Safe To Watch

WHEN you have more cherished watches than you can count on two wrists, it's safe to say, you will want to put some of them away safely. The Buben & Zoweg...
KEF Elements

KEF Elements Takes On Time And Space

AFTER building up a strong retail presence for a growing roster of watches, Red Army Watches (RAW) reckons it’s time to launch its own brand. KEF Elements ambitiously creates 12...

Time For Magic Gold

ON A Hublot face full of dials and complications, telling the time is secondary to having a well-crafted piece of machinery/jewellery that bucks the trend. The Bing Bang Meca-10 brings together...

A Watch For The Global Man

WITH its roots deeply entrenched in innovation, Girard-Perregaux (GP) has been the maker of many landmark watch creations in its 225-year history. From the introduction of early automatic watches in the...
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Luxury Should Be Exquisite Not Exclusive

THE usual descriptions we have been levelling at the high-end consumer market have become part of the luxe lexicon, but they are not necessarily words those in the industry...

Jelly On Your Wrist — HM7 Aquapod

  DESPITE its name, the jellyfish isn’t really a fish. It’s actually a kind of plankton. That doesn't mean it cannot serve as a source of inspiration for many things like...

Azimuth – Timely Intervention

IN ITS next phase of evolution, Singapore-born watch company Azimuth will focus on raising its profile overseas through the recent appointment of a new Swiss chief executive, Giuseppe Pichi. The...
Gorilla Watches

Wrestling Time With A Gorilla

AFTER successful stints at Omega and Audemars Piguet, Octavio Garcia set up his own watch brand. Bringing his experience from the established brands, and converging it with his interests in...

Bring Out The Watchmaker Within With HMF

WE HAVE all marvelled at the effort that watchmakers take to craft a thing of beauty that sits quietly on our wrist telling time. From the traditional round dial, it...

Hong Kong’s Butterfly Effect On Watches

THE MONTHS of violent protests in Hong Kong are causing Swiss watch companies to watch proceedings with some concern. The protests were initially over an extradition bill and when that was...