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TAG Heuer expanding R&D

The leader for prestige watches and chronographs is investing massively in R&D and developing an in-house mechanical chronograph movement with automatic rewind, the new calibre 18, as it starts industrial production of the famous V4 that was presented as a watch concept at Baselworld 2004. To house the new industrial equipment, TAG Heuer has just [...]

Vacheron Constantin and Haute Joaillerie – A brilliant Success Story

Vacheron Constantin presents an extraordinary duo dedicated to horological virtuosity and the tradition of jewellery making. First, the brand pays tribute to 30 years of the Kallista with the Kallania, a world first in terms of execution and the number of carats. Then, a first in horology, it uses the flame diamond-cut to stunning effect [...]

Bulova Watches

Bulova is a New York based corporation making watches and clocks. Bulova was founded and incorporated as the J. Bulova Company in 1875 by Joseph Bulova (1851-1936), an immigrant from Bohemia. It was reincorporated under the name Bulova Watch Company in 1923, and became part of the Loews Corporation in 1979.. Bulova established its operations [...]

Leonardo Dicaprio Partners with Jaeger-LeCoultre

Luxury Swiss watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre—in partnership with actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio—has created its “Time to Care” program, to benefit the Leonardo DiCaprio Fund at the California Community Foundation. The fund-raising focal point of the initiative will be the sale of two timepieces in the fall of 2008. Both will be the first of a [...]

Mechanical Watches

How it works To accomplish this, the watch contains a semicircular ‘rotor’, an eccentric weight that turns on a pivot, within the watch case. The normal movements of the user’s arm and wrist cause the rotor to pivot back-and-forth on its staff, which is attached to a ratcheted winding mechanism. The motion of the wearer’s [...]