Louis Vuitton has introduced a vintage travel-inspired capsule collection for Summer 2024 – Flight Mode. Designed to serve both the journey as well as the destination, the capsule comprises ready-to-wear, travel leather goods, shoes and accessories all created for the contemporary voyager. Flight Mode collection revolves around a vibrant motif, Élysée Palace, in tribute to the first Parisian luxury hotel at 103 avenue Champs-Élysées with scenery constructed from a multitude of trunks recalling bygone trips and the brand’s pivotal role in untold adventures. Élysée Palace Hotel stamps ..read more

Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024 came to a close with a sense of optimism for the industry after setting new records in attendance and exhibitor numbers. The event welcomed more than 49,000 unique visitors over the entire week, a 14 % increase on last year, including 5,700 retailers and 1,500 journalists, who all came to discover the new introductions from 54 watchmaking brands exhibiting across two levels this year. And, the programme of activities available to the public, such as product presentations, guided tours, workshops and more, was fully booked before the event opened. The hashtag #wa ..read more

For its first participation at the watchmaking world’s beacon event, Geneva-based brand Raymond Weil presents its ‘millesime’ collection, enhanced with three new dimensions of style. Aligning with the new, more accessible ‘neo-vintage’ trend, the new millesime collection – awarded the ‘Challenge’ Prize at the GPHG 2023 – heralds a new wave of creative elegance for the brand. Whether it is the GPHG 2023 award-winning model with a small seconds counter at six o’clock, now enhanced with two new colour hues, an elegant moon phase with central seconds, a new feminine line in a delicate 35mm case, d ..read more

The Freak (S Nomad), introduced by Ulysse Nardin at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024, continues to showcase the innovation, creativity and imagination of the Swiss watchmaking industry. In 2001, when the Ulysse Nardin Freak was introduced, it was a watch that broke all the rules. Not only did it not have conventional hands, nor a dial, nor even a crown, its beating heart was built around the use of high-tech silicon, a cutting-edge material employed to combat the stresses placed on a watch’s moving parts. Everything about the Freak was daring, groundbreaking and, frankly, freaky. The Freak whip ..read more

For Watches and Wonders Gevena 2024, legendary Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer draws on its impressive history to present a stunning range of timepieces. TAG HEUER MONACO SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH The Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph is the ultimate fusion of heritage and innovation, available in both red and blue editions. From a house synonymous with precision and avant-garde design, the Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph is nothing short of a horological masterpiece, destined to captivate collectors, enthusiasts and connoisseurs with its spectacular movement and stunning design.  B ..read more

Bremont, the British watchmaker known for its expertly crafted tool watches, introduces its new logo and latest offerings. The Terra Nova Collection and the Supermarine 300m are designed with practicality and purpose at their core. Highly engineered, they see the beginning of a Bremont range built around the principles of ‘Land, Sea and Air’. Built to explore the land, the Terra Nova is a stunning new collection of field watches, referencing and inspired by military pocket watches of the early 20th century. The series bears oversized full-block Super-LumiNova numerals for enhanced readability ..read more

Exclusive Swiss watch and jewellery manufacture Chopard introduced updates to several of its collections at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024. ALPINE EAGLE 41 XP FROZEN SUMMIT With Alpine Eagle, Chopard has created a contemporary sporty-chic collection featuring pure design and sophisticated mechanics. Today, with the Alpine Eagle 41 XP Frozen Summit, the collection welcomes a new model combining the maison’s watchmaking and jewellery expertise, and whose exceptional refinement has been saluted by the Poinçon de Genève. The 41mm-diameter case, as well as the entire dial, bezel, crown and integr ..read more

For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024, Hermès teamed up with artist Erin O’Keefe to present a visual display inspired by the simple shapes of the new Cut collection. Boldly merging a sharp-edged profile with clean, soft lines, in one smooth creative stroke, the collection combines a free-spirited round form with the perfect geometry of the circle, resulting in a pure and inspiring design. Echoing Hermès Cut, Erin O’Keefe’s immersive scenography explores the shapes of time. The American artist’s colourful structures evoke both the simplicity of cave art and the formal simplicity of modernist scul ..read more

The original Toric, from Parmigiani Fleurier, holds a special place in the memories of high-end horology collectors and enthusiasts, and, this year, it makes an exciting comeback. The new generation Toric is no mere remake of the collection first presented at the brand’s inception in 1996. Instead, the manufacture has deliberately chosen to redefine the codes of masculine elegance without compromise, by breaking with all established conventions. It is an ode to the fluidity of modern design, embodying a refreshing and serene vision of luxury, where technical innovation harmoniously combines wi ..read more

Vacheron Constantin, the luxury Swiss watchmaker with almost 270 years of expertise and continuous history, unveils new timepieces at Watches & Wonders 2024.  Presenting an exhibition entitled From Geometry to Artistry, the house illustrates the subtle alchemy that transforms mechanical watchmaking into objets d’art. Égérie, The Pleats Of Time, A Concept Watch The manufacture collaborated with haute couture designer, Yiqing Yin, to create the Égérie, The Pleats of time, a concept watch, a piece which orchestrates a dialogue between three worlds: Haute Horlogerie ..read more