Haute Horology: Our Favourite Timepieces For The Month
Luxury timepieces from around the world
A Lange & Sohne
A watch that expresses the heartfelt appreciation for time spent together. 1815 Rattrapante captures the moment and helps us keep in touch with time. This special chronograph variant combines moments by measuring their duration or adding up time intervals. For technical sophistication, the moving parts of the rattrapante chronograph are decorated with straight-line graining on the top, while the circumferential chamfers of these components are polished. Created in an elegant platinum case, the masterpiece is dedicated exclusively to its eponymous complication.
Movado
The high-end luxury watch brand announces Bollywood’s youth icon and actor Sidharth Malhotra as its brand ambassador and releases its world renowned campaign. This brings to light the special partnership that the brand forges with unique personalities across the world, capturing the core of the brand’s ethos and exhibiting the essence of time which never stops, yet defines the most precious moments. The campaign will see the actor in motion donning an array of bold looks with the exquisite contemporary timepieces.
Rado
Time is made of moments and memories. And Rado True Square Open Heart is your gift of unforgettable moments. It evokes the most significant moments of your life together – and the treasured memories locked away in your heart. The square case shape with its soft corners and edges suits every wrist. It is made of a material that feels light and warm, and the skeletonised dial beckons the eye to the open heart of the movement within. The shape suits every wrist.
Daniel Wellingtons
The definition of lumine is ‘to light up’ or to ‘illuminate. Hence the Lumine collection is embellished with crystals. It is inspired by popular TV series Euphoria where rhinestones, crystals and glitter are a reoccurring element in the makeup. For customers wanting a more glamorous look, the crystal-embellished dials are available with natural motherof – pearl in white or black. Its most distinguishing feature is its iridescence, which makes it appear to change colour when viewed from different angles.
Joker & Witch
The new-age watch and jewellery brand for millennials and Gen Z offers minimal, unique, and trend-setting global styles. With clean lines, classic colours and simplicity as its design philosophy, it strives to create classic go-to styles that last beyond seasons and focus on comfort and functionality. It is inspired by celebrity looks and highstreet styles.
Breitling
The watchmaker brand has entered into a partnership with SWISS International Air Lines to promote sustainable flying. Breitling will purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its business-related flights operated by SWISS. With this, it will achieve carbon neutrality on its air travel by offsetting the remaining CO2 emissions through investments in high-quality carbon offsets.
Blancpain
To kick off year-long celebrations highlighting the 70th anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms, the watch brand unveiled a new timepiece that is a nod to the 2003 ‘renaissance’ model. The three series comprising 70 watches each are dedicated to a region of the world—EMEA, Asia-Pacific, the Americas-and bear a number from I to III on the dial. The dial is black with a sunburst motif featuring vintage-look luminescent hands and block-type hourmarkers. The watch case, topped by the famous unidirectional bezel with a domed sapphire inlay, is made of polished steel and measures 42 mm.
Carl F. Bucherer
2023 marks the 135th birthday of the Lucerne-based Swiss watchmaker: the perfect time to enter a new era. The launch of CFB’s Capsule Collection is not only mark this anniversary but also signals a focus on new horizons. The five watches launched on the same day, with each model debuting every two hours in a different cosmopolitan city, made a powerful statement.
Audemars Piguet
Artist Meriem Bennani’s first pubic sculpture marks the first time High Line Art and Audemars Piguet Contemporary are co-curating and commissioning. The artwork translates her command of film and animation into a kinetic 3-D sculpture that alludes to movement. Standing at just over nine feet tall, Windy is made from approximately 200 stacked foam disks. It is abstract and a poignant visual of New York City’s frenzied and intoxicating energy.
Jaipur Watch Company
One can never go wrong with a cultfavourite classic with a little spin on it: a unique limited edition timepiece. Its newly introduced Jumping Hour Watch from the Harmony Collection involves only the minutes and seconds hands while indicating the time through a tiny window in the dial. The timepiece is uncomplicated in its demeanour yet complex in its inner workings. A perfect addition to any man’s collection.
