There is nothing like a click-bait style headline to get your attention, is there? The quartz movement may not have killed off the mechanical watch (although it came very close) and the smart watch has failed to lead to the doom and gloom that certain commentators were predicting a couple of years ago. But news this week suggests that the "traditional" watch industry is facing an altogether more worrying threat to its existence.

First came the Shooting Star, dedicated to the Earth, as seen from above with the time zones depicted on the globe. Then, in 2017, came the Astérium and the night sky. It was the start of a line of Bovet timepieces that tackle our relationship with the planets, our own natural satellite and our own planet. What they both had in common was their presentation. Both had asymmetric cases, thicker at 12 o’clock than 6 o’clock, and were inclined towards the observer, like a writing desk. They both display functions on either side of the case and they are both, of course, equipped with tourbillons, which is the speciality and the very origins of the Bovet manufacture, located in Tramelan in the Franches Montagnes region of Switzerland.

Within just three years, Phillips in Association with Bac & Russo has won a place at the very peak of the watch auction business. By dint of putting together exceptional lots and selling them at equally outstanding prices, this tandem has become a specialist at setting records – and more besides, as will be confirmed in Geneva on May 12th and 13th. During these two days, two catalogs will be presented in the auction room. The first is named Daytona Ultimatum and will encompass 30 or so Rolex Daytona models featuring various degrees of rarity. The second is called Watch Auction Seven and will assert the all-round capabilities of the Phillips watch department.

In 1993, Caroline Scheufele, now Co-President and Creative Director at Chopard, imagined a sports watch combining for the very first time in the history of jewellery the precious nature of diamonds with such a sporty metal as steel. Whereas diamonds had already been released from their setting, Caroline Scheufele now wished to desacralize them, while detracting nothing from their magic or their fascination. They are thus no longer reserved for solemn occasions, instead taking their place in the rhythms of daily life: teamed with jeans, sports shoes, high heels or in the office, Happy Sport accompanies women in the many facets of their lives.

“The Homage To Walter Lange” is powered by an entirely new movement equipped with a central “jumping seconds” hand and regular subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock.