Futuregrail, the first exclusive luxury watch and vault service created by and for avid collectors opened its doors in Singapore in April. Founded by a visionary team this new concept of a watch investment advisory firm can become the hub for connoisseurs, experts, and admirers of the horological realm. As we all know, the Grail in watchmaking is an extremely rare, precious, and sought-after timepiece that requires a lot of attention, including special servicing, and storage with strict security protocols. It is for this reason that Futuregrail was founded by renowned watch collector and inves ..read more

Discovering the Suppliers. At first seemed impossible, the challenge of installing a new brand in high-end watchmaking and delivering an exceptional timepiece in just 12 months, resulted in a big success. Several months of work, extremely short terms if we're talking about the watchmaking process, constant pressure, and unbeatable desire to excel and make people awe helped to create a watch that's beautiful not only outside, but also from the inside. In this 4th, and last, episode of our Biver Saga, we decided to talk to the invisible warriors of the watchmaking realm, the people, who made thi ..read more

The watch market continues to gain momentum in the first months of 2023 however, the year could become the tough one for the in-between brands, that produce mid-range timepieces. The positive trend that started in 2022 in the Swiss watch market is most likely to stay, but not for long, says Olivier Muller, founder of LuxeConsult and co-author of the recent Morgan Stanley report on the watch industry. The first months of 2023 have shown steady growth with almost 11% in terms of overall value and almost 5% in volume, the latter mainly pushed by Moonswatch. The Top 10 brands, including Rolex, Car ..read more

Watchmaking in the News Welcome to the very special edition of our PRIMETIME, Watchmaking in the news and we dedicated it to Geneva Watch Week that was held on the Lake Leman at the end of March.   The horological event was big and this time extended from Watches & Wonders to the Geneva city.   So in our SHOWTIME we spoke about the outcomes of Geneva Watch Week and the evolution of Watches & Wonders.    We discussed the possible new trend in addressing security issues related to watches and our rightful wish to wear great things on our wrists.    We did a ..read more

Gevena, Spring 2023 And we continue with amazing creations form the AHCI members. This time we spoke to John Mikaël Flaux, who told us about the new addition to his watch hive. Florian Schlumpf showed his timepiece with the 5000 years warranty. Master watchmaker Anton Suhanov presented his limited edition skeletonized GMT with a retrograde jumping hour and a retrograde minute. And Konstantin Chaykin has brought us back to prehistoric times with his extremely complicated Smilodon. Visit our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewatchestv/ Support us on Patreon for extra interactions a ..read more

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Watches & Wonders 2023 Charles Zuber is a young and very inspiring brand of high-end jewelry watches. The launch of the new name was made last year during the Abu Dhabi Watch Show and now it's time for Geneva to hear about the realm of "daring creativity for the nonconformist elite". Surprisingly enough, the roots of the brand are 100% Swiss-made. The name comes from Karl Zuber, later known as Charles Zuber, who was a visionary Swiss jewelry designer born in the town of Kriens in 1932. It's one of a few cities in Switzerland where the tradition of a European masked Carnival is still alive ..read more

Argon. Spring 2023 During the intensive Geneva Watch Week, we met Guillaume Laidet, the man behind three extremely interesting independent brands.  Two of them you already know and the third one was created recently, in collaboration with a very talented young watchmaker Theo Auffret, that last year was invited to our Watchmaking Dinner. And it looks like the teamwork was quite successful. The new timepiece looks futuristic, and stylish with a vintage touch and brings the theme of space exploration in watches to a new level. Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewatchestv/ S ..read more

Watches & Wonders 2023 Interview with Nicolas Baretzki, CEO of Montblanc, on the new Minerva timepieces, the Zero oxygen watch and how it was made, as well as on the icy version of the diver's edition. The "distressed steel" of the Minerva case is made using a special technique of tumble-drying quartz, limestone, and steel together until the rusty texture appears on the polished surface of the case.  The glacier dial of the two other watches is not made from a meteorite, though it looks this way. It takes up to 30 meticulously prepared steps to create such an intricate design that rem ..read more

Watches & Wonders 2023 Laurent Ferrier, the founder of the eponymous brand, describes the new watches presented at the Spring Show. In fact, the new here is only the colour of the dial, as the inside lies the iconic micro-rotor movement that has already been with the brand for several years. It is an automatic winding movement with a pawl-fitted micro-rotor, silicon escapement with a double direct impulse on the balance, and a silent block shock protection system for the micro-rotor. There are two types of cases for the new models - the classic round one, and the square one, which won the ..read more