CartierSantos 100Yesterday, atimelyperspective brought you a video of the up-close workmanship — the art of enameling. Today, we bring a few modern-day examples of this alluring work. This is a centuries old art – one that lives on in watch dials of the finest caliber. Translating nature’s finest birds, flowers and animals in miniature onto tiny …
Category Archives: Timepieces News, Reviews and Articles
Video: The Art of Enameling
There are few time-honored arts in watchmaking as alluring and enchanting – or as difficult – as the art of enameling. Herein, the artist works many hours at a time, under a microscope, often with a single-haired brush – painting with colors that must be fired time and again at temperatures that could break the …
Time Capsules: Product – Breitling Soars With Navitimer Super Constellation Limited Edition
Aviation enthusiasts may be happy to know that the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation “Star of Switzerland” – a fine symbol of the conquest of the skis and one of the world’s three remaining flight worthy Super Constellations – is preparing to take to the skies again. In Breitling renewed its financial support for the preservation …
Time Capsules: Product — Cartier Watches and the Grand Traditional Arts
Cartier has long been known for its extraordinary works of high jewelry and haute horology. A pioneer for more than 160 years in the watch and jewelry world, Cartier has always focused on artistry in its designs. In the past five years, this brand has created masterful new calibers in high watchmaking that has brought …
Continue reading “Time Capsules: Product — Cartier Watches and the Grand Traditional Arts”
Time Capsules: News – Bell & Ross creates new site
Offering an amazing user-friendly look and feel, the newest Bell & Ross site uses the latest web technologies, and is a benchmark in web ergonomics and aesthetics. Bell & Ross blends modern interactive functionalities on the site’s practical, ultra-legible and luxurious field – which is accessible in full worldwide media (Smartphones, tablet PCs) and in …
Continue reading “Time Capsules: News – Bell & Ross creates new site”
Time Capsules: News – Hamilton Watch Partners with Harrison Ford in Conservation Efforts
Hamilton Watch Company and Harrison Ford have teamed up for the third time Conservation International (CI), a non-profit organization that works to create a healthy planet. In support of the cause, Hamilton has created the Hamilton Khaki Conservation Auto Chrono, designed in collaboration with Harrison Ford, vice chair of CI’s Board of Directors. The watch …
Time Capsules: Product — Ressence Comes to US Market
Conceived of by Belgian industrial designer Benoît Mintiens, RESSENCE is a watch brand designed on the philosophy of less is more. The bold, visually appealing timepiece features a patented display system that was designed and developed in house for showing the time that features a revolving dial module driven by a Swiss modified 2824-A2 caliber. …
Continue reading “Time Capsules: Product — Ressence Comes to US Market”
Time Capsules: Product – Blacksand Emerges On Market
There’s a new brand on the block — but don’t be fooled … the executives behind it have years of watch experience and have put together an impressive collection of powerful timepieces that are destined to bring a loyal following. Called Blacksand, the brand is founded by Alain Mouawad (of the famed Mouawad family of …
Continue reading “Time Capsules: Product – Blacksand Emerges On Market”
Time Capsules: Product – Montblanc Does World Timing at a Great Price
We all know world time watches are today’s great watch. They say a lot about the person wearing them … world traveler, busy business man, hot shot, maybe? But most of them are top dollars, as well. Now, Montblanc offers one of the most stunning – and affordable – Automatic Worldtimers on the market. The …
Continue reading “Time Capsules: Product – Montblanc Does World Timing at a Great Price”
Time Capsules: News – Would you pay a million for a Rolex?
Someone did this weekend at the Christie’s Geneva Sale of Important Watches. In fact, the bidder paid $1,163,340 — a new world record price for ANY Rolex wristwatch ever sold at auction. It was for this legendary ultra-rare split-seconds chronograph (reference 4113). Just 12 were made by Rolex and only 8 of them are known …
Continue reading “Time Capsules: News – Would you pay a million for a Rolex?”