Cartier Ellipse 18 ct gold manual winding Kal. ETA 2412 Ref. 6711 Reviews

NEWS WATCHES

Girard-Perregaux Neo Bridges Watch Hands-On
At SIHH 2017, I enjoyed seeing the interesting new Girard-Perregaux Neo Bridges Automatic Titanium watch – that takes an aesthetic concept the brand began a few years ago and makes it just that much more accessibly priced (but still pretty high-end). Luxury watch brands have been pushing to release more models with appealing and distinctive “high-tech” designs that don’t cost over $50,000 (or $100,000). Again, that doesn’t make them what you might consider affordable, but compare the $150,000-plus Girard-Perregaux Neo Tourbillon from 2014 (hands-on here) with this 2017 Neo Bridges that comes in just under $25,000. Two peas from arguably the same pod, but one is just a lot more practical.When Girard-Perregaux released the Neo Tourbillon, the idea was to create a more contemporary take on the brand’s iconic Three Bridges Tourbillon which has been a mainstay of its modern upper-high-end collection. The impetus was a lovely pocket watch the brand debuted
LVMH Group Luxury Watch Brands Leave Baselworld: Century Old Trade Show Now Loses All Anchor Exhibitors
Earlier today Paris-based LVMH Group announced that the several watch brands in its watches division (Hublot, TAG Heuer, and Zenith), and Bulgari (which also produces a number of luxury watches) are following the lead of a number of other major timepiece makers and severing ties with Baselworld. This news comes just days after - and is directly related to - the announcement that Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Chopard, and Chanel were leaving Baselworld.While not all of LVMH’s watch making brands have displayed at Baselworld for a while, its most important global luxury timepiece makers were key attractions for guests at the long-standing wrist watch trade show event held in the city of Basel which is about 1.25 hours by train away from Zurich. Problems between watch brand exhibitors and the Baselworld organization have been brewing for a while, and in 2020 the show itself was forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.