REALITY BITES
Coming back down to earth, our aim with this section is not to go allin on the very same issues that we dealt with in the Spring edition of last year. That was done loquaciously if not effectively, and brought us the unbeatable joy of being proved right. While we do enjoy patting ourselves on the back, we try to remember that you are the audience listening in on what amounts to open letters to the industry. We really do. The Spring issue of 2022 (#64) was a watershed moment for us, neatly paralleling the trends in the watchmaking business. Though the moment has passed, and market values have plunged, most desirable models are still trading above the retail price. In other words, prices may be falling but they have not hit the ground. We maintain that the state of things will not return to 2019 levels of normalcy; the trends that brought us here started long before that, as EuropaStar, WatchPro and many other industry titles have noted. COVID-19 was just an accelerator.
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EASY COMPANY
Hamilton launches the new Khaki Field Quartz collection that takes its inspiration from the G.S.watches of the 1960s.
SPIRITED AWAY
The year of the dragon is not yet over and Franck Muller's new watch will remind you once again why this year is a great Chinese zodiac year for watches.
LUNAR TIES
Blancpain resumes its deep-seated romance with the moon through the Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet Phases de Lune in black ceramic.
USEFUL BREAKTHROUGH
With the Elux LAB-ID PAM01800, Panerai has delivered the smartest and brightest dive watch ever made.
SHIELD KING
Seiko reveals a new take on a King Seiko classic, the KS1969, thus bringing back an intriguing shape to the collection.
FRENCH EXPRESS
Louis Vuitton extends their new philosophy of watchmaking unveiling the dressier Escale collection.
PUSHING BOUNDARIES
Patek Philippe brings their patented system to synchronise the date display on a world time watch to their regular collection.
APROPOS COMPLICATIONS
A watch with complications appeals to different sorts of collectors, and is quite different to a complex watch. The editors of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand discuss the virtues of all sorts of complications and considering when more is really better…
KEEPING IT REAL
Technology proves to be a solid tool for luxury watch brands in their fight against mounting cases of fake timepieces and watch thefts.
GLOWUP
A brightly lumed dial in pitch-black darkness is equal parts joy and fascination, have you ever wondered where your Super-LumiNova comes from?