Longines presented the press with the programme for the 2018 Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping, which will take place from 5 to 7 July 2018. This competition, the tenth leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour, will bring together the best international riders and horses onto the Champ de Mars, with the emblematic Eiffel Tower in the background. Once again, the Swiss watch brand lends its name to this great five-star show jumping event and provides its timekeeping expertise for all the trials. For this fifth edition, Longines will invite spectators to enjoy a timeless moment riding its Carousel located in the Grand Village, open to the public.

On May 30th, Hublot hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony with world class Dutch athlete Dafne Schippers to officially open its very first Hublot Boutique in the Netherlands. The store is located at the number one luxury shopping destination of Amsterdam, Pieter Cornelis Hooftstraat. Hublot now boasts one of the finest locations in Amsterdam, surrounded by prestigious neighbours in the luxury industry.

Not surprinsingly for a brand that likes to break the mould and has been launching concept watches since its inception, the BR 01 “Skull”, unveiled in 2009, was one of the first to ride the wave of the trend for Skull watches. 

Joyce DiDonato, the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano and ambassador for peace and humanity, has been honoured with the 15th Glashütte Original MusicFestivalAward. The American opera singer accepted the 25,000 Euro award Monday evening at her concert in the Dresden Kulturpalast, presented by Glashütte Original Managing Director Frank Kittel and Festival Director Jan Vogler. German moderator Annabelle Mandeng presided over the ceremony. Joyce DiDonato gave a brilliant performance, with the Italian Baroque ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, thrilling the 1,800 guests in the Kulturpalast with her programme “In War & Peace – Harmony Through Music”, which brings together 17th and 18th century works by Georg Friedrich Händel, Niccolò Jommelli, Leonardo Leo, Claudio Monteverdi and Henry Purcell.

It’s Hublot’s first smartwatch. And perhaps its last... With Hublot, you never know what to expect. The only thing we know for sure is that this Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia represents something of a detour in the brand’s commitment to football, the famous “Hublot Loves Football” campaign, which has played out in countless stadium appearances all over the world, most conspicuously on the famous official timekeeper and referee boards.

Inspired by the aesthetics of classic automobiles, its elegant curves and design, the Vintage Rally collection expresses a perfect pairing between the automobile and watch world. Perfectly in line with the performance of Austin Healey automobiles, Frederique Constant launches each year limited Vintage Rally timepieces inspired by the Manufacture’s passion for racing. This collaboration celebrates the long-term partnership of fourteen years of the two prestigious brands, where craftsmanship and high-precision are at the heart of their common values.

Mr Henri and Philippe Stern were determined to create a movement that was slender, elegant, robust and reliable. At a time when other manufacturers were producing quartz movements in droves the Stern family decided to keep things a little more traditional (however, Patek did co-develop the Beta 21).