GIRARD-PERREGAUX – 220TH ANNIVERSARY IN NEW YORK

Orchestrated by “Côte Magazine”, 73 shops participated in this second edition. The concept of this event is to discover the vineyards of the region along a path, lined with luxury shops of Rue du Rhone.

In 1977, Vincent Calabrese invented an incredible movement that thanks to Corum and the vision of René Bannwart would become a few years later the iconic Golden Bridge. More than 30 years after the birth of this watch in 1981, Corum’s CEO Antonio Calce  has pushed for the brand and Mr Calabrese to collaborate again. The goal is to not only to tell the story behind this incredible adventure, but also in exchanging new ideas with the current team of Laurent Besse and who knows what could come out!

Interview with the president of the Foundation of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, Mr Carlo Lamprecht, as he reveals in our video the new format of the GPHG. You will also see an interview of the winner of the Aiguille d’Or 2011 prize, Mr Pierre Jaques, CEO of De Bethune.

For the current floral themed exhibition of Vacheron Constantin’s private collection in Geneva, TheWATCHES.tv has interviewed Jérôme Meier, expert watchmaker at Vacheron Constantin. He gives us further insight into the 50 timepieces ranging from 1780 through the 1930′s displayed until December 2012.

A small club of prestigious watch brands are present on The Place Vendôme in Paris, a place that represents the quintessence of luxury boutique location in the world. Discover in this video report with Elizabeth Doerr the Jaeger-LeCoultre  boutique that just reopened after a long and serious renovation.

Since 2009, Blancpain has been involved in motor sport, firstly with the sponsoring of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series where every participants race with the same car, then with the sponsoring of the Blancpain Endurance Series with GT3 cars and this year Blancpain went a bit further with their very own team, the Blancpain Racing Team. Find out more with Marc A. Hayek, President & CEO of the brand, who is also a fierce racing driver of the racing team.

Discover the latest model by Urwerk: the UR-210, a watch with a large retrograde minute hand and a world premiere efficiency indicator. This well-balanced timepiece displays maturity while remaining playful. Sitting perfectly on the wrist, the wearer anticipates the passage of each hour with a feeling of pure excitement. Find out why in this video report!