Watches and Wonders: watch reviews

News, reviews, inside stories from the fair.

Moved towards the end of April, in comparison to the outgoing SIHH, Watches and Wonders is the fair organized by the Richemont Group. The location of the Salon keeps being the Palexpo of Geneva; what does not change instead is the main formula which, according to the organizers, aims at involving customers and media representatives with new and interactive contents. Watches and Wonders is a more interactive take on the old SIHH, and broadens its coverage, uncovering a new edition to be held in Miami, February 2021. Along with the standard fair, the new formula includes a new project geared towards engaging watch enthusiasts inside the fair and out. The Salon will be therefore paired to a project titled "In the City": workshops and events organized downtown will turn Geneva into the watchmaking capital for a full week.

Cartier Santos-Dumont XL

26 March 2020 | Cartier, Watches and Wonders,

Originally introduced exclusively as a quartz watch, the renewed Cartier Santos-Dumont has abandoned the style of the outgoing version (some complicated product variations excluded, currently). The old one featured a smooth and no-bezel polished case, the new one follows the likes of the current Santos de Cartier and comes equipped ...
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Montblanc Star Legacy novelties 2020

13 March 2020 | Montblanc, Watches and Wonders,

We prefer to think that nothing has changed in the watch industry and that we'll all meet at Watches and Wonders later next month. Yet, we're aware it is not happening, and, as envisioned in a recent post, we can't do anything than rely upon, for the time being, the ...
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IWC Portugieser Chronograph 3716 Manufacture in Red Gold

09 February 2020 | IWC, Watches and Wonders,

We had a first glimpse of an IWC Portugieser Chronograph powered by an in-house mechanical movement back in 2018, during the celebrations of the brand's 150th Anniversary, that took place during SIHH. We knew that to be a preview of what IWC would have introduced in the following years, and ...
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