2009
Jan
08
Hublot and the setting workshop, Bunter SA, have together developed a world première with a completely invisible setting, using only black diamonds.
Fifty confirmed orders for a $115,000 watch through one distributor in a single country is pretty impressive when financial doom and gloom is everywhere. No wonder Büsser calls Singapore the Mecca for independent watchmakers.
Hip to be square
The military-inspired Bell & Ross BR Instrument range has just been expanded to include a more feminine alternative.
In the $2,000 to $10,000 range, we sift out some best buys for the affluent.
Classic watches with understated sophistication make for good buys in these times.
Frederic Constant has raised the stakes with the Manufacture Tourbillon, transitioning from the trendy movement burlesque of the Heart Beat to a high complication.