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MoonSwatch Mission To Earthphase

Celebrating our blue-green bauble home on Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, we feel it is appropriate to bring you the recently released MoonSwatch Mission to Earthphase, a first in terms of our planet’s appearance from space featuring as a complication in a wristwatch. It celebrates the first time that human eyes saw our planet rising on the horizon, a photograph taken by Bill Anders aboard the Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968.

Without a doubt, the Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch collaboration has been one of the noted new watch series in the 2020s. It cleverly uses the design codes of Omega’s iconic Speedmaster, the first watch on the Moon, with an innovative bioceramic material in an array of colours that incorporate space mission themes. It started with a collection including our satellite, all planets – including Earth – and the Sun in March 2022. They were an immediate success.

Similar in design and colouring to the Speedmasters worn by astronauts, the Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch Mission to Earthphase on its Velcro strap.

New iterations were released in 2023 and 2024, but this year, when it came to our planet, the creatives at the Swatch…

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The Magic of Sound

Luxury chiming watches full of seasonal charm

Christmas is synonymous with the chiming of bells. Chiming watches – also known as striking watches – combine exquisite craftsmanship with the elegance of sound. They use gongs – hammers – to produce exceptional examples of auditory beauty. However, creating a loud, clear sound is a real challenge for even the most experienced watchamakers. That’s why only […]

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Lamborghini Temerario

Raging against the dying V10 light

The new Lamborghini Temerario – named after a Spanish bull that fought in the arena of Madrid in 1875 – is a crucial model for Lamborghini, designed to take over the super sports car baton from the Huracán. The Huracán is nearing the end of production with a full order book. Nearly 30,000 units of the […]

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Datograph Up/Down “Lumen” by A. Lange & Söhne

The chronograph that never sleeps The latest of the Lumen series, this model reaches new technical heights, showing the mastery of A. Lange & Söhne watchmakers. This timepiece is extraordinarily well executed. What strikes the eye at first sight is it’s vibrant, yet harmoniously balanced dial design. The characteristic outsize-date display in the framed double […]

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The Fascinating World of Leica, a lens to desire

By Lavinia Dickson-Robinson Leica has been the byword for excellence in photography for over a hundred years. Quality is defined in all of Leica products, not only from an engineering and manufacturing point of view, but also because of the images that a Leica camera produces. So, imagine how I felt as I walked into […]

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The new BMW 8 Series Coupé

Serious bad ass I remember back in the day (early 90s), when I first saw the original BMW 8. I was very young at the time and still under the influence of Knight Rider, so the pop-up lights and the menacing look really did it for me, not to mention the V12 engine and all […]

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PRINCESS R35

An entirely new class of yacht Two years ago, Princess Yachts promised a revolution and this is what the Plymouth based yacht manufacturers have delivered with the new R35. The R35 isn’t just the fastest Princess yet, she also redefines innovation, quality and performance within the world of luxury yachts. This sleek and provocative boat […]

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The new Bamford GMT

A watch for the adventurer George Bamford’s name is synonymous with personalised luxury products, having made a very successful career by customizing luxury time pieces. George’s passion and fresh approach to watchmaking clearly shows in his latest creation, the Bamford GMT, his first watch to house the Swiss Made self-winding Sellita SW330-1 movement with 25 […]

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Keeping time this Christmas

By Lavinia Dickson-Robinson The Christmas season is the best time to inspire people’s imagination to acquire a lifetime gift for their beloved. In the last few years, the world of watches has risen to even dizzier heights with the introduction of unusual and innovative materials, such as graphene, ceramic, bronze and even carbon fibre! This, […]

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Jaguar I-Pace

Here comes the revolution Before I go into any of its technical accomplishments, let me start by saying that this car is a lot of fun to drive. Inspired by the Jaguar C-X75 supercar, the I-PACE, Jaguar’s first 100% electric vehicle, is a bit of an automotive revolution. Its advanced electric drivetrain and its cab-forward […]

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The New Bentley Continental GT

A grand-tourer with a racing heart Once again, Bentley has surprised us with a car of impeccable design and outstanding performance (0-100 km/h in 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 333 km/h). All of Bentley’s heritage and craftsmanship come together in the new Continental GT to deliver the most outstanding looking coupé completed with […]

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SIHH 2018: The watch industry is riding the wave

by Julia Pasarón

Every year, in the midst of the Swiss winter, the best and the biggest of the watch industry get together in Geneva for the Annual Exhibition of Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). In this, its 28th edition, SIHH welcomed six new exhibitors: Hermès and the Carré des Horlogers, Armin Strom, Chronometry Ferdinand Berthoud, DeWitt, elegant by FP […]