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1 week ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Fresh Something rare happened at Watches and Wonders: nearly all the exhibitors agreed on one thing—downsizing case diameters is no longer just a choice, it's a given. But why? For whom? And how exactly? WorldTempus investigates. We're no longer quite sure where it started, but it's definitely here. At Watches and Wonders, the trend toward smaller diameters made its way through every aisle of Palexpo, where the event was held.
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1 week ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Among the collections unveiled at Watches and Wonders were some truly surprising and explosive creations, thanks to their design, boldness, and creativity. WorldTempus spotted four of them. 1. The most baffling: Le Temps Retrouvé, by TrilobeAt first, it makes you smile: Le Temps Retrouvé (Time Regained) responds to Temps Perdu (Time Lost), which, last we heard, Proust was still searching for. It’s a rather obvious reference.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Patek Philippe bids farewell to its Calatrava Travel Time with a blue dial and welcomes its renewal with an ivory dial. The piece gains in vintage elegance and legibility, especially while maintaining the original presence of its 42 mm case. It seems like a time from prehistory. We’re in 2015. Baselworld, the global watchmaking fair, is riding an unexpected growth wave, happy to have survived the subprime crisis in 2008.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Younger on the inside and vintage on the outside: a recipe for success? With the new TAG Heuer Carrera, the Maison equips its most famous racing watch a Manufacture engine while interpreting it in day-date and GMT urban versions featuring the brand’s signature glassbox-type sapphire crystal. The TAG Heuer Carrera collection pursues its impeccable route. Two years ago, the chronograph that has become a fixture in its category made a masterly neo-vintage comeback.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Fresh The manufacture unveils two new pieces: a Récital 30 derived from the very impressive Récital 28 Prowess 1 (2024), accompanied by a 36mm Récital 12 that paves the way for a 100% feminine collection Pascal Raffy has a vision that endures.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Jean-Marie Schaller, founder and creative director of Ateliers Louis Moinet, is never short of ideas to celebrate the memory of “Louis,” as he likes to refer to him by his first name. The connection across the centuries is tangible between the two men. In his office in Saint-Blaise, Jean-Marie Schaller works continuously under the gaze of the esteemed watchmaker, whose portrait adorns the walls.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Parsimony and mastery. After a long focus on the Santos, Cartier returns to its Tank. In parallel, the Panthère reclaims its place in the jewelry world. A magnificent Tressage bracelet slides between the two. The “guichet” is the opening on a dial that typically displays the date. At Cartier, nothing of the sort. There is no dial, no hands. Instead: a square, a semicircle. Absolute minimalism. The Tank returns to a Spartan vocabulary: the Tank à Guichets.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
The Manufacture in Le Brassus is simultaneously unveiling two Royal Oak Offshore models and one Royal Oak, united in the use of the same famous “Bleu Nuit, Nuage 50” colored ceramic. A striking demonstration of Audemars Piguet's virtuosity in using the most difficult materials. Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is... reinvented. It's tempting to paraphrase Lavoisier’s famous quote and apply it to the watch industry, which regularly returns to the wellspring of its heritage.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
The saying goes that Japanese haute horology is Switzerland's best-kept secret. Indeed, several Japanese brands are making their mark in the watchmaking world, particularly among enthusiasts who venture off the beaten path. The latest one is Minase (pronounced “Minazé”). Collectors who fall in love with it are drawn for the same reasons that guide most of their purchases: a confidential brand, limited production, authenticity, and a high degree of quality.
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4 weeks ago | 
en.worldtempus.com | Olivier Muller
Fresh Lorige is the only brand in the world that creates watch cases from brake pads of race-winning cars. A long and challenging journey for its founders, which has now become a unique expertise in the market. "Inspired by," "made from," "in tribute to": the watchmaking world is full of lexical tricks to describe copying processes. They draw their design from a given universe, but technically have no link to it.
