Ornatus-Mundi

The Swatch Group still holds a market-dominating position* for mechanical movements (70% market share) and key movement components (90% market share), respectively, with its daughter companies ETA and

Zenith's outstandingly interesting timepiece Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage (I could not even make it fit into the 'subject' line; thanks god they did not print this on the dial ;-))

For most of you (and until I saw them also for me) the brand Ellicott 1738 is unknown territory. However, the name is certainly not new, nor is the philosophy or the people behind it! Ellicott is name

Les Maîtres du Temps (MdT) is a brand I put not much attention to when I first heard of them in 2008. What MdT's CEO and founder Steven Holtzman had in mind was: "developing teams of outstanding watch

Famed independent watchmaker and AHCI member Paul Gerber invited me to his atelier a few weeks before the Basel watch fair to study his novelties in a more relaxed atmosphere... This year Paul's focus

The title might trigger the imagination of wildest (horological) beasts - but rest assured, this is not the case! Its more like this, and the martial part is under the hood, or better: in the hood: Ha

Switzerland has developed into the homeland of fine watchmaking - almost without competition. The reason is both historical as well result of the political decision to establish a system of public wat

Being dissatisfied with the current courant normale of your trade is often a great stimulus for really fascinating and unusual outcomes. The story of Valerii Danevych , a cabinet-maker from Kiew, Ukra

Baselworld 2013: Highlights from Romain Jerome The world of watchmaking is as diverse as never before and offerings cover all market ranges, complications and tastes. Sometimes you cannot make out the

Maria Kristina and Richard Habring (aka Habring 2 ) did not officially exhibit in Basel but they were of course there - to seize the opportunity to meet with some suppliers and - of course - chat with

Maurice Lacroix have recently invested lots of money and manpower to 'verticalise' their production and are now capable of developing and producing their own calibre's, cases and dials. With these in-

In 2010 Zenith announced a partnership with Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner , the man who became famous last fall as the first human who experienced a free fall at supersonic speed. On that day, 1

This is one of the milestone news for this Basel fair! SWATCH presents the System 51 , an absolutely mind blowing watch with: automatic movement with 90h power reserve unique escapement, no regulator,

I arrived today, first time in my life one day ahead of the public opening on 'press day', where only the press is there to visit. To prepare for that I sampled not-so-great coffee... On my way to the

From the teaser we posted some time ago, one could see that still today quite a few people are familiar with De Witt and their collection - only. One could say De Witt is still something like a "sleep

Ever since 2007, proposals have been put forward with the aim to strengthen the label 'Swiss Made'. Recall that currently the standard is relatively lax. Wikipedia states the following definitions pro

Visiting De Bethune is for us, Oliver and Magnus, always like visiting a toy store when we were kids. So much tempting timepieces to see, so many interesting developments both in terms of technology a

On 28 January 2013 OMEGA in cooperation with Universal Pictures presented the film Planet Ocean in Vienna. The venue of the presentation was aptly chosen, the Museum of Natural History of Vienna . It

On 28 January 2013 OMEGA in cooperation with Universal Pictures presented the film Planet Ocean in Vienna. More on the presentation ceremony and the ensuing panel discussion here ! he film itself was

The movement was introduced at a press conference at the Cité du Temps in Geneva on January 17th by Raynald Aeschlimann , OMEGA Vice President and member of Swatch Group’s Extended Group Management Bo