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NEWS WATCHES

Hands-On: Maurice de Mauriac Grand Coeur Chronograph Watch
The latest new wristwatch creation from Zurich-based Maurice de Mauriac is the Chrono Modern Skeleton “Grand Coeur” (big heart). The Grand Coeur is among the most expensive watches ever produced by the boutique watchmaker - and that reflects the uncommon style of the chronograph movement used in the watch. It also represents the first watch released by Maurice de Mauriac after the brand’s founder (the affable and warm Daniel Dreifuss) steps aside after assigning leadership responsibilities to his two sons (perhaps the daughter will have a role in the future).Massimo and Leo Dreifuss grew up around watches and now face the stark reality of having to run a company that doesn’t match the industry that existed when their father started the first. The luxury Swiss watch industry today presents smaller, independent brands with novel marketing challenges and competition from fresh arenas. What hasn’t changed about vending luxury timepieces for Maurice de Mauriac
Montblanc Villeret 1858 ExoTourbillon Chronographe Watch Hands-On
You may be asking yourself, “what is an ExoTourbillon and what can it do for me?” Aside from making you feel younger and more virile, an ExoTourbillon is a unique and rare species of tourbillon found in the small Swiss mountain town of Villeret. There you’ll find Montblanc’s Villeret factory formerly known as Minerva. I’ve been there, and it is indeed a more unique high-end watch manufacture experience compared to most. How? Well less stuffy and formal than most, the former Minerva facility is in fact not only historic, but kept historic. In addition to some high-tech machines, they also have some interesting ones used to make watch parts in a very traditional way. It is a cool place for sure. Plus, traveling there may be your only opportunity to see one of these hard-to-find timepieces as only eight have been produced.Recently Montblanc updated the ExoTourbillon Chronographe with a Rattrapante (split second) version. We’ll see about getting some han