the main new timepiece presented by the historic brand with the introduction of a very well executed skeletonized version of the Overseas Extra-thin Perpetual Calendar.. This one comes in a classy 41.5mm rose gold case and matching bracelet, a bracelet you can now also find on the blue dialled version introduced last year.

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Introducing: Petermann Bédat - Seconde Morte

We are happy to share with you the evolution of a fine timepiece first seen last year, but one that needed some kind of re-tweak in order to enhance it to the level it deserved.

This watch now comes with a semi-opened dial and the indexes really stand out, giving more of a sense of three-dimension and it actually modernises it radically.

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How To Craft a Milanese Bracelet Or Any Types of Chains

In today’s video we had the great opportunity of visiting the pretty surprising workshop of Laurent Jolliet, the last chain maker still in business here in Switzerland, crafting bracelets by hand and we got to find out how Milanese bracelets were made. There is unfortunately a lot at stake, since this craft is no longer being taught an unfortunately we could well lose this expertise if no one takes over.

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PRIMETIME - June 2020

As the consumer behavior and the industry is being hit by major shake-ups as an effect of Covid-19, this is a seminal PRIMETIME edition. The double digit number we all marked with a red pen in our horological calendar for April was -82%. When the world pulled the OFF-switch for Swiss watch exports marking serious repercussions for the industry, we consider how much the Horological ecosystem is susceptible to damage.

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MB&F and H. Moser

We present a first look at the two pieces of this project, and the natural conclusion is one of complementing design and a perfect juxtaposition of what has so far been exclusive features and brand signifiers, what were they waiting for?

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