In 1940, Shirley Temple’s father bought a $7,210 fancy diamond ring for the child star’s 12th birthday. He chose a deep blue colored stone to commemorate her 44th movie, The Blue Bird, which was also completed the same season.... Read More
The presentations at Baselworld were outstanding this year, from some of the most delicately decorated dials to some seriously avant-garde designs. And nobody pushes the envelope quite like Urwerk.... Read More
Too often the pieces in our jewelry collection are purchased for looks rather than sentimental value, but L’Expression is trying to change that with a line of meaningful bangles and rings.... Read More
Dual-time displays are a must-have for frequent travelers and those doing business across the globe, but Aerowatch has just introduced their latest timepiece, the Renaissance 7 Time Zones. Designed by Fred-Eric Bolzli, horological engineer and co-owner of the family-run Aerowatch brand, the watch displays the time in six of the world’s major cities in addition to the local time.... Read More
Most watches boast the strength of steel or titanium, but Rado opted to add a new piece to the popular True collection, the True Open Heart, a timepiece made of a weightless high-tech ceramic. Unveiling the new watch as part of their 2016 Baselworld collection, it comes in two different colorways—a matte black or polished white, both with an ultra-fine 0.6 mm-thin mother-of-pearl dial that allows the wearer to catch a glimpse at the mechanics just beyond.... Read More
Breitling has a reputation for building badass watches and the new Avenger Bandit may just blow all of the others out of the water. Designed to be more a extreme edition of its predecessor, the Breitling Avenger, the latest timepiece is housed within a large, 45 mm titanium case fortified by lateral reinforcements. To minimize glare in “the heat of action” (or a brightly lit boardroom), the bezel is finished in tone-on-tone brushed steel and the dial is housed within glare-proof sapphire crystal.... Read More
Kerbedanz just unveiled the new Tree of Life timepiece, an artistic interpretation of immortality comprised of emeralds, diamonds and 18-karat gold. The tree, found on the face of the watch, is intended to symbolize the unity between heaven and earth, spirituality and eternity. A gold bas-relief sculpture, hand-carved from yellow gold, it “grows” from the bottom of the dial before curling over the entirety of the face.... Read More
Since launching his own brand in 2010, Yvan Arpa, founder of Artya, has gained notoriety for his work as an avant-garde watchmaker. Unveiling another of his one-of-a-kind timepieces for Baselworld, the Cumbere Tourbillon is a completely hand-made piece, carved from ArtyOr alloy, stainless steel and pink gold, and beveled in artisan-style engravings.... Read More
One of the great things that sets women’s luxury watches apart are the diamond and gemstone adornments, and Bulgari’s latest, Serpenti Incantati, does not fall short when it comes to sparkle. Unlike the brand’s previous serpentine-inspired pieces, this interpretation imagines a snake wrapping around the wrist of the wearer to fully encircle the watch dial in a timeless, but contemporary silhouette.... Read More
Unveiling another edition of their Tourbillon Regulator series, Leroy has just released the Automatic Tourbillon Regulator in 18-karat pink gold. The latest skeletal timepiece offers a full view of the watch’s tourbillon movement as well as peeks at the rest of the mechanics through an entirely openwork watch face. Only seven pieces will be made available for this limited edition series.... Read More
This year, Hublot is presenting an entirely new watch design, the totally transparent Big Bang Unico Sapphire. Created as an antithesis to the brand’s All Black concept collection, the latest timepiece offers an entirely new level of visual delight. The entire watch is transparent, cut from blocks of polished sapphire with only a few pieces of titanium serving as the spine of the watch. The screws and the crown have been molded with clear silicone and even the dial is made from a crystal resin so no gear will go unnoticed.... Read More
There’s a clear difference between bespoke jewelry and customizable pieces. One brings to mind a resplendent piece crafted and molded specifically for you, the other reminds us of, well, charm bracelets. But when Alena Kupriyanova Lotti thinks of personalized jewelry, she combines the two, imagining interchangeable exotic leathers and gemstones designed with 18-karat gold.... Read More
