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Jaguar Type 00

A new dawn

In the last four weeks, between the multimedia campaign, the new logo and the partial reveal of the Type 00, Jaguar has probably been in the news more often than in the last four years put together. The dramatic change of direction taken by the brand has divided opinion not just in the UK, but everywhere in the world where Jaguar has an iconic status, including Europe, the USA, and China.

Since the first Jaguar rolled off the production line in 1935, the idea was to make fast cars and push boundaries. And that is exactly what they did. The XK120 (1948) was the fastest road car of its time and the 1961 E-Type, one of the most beautiful ever designed. Jaguar also invented disc brakes and has won Le Mans seven times.

Like the animal from which it took its name, Jaguar is about speed, elegance and performance. The brand has fanatic devotees in all seven continents. Models like the XK120, XK140, XK150, and the E-Type have become icons in the collector world. For fans and collectors alike, Jaguar cars are more…

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Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon SR_A by Samuel Ross

The “art of fushion” meets “social architecture for the body”

The thirst for ongoing innovation by Hublot combined with the creativity of Samuel Ross when it comes to materials and forms has resulted in the Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon SR_A. In this, the latest collaboration between the Swiss luxury watch brand and the international artist and designer, technical and aesthetic boundaries have been pushed […]

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Parmigiani Fleurier Armoriale Répétition Mystérieuse

The celebratory sound of time

To celebrate Michel Parmigiani’s birthday, the company that bears his name has an annual tradition of unveiling a new high horological creation. This year, Parmigiani Fleurier presented the Armoriale Répétition Mystérieuse, a masterpiece that merges artistic beauty with exceptional acoustic engineering. This luxury watch has been designed as a limited series of five ultra-slim unique […]

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Mercedes AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+

A further stept into the future of luxury electrification

When the first EQS launched in 2021, it represented the first all-electric luxury saloon in the Mercedes range, although the German manufacturer produced its first ever electric car in 1906. As one would expect, the car was simply fab, however you looked at it. From the point of view of design, the EQS was futuristic, […]

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Next In Time

The watches that make Gen Z tick

From unexpected drops and collabs to an emergent category of microbrands spearheading innovation, the wild world of watchmaking is alive and well in 2023. And at the forefront of it all is Generation Z, a rising cohort of consumers – all aged under 25 and born between 1997 and 2012 – who are shaking up […]

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New Louis Vuitton Tambour Watch

Jean Arnault sets out his grand design for the horological arm of the legendary luxury maison

Talking about the launch of the new Tambour, at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris this past week, Jean Arnault, Louis Vuitton’s Director of Watches, self-confessed collector and enthusiast, described it as defining “Louis Vuitton watchmaking for the foreseeable future.” It is a radical departure both in design and execution, not just for the new timepiece, […]

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London Concours 2023

A petrolhead's delight

The grassy environs of the Honourable Artillery Company played host to one of the most intriguing collections of automobiles yet assembled by the London Concours in the service of City petrolheads. Presented by Montres Breguet, around 80 cars were on display across eleven classes of competition over three days in what has established itself as […]

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Pay It Forward

Watches for Eco-Friendly Dads

In the last five years or so, environmental concerns have multiplied exponentially in most industries. Watch brands are no different and alignment with sustainability and eco-friendly practises has become an important concern for many of them. There are three main avenues along which watch firms demonstrate their green credentials. First is the co-branding of a […]

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On the dash

Embracing the analogue renaissance

In August 1888, Bertha Benz took her husband’s newly invented motorwagen and drove her two sons from Mannheim to Pforzheim, a distance of around 100km. The age of the motor car had begun, and the pioneer model, the Benz, had only a rudimentary dashboard; it was intended to serve the same purpose as the one […]

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Roger Dubuis Monovortex

The art of futuristic hyper horology

Concepts capture the imagination; it’s that flight of fancy into the future of what might be that is so intuitively appealing. Every so often, in any form of manufacturing, a company produces what it thinks this near-time horizon should look like. This year, it was Roger Dubuis that surprised us all by presenting a concept […]

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McLaren 750S Spider

Lighter, quicker, sexier

In a way, this is all you really need to know about the new McLaren 750S: that it is available as a coupe or a convertible. Top of the class among this summer’s new supercars, the 750S is the result of tons of research, during which McLaren designers and engineers came up with advances in […]

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Watches & Wonders 2023

Confessions of an English watch-writer

“So, what have you seen?” was the stock-in-trade small talk, working the hallowed, beige-wash halls of Watches & Wonders (W&W). However, this year, it took less than a morning for, “I’ve only seen the massive queue” to become the stock-in-trade punchline. Unpractised, post-pandemic hiccups in people-processing aside – and with full awareness of how ‘first-world […]