The jury of the 18th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has announced the official pre-selection for this year’s horological award show. The 72 pre-selected watches, divided into 12 categories, are competing to win one of the 16 prizes that will salute the year’s finest watch creations, including the prestigious Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix. This 18th edition of the GPHG...

Free-floating components under space-age crystal: Ulysse Nardin’s most spectacular innovation to date literally turns watchmaking upside down. In sumptuous white or rose gold, with a brand-new movement that seems to defy gravity and a startlingly innovative box-domed sapphire that took months to research and develop, the Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel soars high above all expectations of what contemporary watchmaking craft...

MB&F and L’Epée 1839 present Grant, a triple-tracked, Mad-Max-cross-Transformer robot clock on a mission. In today’s fast-paced, always-on, 24/7 world, we are under constant bombardment from time: seconds race by; there is never enough; everyone wants more; and it keeps getting faster and faster. The nearest hour was once precise enough; now the world’s most accurate clocks are better than...

Ulysse Nardin presents its new Hourstriker Classic Samurai, a strong symbolic tribute to Japanese culture. “Samurai” comes from the word “saburai,” which means to serve or stand by an important person. Since the 8th century, this word has referred to “warriors in the service of the nobility.” But rather than soldiers or mercenaries, the samurai were fighters who dedicated their...

Geneva’s oldest watch manufacture still in operation, 263 years after its creation in 1755, Vacheron Constantin holds a special place in the heart of initiates and collectors. The maison is heralding a new chapter in its history with its FiftySix collection. It represents an important new step as this original line, inspired by a historical Vacheron Constantin watch dating from...

Yesterday marked the bicentenary of Edouard Bovet’s first arrival in China, on August 16, 1818, an auspicious day that forever linked the Swiss watchmaking maison with the nation of China. In the space of 20 years, the visionary Edouard Bovet and his brothers established the success of their maison, built on the burgeoning trade with China. From London To Canton:...