Novelty is the lifeblood of the trade, without which, this magazine would not exist. That is no exaggeration, although there is certainly no danger that watch brands would ever do away with the practice of showing new watches every year. Some brands do flirt with the idea of changing up their release schedules and such, but none would stay their hands for even a year. The best example of this was in 2020, when the world fully expected that no new watches would be released. The extraordinary circumstances of that benighted year made the aforementioned lack of new watches seem reasonable, and the paucity of novelties did not make a big dent in the long run.
However, even that year, the major players all eventually went ahead and debuted new watches, which may have been taken as a sign that the power of novelty is both real and really needed. Whatever the case may be, watch reveals continued throughout 2020 and a number of banner years followed.
As we reported last year, when covering the first physical Watches and Wonders fair in Geneva, absolutely no one was upset about the return of annual novelty shows carried out in person. Digital shows are convenient, and all that jazz, but nothing beats touching and feeling new watches in person – not an uncontested point of view, as it turns out but we will come back to that. New watches and the physical watch fair experience are exactly what we shall go on about for a number of pages, because Singapore was lucky enough to host the recently concluded LVMH Watch Week. While we will not cover everything here, do look out for some key pieces from TAG Heuer, Zenith, Bulgari and Hublot. And on that last bit, we have given Hublot its own segment right after this brief overview. With this preamble out of the way, we can get on with the show.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Spring 2023 من World of Watches.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Spring 2023 من World of Watches.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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BRAND ELEVATION
On the sidelines of Geneva Watch Days, Bulgari CEO JeanChristophe Babin talks about the challenges of having one brand identity across all categories, and tells us what he really thinks of watch fairs.
EVEN MORE HANDS
For the third year in a row, the collective WOW team shares the watches we ponied up for. As always, we include a couple of fantasy pieces and more than a few fails.
CONCEPTS AND CONSEQUENCES
What is the legacy of concept watches? What happens when the show is over and it is time to actually manufacture them? How do these ticking research labs translate into actual, wearable timepieces...if they ever do?
THE QUESTION OF SUCCESSION
In the watchmaking industry, a company’s longevity is oftentimes measured not in decades but in centuries. What then happens to a brand beyond its founders? We speak to three CEOs to answer this question.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS
The quest to add one day to a month every four years may seem like a mundane task in the digital age, but achieving this mechanically is anything but.
FLIP SIDE
Omega celebrates the first human flight orbit the moon with a new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon.
SNAPPING BACK
A powerful showcase for a one-of-a-kind constant force mechanism, the Girard Perregaux Neo Constant Escapement is now available for everyone.
GO FOR GOLD
Forty-five years after Piaget released its allgold Polo 79 luxury sports watch to critical acclaim, the maison revisits this iconic collection with a new ultra-thin movement.
CLEAR WINNER
Hublot's fourth collaboration with Takashi Murakami puts the artist's joyful flower motif at the centre of a bold new case design.
HISTORICAL TRIBUTE
Parmigiani Fleurier launches a new version of their Tonda PF Hijri Perpetual Calendar with a vivid green dial.