MONACO “RENDEZ-VOUS DE L’HORLOGERIE” 2011

Discover in this Part 1 some very interesting historical insights about watchmaking with Willy Schweizer, curator of the Girard-Perregaux museum. Among different timepieces, you will see the famous Esmeralda watch that won gold at the Exposition Universelle de Paris of 1889 for its astonishing case engraving and movement precision.

Once a year at the end of summer, the streets of Geneva transform themselves into the biggest wine bar of the city thanks to all the watchmaker’s boutique partnering to present their latest collection to the public. A taste of local wine and a touch of glamour are the ingredients that now make this event a tradition.

La Montre Hermès celebrates its 100-year related watchmaking history with the launch of their own in-house caliber, the H1837.

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.

Hublot celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Gringo of Gstaad by presenting a special Green Go Bang edition.

Find out the Top 5 of Louis Nardin, Editor-in-Chief of Worldtempus, during the 2012 SIHH: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Minute repeater, Richard Mille’s crazy sapphire RM 056, Greubel Forsey’s Tourbillon 24 second Contemporaine, A. Lange & Söhne’s Perpetual calendar, Van Cleef & Arpels’ Poetic Wish.