VINCENT DAVEAU’S TOP 5

Guillaume Tetu, founder of Hautlence, explains us the takeover of the company by an experienced team led by Georges-Henri Meylan (former Audemars Piguet CEO), a move that should solidify the brand both in terms of product development and its distribution. The first visible step, the launch of new repositioned timepiece, the HLRS, a watch which comes in 3 finishing and to be found around the $30’000 mark.

In this video, we present two models of the new Capeland collection by Baume & Mercier, a collection that was first reintroduced in 2011 and represents one of the four pillars of the brand in terms of product family.

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.

On the 23rd June, the most stunning watch brands had the opportunity to shine during a special soiree, organised by Monaco’s Watchmaking Community and Deluxe Society.

Find out in this report why it takes at least 5 years to develop a new movement and what is the lifespan of such a development? Interview with Jean-Daniel Dubois, CEO of Vaucher Manufacture, a company dedicated to the development and the manufacturing of watch movements for other brands.

We kick off the new watchmaking season with Elizabeth Doerr, watch journalist and writer, and Marc André Deschoux, editor-in-chief of TheWATCHES.tv. Watch these two specialists chat about the main trends of this new fall season, major launches from independent watch brands, development of the ladies watch market and remark on the general economic climate and its impact on the watch industry.

Open to the public on appointment, the Vacheron Constantin exhibition space in the historic boutique in center Geneva is currently holding until the end of June an exhibition on the creative shaped timepieces of the Maison.