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Hurrah! The watch industry has been slowly coming back to life over the past few months. After nearly two years of intermittent lockdowns, brands are starting to hold in-person events and activities (while adhering to all the necessary SOPs, of cours

The annual ‘horological Oscars’, which took place in November, had been shaping up to be an interesting contest. Given that that hand of the watch industry was forced by an unprecedented global health crisis, in which commercial appeal and sales turn

If there’s one thing the French know their way around, it’s l’amour. Okay, maybe it’s a cultural stereotype, but it’s a good one. And the French Maison of Cartier certainly knows how to make us fall in love with its new releases year after year. Our

Rolex is able to reproduce almost any colour you can think of on its opaque lacquer dials. It takes at least three months of laboratory research and trials to produce a desired colour. Besides basic shades from standardised Pantone colour charts—incl

Derived from the aerospace industry, PVD is a thin film technology that has expanded the possibilities of colour development, as well as their longevity for watch dials. With this technology, new and infinite arrays of colours and tones can now be co

As functional as they are expressive, appliques are not only necessary to facilitate time display but are also key to lending a Rolex dial its distinct look and give depth to its personality. These markers affixed to the dial come in a variety of sty

It is hard to believe it now, but back in the day, you’d have to be rather wealthy just to be able to tell the time in the dark. You see, before the advent of watches with glow-in-the-dark hands and markers, watchmakers devised chiming pocket watches

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