Omega Speedmaster chronograph steel automatic Kal. 1152 Ref. 3511.80, 175.0043, 375.0043 Reviews

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Richemont Continues Restructure With CEO Shakeups At Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, & Alfred Dunhill
Today, we received the news that the CEOs of Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, and fashion brand Alfred Dunhill (who used to make watches but, I believe, do not anymore) are leaving their respective brands in spring of this year.?Philippe Leopold-Metzger of Piaget and?Juan-Carlos Torres of Vacheron are retiring while?Daniel Riedo of Jaeger-LeCoultre and?Fabrizio Cardinali of Alfred Dunhill have “decided to leave” their positions.Back in November 2016, the Richemont Group began the process of untangling and simplifying a bloated corporate structure by dissolving their CEO & CFO positions at Richemont HQ and appointed?IWC CEO Georges Kern as head of watchmaking, marketing, and digital for all the Richemont brands and appointed Montblanc CEO Jerome Lambert as head of operations. The shakeup also came with a warning from Richemont Executive Chairman and?controlling shareholder Johann Rupert that?“Underperforming brands need to be fixed or sold.”
De Bethune DB25V Starry Varius Hands-On
Wow. Big WOW. The?De Bethune DB25V Starry Varius gets such a positive kick-off not because it’s a watch with a star-studded, blue dial, but because it’s a quirky, unique watch that manages to stay classy, balanced, and elegant. Quick! The fanfares!Although in recent years we suffered no shortage of genuinely incredible, novel, high-tech, often literally extraterrestrial exercises in?haute horlogerie, I found that few actually proved to have been made and designed to a standard that one would otherwise associate with fine watchmaking. Sure, I absolutely love seeing and wearing watches with liquid or entire carved dragons or the full solar system in them, but they often fall on that other side of gimmicky as they try so hard to impress today’s vulgar, new-money dotcom millionaire.