Watch articles

To mark the 175-th anniversary, the Longines Company has unveiled the watch reflecting the brand's remarkable chorological heritage and continuous striving for elegance. The Longines Master Collection Retrograde is equipped a new automatic mechanical calibre developed exclusively for the Company. The timepiece, representing the flagship model of a collection, has highlighted the horological traditions of the brand.

The Mostra of Venice, one of the oldest film festivals in the world, celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2007, and its 64th edition (a few editions were not organized during World War II). The event of an incomparable charm is special for its friendly atmosphere and good-natured ambiance. The festival has been directed by Marco Muller since 2003, having become the most cinematic of all.

Starting with September, Baume and Mercier, the renowned Swiss watchmaking company, welcomes everyone to visit its new Internet site, displaying a great deal of new images placed in the center of its on-line platform. This innovative and informative platform has been developed in seven languages.

The Patek Philippe Word Time is extremely popular among frequent travelers and businessmen who appreciate sophisticated nature of mechanical watches. Now the company has developed a new version of the timepiece that features a slightly enlarged case, a smartly redesigned dial, and an unconventional ring-like hour hand.

Watches-without-dial trend has appeared because of the watch companies desire to accentuate marvelous and complicated beauty of the watch mechanism, to open the secrecy of processes that are usually hidden, to draw attention to the timepiece and its owner. The idea is great but not easy to realize because watch mechanisms are initially not destined to be visible that is why they need a very serious “make-up”. Anyway final results are striking.

Have you ever dreamed to own a piece of history? If yes you have a great chance to make your dream a reality. It is evident the popularity of famous Titanic movie faded away. But the young and successful company Romain Jerome decided to revive our recollections of beautiful and sad story starred by Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet and created a series of Titanic Watch Line.

For summer 2007 Cartier has developed three exclusively styled watch models - 21 Chronoscaph, Santos 100, and Roadster. The impressive look of the new Cartier watches is enhanced by stylish straps in toile de voile or rubber. The watches for the summer collection are developed in steel and catch imagination due to their successful colors - black and white, coral and blue.

In 2007 Officine Panerai has introduced a new version of the timekeeping device that marked an important step in the evolution of both horology and navigation - the marine chronometer. From the middle of the 18th century until the recent times, marine chronometers have guided the course of many ships, representing the most precise portable mechanical instrument ever created.