Patek Philippe Caliber 89 The worlds most complicated watch?
Patek Philippe Caliber 89 Patek Philippe is one of the oldest and most prestigious watch companies in the world. Founded by Antoni Norbert de Patek and Franciszek Czapek in 1839, the company was originally known as PATEK, CZAPEK & Co. In 1845, Patek and Czapek separated so that the company became Patek & Co. In [...]
Watch ICON : Steve McQueen and the Tag Heuer Monaco Watch 20% off
The Steve McQueen Monaco Watch Steve McQueen was one of the most fascinating Hollywood screen legends to date. He had the exciting image of an adventure-seeking, daredevil young man that women would fawn over and that men would look up to. Seeing him in films like the Magnificent Seven, The Towering Inferno and The Great [...]
The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch
It would seem that no other watch has made as much of an impact as the Omega Speedmaster. This watch model was especially chosen by NASA to be worn by their astronauts during the Apollo space program. Interestingly, the Omega Speedmaster was not specifically designed to be worn in outer space. It was actually available [...]
The Cartier Roadster- the custom watch…
The Cartier Roadster Since its conception in 1847, the “Jeweler of Kings and the Kings of Jeweler”, his descendants and eventual new owners, have continuously designed and manufactured the finest watch. Though the Cartier brand was founded by Louis-Francois Cartier, it was the genius of Louis Cartier, the grandson, which made Cartier, watches a leading [...]
Sly Stallone and the panerai rambos watch in stock
Panerai’s Slytech Luminor The Panerai Watch Company has been around since the 1860s. It is an Italian brand and pitted against the commercial success of known Swiss brands. The brand catered more to the needs of the navy for precision timepieces. Panerai was the official supplier of watches for the Italian Navy for it was able [...]
Vacheron Constantin-Bonaparte’s waterloo watch
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin watches tops the list in luxury watches. What is amazing with this watch company is the fact than in its more than 250 year of existence, the company’s history thrived on uninterrupted surviving Revolutions, World Wars, economic crises, and change of owners and administrators. Vacheron Constantin is the oldest watch watchmaker [...]
New Blog – Multi language and IPHONE blog
We have just updated our blog so that its now available in several languages and we have also added a new iphone feature so those of you on the move can view latest news and information on luxury watches. IW
Breitling – the pilots watch
Breitling Watch A Breitling is a pilot’s watch. It has been so since the brand conceptualized the first wrist chronograph in 1915. Founded in 1884 by Leon Breitling, the company started out as a small workshop in St. Imier, Switzerland that specializes in chronographs and precision counters for industrial and scientific quests. In 1892, the [...]
Bell & Ross Watches – Necessity is definitely the father of invention!
Bell & Ross Watches Necessity is definitely the father of invention. For a considerable amount of time, wristwatches were not just considered as devices to keep track of time, but were also considered as items of jewelry. Spotting this unique fact about personal timepieces, childhood friends Bruno Belamich and Carlos A. Rosillo collaborated to develop [...]
Jaeger LeCoultre Watches
Jaeger LeCoultre Watches It is amazing what some people are able to achieve with hard work and the will to succeed. That is how Antoine LeCoultre lived his life. Compared to his contemporaries who had normally acquired their skills from their parents or through the family business, Antoine LeCoultre’s watch-making skills were self-taught. His love [...]
Ulysee Nardin…the marine chronometer- Find out more on the brand
Ulysse Nardin Watches Like a couple other Swiss watch brands such as Zenith and Tissott, Ulysse Nardin started building his watch-making business in Le Locle, found in Neuchâtel. Born in 1823, the young Ulysse Nardin dreamed of taking after his father, Leonard-Frederic, who was himself a master watchmaker. Leonard-Frederic specialized in making watches and alarm [...]
Zenith Watches –
Zenith Watches Georges Favre-Jacot was a man with a vision at the young age of 22 years. He was a well-renowned clock-maker back in 1875, who brought together a third of the independent watch artisans in Le Locle, in the canton or federal state of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, under one roof. It was then that [...]
Iconic Watches on James List! – Vacheron Constantin ONLY £68,000
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A. Lange & Söhne, missing for nearly 40 years a true phoenix…
A. Lange & Söhne Watch Company Ferdinand A. Lange was a fine watchmaker from Dresden, Germany. In his humanitarian quest to give the people of Glashütte jobs and uplift the economic status of the town, he established a modest watch factory that initially set to train up 15 apprentices in 1845. Lange’s passion and dedication [...]
IWC Watch Brand – Schaffhausen’s finest!
IWC Watch Brand IWC is International Watch Company. Founded in 1868 by an American engineer Florentine Ariosto Jones IWC was intended to be the result of fine Swiss watch craftsmanship and American modern watch technology. Swiss watches assembly lines and home-factories were (and still are) located in the western part of Switzerland. IWC is located [...]
Breguet Watches – Are you worthy enough?
The history of one of the most famous watch makers in the world
Our 1st Tourbillon!! WOW !! Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon RRP £83000
Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon
Parmigiani, the Swiss hidden Gem
Parmigiani Watch Switzerland has always been associated with quality watches. It could be said that majority of fine watchmakers are Swiss. Switzerland has produced some of the best watchmakers of our time. Michael Parmigiani was 25 years old when he out up the Parmigiani Mesure et Art du Temps in Fleurier, Switzerland. The company focused [...]
“Coco what time is it?” Chanel Watch History
HANEL. The label itself bespeaks of haute couture, elegance, simplicity and class.
The Thomas Crown Affair Watch: Jaeger le Coultre Reverso Duo in Rose Gold – 272.2.54
A breathtaking 18 carat pink gold JLC Reverso Duo Day Night strap watch fitted with pink gold deployment buckle. This watch is about THE most sought-after of the entire Jaeger-Le-Coultre range and is to my mind one of the most beautiful watches in existence with its two time zones and black and white reverse dials [...]
Officine Panerai Watch – Italian Navy Watches, learn more here…
The watch brand Officine Panerai is not new in the watch industry. It has been around since the last half of the 19th century but the brand did not go public until the 1990s.
Franck Muller is known by his peers as the “Master of Complications”, find out why?
Franck Muller Watch Franck Muller is known by his peers as the “Master of Complications”. As child his interest in what makes clock “tick” set him off to study watch making at the prestigious Geneva School of Watch on 1981. After four years of extensive studies with him graduating with honours, Muller decided to set [...]
Cartier, the “Jeweller of Kings and King of Jewellers”
Cartier has been called the “Jeweller of Kings and King of Jewellers” by no less than King Edward VII of England. It has become the Royal purveyor of Royalties in Russia, Serbia, Orleans, Siam, Portugal and more. It is said that a total of 27 crowns were designed by Cartier for various coronation rites.
