You'd be forgiven for thinking that the name "Tortour" almost sounds like "torture", and for good reason: in the highest difficulty category of the race, 1000 kilometres and a number of Swiss Alpine passes lie between the start and the finish in Schaffhausen. The participants are on the go day and night, meaning that their support teams also need to be available around the clock. 

If you wanted to buy every one of the 195 timepieces entered for the GPHG this year, it would cost you precisely 17,738,069 Swiss francs, a figure that comes eerily close to the 17.8 million US dollars that were paid for one single watch, the Rolex Daytona that belonged to Paul Newman, at auction last year. Among these 195 watches, there is the usual extreme in terms of price. The cheapest watch on the list is the Ikepod Duopod Dots at 500 Swiss francs (incidentally it’s great to see Ikepod back on the scene and true to form with their designs). The most expensive watch is Greubel Forsey’s Grande Sonnerie, which costs roughly the same as the altogether different Audemars Piguet Diamond Outrage that held the same honour last year. Both will set you back a cool 1.238 million Swiss francs.

Josef Pallweber was an Austrian watchmaker who patented a combined jumping-hour digital display for pocket watches in 1883. He sold licenses to his patent to Cortébert Watch, who were the first to implement it in a pocket watch case, and IWC, who had the greater success with its digital-display pocket watches, producing some 20,000 of them starting in 1885. The success was shortlived, however, as popularity for the watches (which were perhaps ahead of their time) waned. This year, IWC brings back this unique functionality for the first time in a wristwatch with digital hours and minutes. Produced in celebration of the company’s 150th anniversary and available as limited editions in platinum (25), red gold (250) and stainless steel (500), it bears the name “Tribute to Pallweber”, since the rights to the Josef Pallweber name are owned by another Swiss brand that offers watches featuring a design similar to Pallweber’s but without the full complexity.

The Laureato made its grand comeback in 2016, initially as a limited edition marking Girard-Perregaux’ 225th Anniversary, and then a year later as a constantly expanding collection. With its 43mm diameter case, the new Laureato Tourbillon features a stylish aesthetics, a horological content stemming from historical skills, and a tourbillon held by an arrow-shaped bridge.

The ceremony was held at an event coinciding with the launch of the 2018 Longines Irish Champions Weekend – of which the brand is Title Partner and Official Timekeeper – taking place at Leopardstown Racecourse on Saturday 15th September and the Curragh Racecourse on Sunday 16th September. Since its creation, the award honours distinguished personalities for their lifelong contributions to the world of horse racing. 

August 14th 2018, TAG Heuer announced the extension of its partnership as Official Timekeeper of the Premier League, English football championship.

From July 6-8, At the Circuit de la Sarthe, the organisers of the event, Peter Auto and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, as well as Richard Mille, its main partner, welcomed 135,000 spectators over the course of three days, over 700 classic cars in competition, 200 automobile clubs, 1,000 drivers — including 10 winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans—representing 30 different nations.