Swisswatches Magazine

1 week ago | swisswatches-magazine.com | Antje Heepmann

Did you know that Zenith was the second watch brand to create and manufacture wristwatches specifically for pilots? And it gets even better! Visionary and Zenith founder Georges Favre-Jacot had the term “Pilot” trademarked long before humans took to the skies. It is therefore only logical that the manufactory is dedicating a very special edition to its pilot’s watch line to mark its 160th anniversary.

2 weeks ago | swisswatches-magazine.com | Antje Heepmann

The La Chaux-de-Fonds-based watch brand Corum is celebrating its 70th birthday this year with a very special surprise. Following a management buy-out, the company is once again 100 per cent under Swiss management. Corum stands for unusual designs as well as innovative technologies. Examples include the Golden Bridge with a baton movement, the stately Bubble with a hemispherical domed sapphire crystal, the Admiral with a dodecagonal bezel and the Coin Watch, a favourite of US presidents.

1 month ago | swisswatches-magazine.com | Jens Koch

At Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva, there were some spectacular innovations and mechanical masterpieces on display. Among them were numerous complications, unprecedented displays, new solutions for well-known problems, a new escapement, and the most accurate mechanical wristwatch ever. Vacheron Constantin sets a spectacular record with the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grande Complication: with 41 complications, it is the most complicated wristwatch in the world.

1 month ago | swisswatches-magazine.com | Catherine Bishop

Initially debuted in 1979, the Piaget Polo 79 has been a big talking point for us at Swisswatches ever since its revival last year, as reported on in great detail by my colleague Nico Bandl. It is a beautiful watch – and an undeniably grand watch, available up until now, true to the original, in glowing yellow-gold finished to perfection.

1 month ago | swisswatches-magazine.com | Catherine Bishop

The Swiss watch and jewellery maison recently announced the introduction of several Piaget ‘Andy Warhol Watch’ models. With colourful and customisable new dials, these watches will no doubt continue to prove popular amongst the collector community and beyond. Last October, watch connoisseurs gladly received the news that an iconic watch known for its appearance on Andy Warhol’s wrist was being reinterpreted and introduced in the form of the fittingly named ‘Andy Warhol watch‘.