Jaquet Droz unveils an automaton in a limited series of 8 pieces, an animated whistling bird, 100% mechanical, developed in homage to the Age of Enlightenment during which the watchmaker produced its first automata.

Saying that MB&F has upended the horological landscape is an understatement. By the extent to which Maximilian Büsser's, its founder, childhood imagination is integral to the brand. By the collaborative guidelines it lives by, which explains the « &F » part of their name. By its outside-the-box sense of design, which encompasses wristwatches, music boxes and several types of clocks. By its ability to toy with memes, stemming from pop culture or science-fiction, as well as with horological tools. By its sense of humor, which really underlines its whole aesthetics. And by its tremendous influence on the rest of the industry, proof of which is its fame, which is far from reflecting its actual revenues. Summing up their 12 Horological Machines, 7 Legacy Machines, 10 collaborative timepieces and 17 artefacts, here are the brand's five most telling creations. What they have in common is really to tell time and to be odd ones out.

An auspicious encounter between distinctive aesthetic flair and rare technical skill, the Nebula 38 Steel’s openworked movement ties it to the great tradition of British watchmaking, while its design methods and finishes reflect the very best of Swiss quality. Lastly, its composition places it in a rare category: that of harmonious yet striking skeleton watches.

Since 1737, our pioneering philosophy has continued from one era to the next, supporting those individuals who persevere to conquer frontiers. This year, to celebrate our anniversary, we are bringing together two eras that have shaped human history and when Favre-Leuba clearly declared itself as a pioneering brand: 1960s, the era of exploration and new beginnings, and 2010-2020s, the time of high-tech and even crazier discoveries.

Sometimes the reality is different from what we assume it to be. Officially, there are very few brands that offer custom watches. But unofficially, most of the major brands do it. We’ve seen the proof at auction, where a Rolex might turn up that was made for an African head of state, or a Patek Philippe for a Sheikh, or a Montblanc for a wealthy Asian collector. These events provide rare visible evidence of a practice that manufacturers prefer to keep quiet. There are two reasons for this. 

The Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887 was first introduced in 2017, with a platinum case and blue dial and pink gold case with  silver dial. Now Breguet offers this model in rose gold with a gold dial in slate-gray color.

A new calibre

The World Time function is evolving, with the perfecting of a new automatic movement,
the LV107 calibre. Developed and assembled in-house by the master watchmakers at la Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, it introduces two central hour and minute hands in place of rotating discs. This optimises how you can read universal time. Modern-day globetrotters can instantly tell the time in all 24 time zones with just a glance. If the time indicated by the central hands is the correct time in the city whose name is positioned at 12 o’clock, then the local time in the other capitals can reliably be deduced from their position.

According to Frédéric Arnault, Chief Strategy and Digital Officer of TAG Heuer,  the future of the smart watch is very bright. That may well be why the brand, which launched its third-generation Connected Watch last week in New York, put one of the heftiest price tags on a serially produced smart watch to date: $1,800 to $2,350.

These new models come in rose gold with a silvered gold dial and, on a more contemporary note, in white gold with a gold dial in “Breguet blue” color. An embossed moon on a starry sky adds a new dimension to the moon phase display.

Considered a role model in the universe of freeride, Markus Eder is a 28-year-old skier from South Tyrol, Italy. Having made his debut as a ski racer, he was soon attracted by the creativity and fun of freestyle skiing and began to focus on this discipline in 2005. He become a renowned international freestyler after winning the Nine Knights contest in Sölden, Austria, in 2010.