The philosophy of luxury watch manufacturer Nico Gerard is “Uncompromised Luxury Watches – Uncompromised Technology – Uncompromised Engineering – Uncompromised Luxury”.

Nico Gerard is owned by the father-son duo of Andreas and Adam Pluemer. The two men started on a journey to develop a mechanical-electrical hybrid timepiece – the luxury Pinnacle watch.

If you desire the best precision and watch design traditions of Swiss watch-making and also want to wear the stylish new Apple Watch, then Nico Gerard Pinnacle watch is your answer.

The Apple Watch is discretely attractive but not over the top luxurious. We may want to occasionally dress up a bit but not have to put your watch away for the night. The new Pinnacle watch is actual a hybrid between an Apple Watch and a luxury watch. Nico Gerard has brilliantly pulled it off.

The new the Pinnacle watch line ranges in price from $9,300 up to $112,000. You not only get an Apple Watch but also a luxury watch on the other side of the band.

During an interview with NBC news, Adam Pluemer, president of California-based Nico Gerard – Adam Pluemer was quoted, “Wearing a smartwatch on the inside of your wrist provides a wide range of benefits, especially when it comes to privacy. He continued, “If you’re at a conference table and you have your hands on the table, you don’t want someone reading your text messages.”

Of course, the Pinnacle watch will be made in limited edition quantities, and placing your order will require a $200 reservation fee. The watch is only available online at https://www.nicogerard.com/

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The Parisian company Chanel will be releasing their new Boy.Friend watch this coming September 2015. The emotions of Paris, passion, romance, shopping, and luxury make for a beautifully, shaped timepiece that only a Parisian company could dream up.

Chanel is a French high fashion brand that specializes in haute couture, luxury goods and fashion accessories. Designer Coco Chanel wanted to cater to women’s elegance in dress and jewelry for 19th century fashion. Coco Chanel was credited with liberating women from the standards of fashion at the time and creating casual chic garments.

Her creative design was realized in jewelry, handbags, and fragrance. Coco Chanel’s signature scent, Chancel No.5, has become iconic around the world. The Chanel brand products have been personified by fashion models, Hollywood actresses and other celebrities.

The concept for this masculine timepiece was created with the idea about a woman who decides to ‘borrow’ for herself, after a night with her boyfriend.

The inspiration is modeled by Chanel’s eminent No.5 perfume bottle cap. The shape design for the No.5 perfume originated from the aerial view of the Place Vendome in Paris.

The octagon elongated frame that is decorated with diamonds ads an elegant touch. You have the option to choose between 18k beige gold or 18k white gold. The Boy.Friend watch is available with or without decorated diamonds.

The stylish watch’s semi-matte black alligator strap has a gold pin buckle matching the watchcase, a material that is associated with elegance. The Boy.Friend watch is available in two sizes: L that is 34.6mm x 26.7mm, or XL 37mm x 28.6mm. The luxury watch is also waterproof. Currently the Boy.Friend watch is priced between $12,500 – $27,000 USD.

The Boy.Friend watch is chic, and sure to go with every style piece of clothing. It exudes grace, and sophistication. No matter where you choose to be, wearing this accessory will have you feel a part of the Paris elegance while expressing your personal style. The Boy.Friend watch ultimately is the best accessory.

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Photo: Chanel

Located in Geneva, Switzerland, luxury brand Frederique Constant is a family owned watch manufacturer and well known for their high quality and differentiation and precision in both luxury watch design and manufacturing.

Frederique Constant has just released its Vintage Rally Healey Chronograph Automatic watch. The watch becomes part of the popular Vintage Rally Collection. Long associated with several categories of motorsports, particularly vintage car rallies, the luxury watch brand has been a serious partner with the Austin Healey car brand. Frederique Constant and Austin Healey share common traits such as engineering, innovation and artistic impression.

The Vintage Rally Healey chronograph automatic watch was brilliantly designed and the luxury timepiece is combined with a strong motorsports heritage to deliver a timeless contemporary watch design in addition to a sporty elegance.

The watch’s green dial delivers a strong sporting character and is enclosed in a three-part rose gold plated polished stainless steel case that measures 42 mm. The convex sapphire crystal protects the watch’s mechanics. Watch enthusiasts can see the movement through the transparent case back.

The plated hands are rose gold and finished with superluminovas o they are visible in the dark. The Vintage Rally Healey Chronograph Automatic watch is water-resistant up to 50 metres and features the signature Healey logo.

The fine watch comes with a stylish, brown leather strap with large holes, that convey both elegance and sport. In addition, the new Frederique Constant watch comes in a silver polished stainless steel case with a black leather strap.

This watch has a limited production of only 2,888 numbered pieces. Each watch is enclosed in a gorgeous gift box plus a stunning Healey NOJ393 car miniature model.

Driven by the join passion for vintage cars, the partnership between Austin Healey and Frederique Constant has delivered a stylish but sporty watch that any watch connoisseur would be proud to own and wear.

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Photo: Frederique Constant

Founded in 1883 in Geneva, Switzerland, Alpina is a family-owned fine watchmaking manufacture, known for its red triangle signature. Alpina announced the Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date diving watch.

Alpina diving watches have long been popular, starting back in the 1960’s. Back then the popular Seastrong “10” diving watch allowed divers to go down to depths of 200m or 660ft. The new Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date watch is a top, readable professional diving chronograph range. The watch is water-resistant, down to 300m or 1000ft.

The Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date by Alpna has unique, colored unidirectional turning diving bezels. In addition the diving watch’s oversized minute hand is perfect for optimum, diving time readability.

The Extreme Diver 300 watch was carefully designed to include all of the necessary features allowing watch owners to obtain the important information they require. The goal is to provide valuable info when a diver needs it and help them enjoy a safe dive.

The new Alpina watch features an aluminum, unidirectional, turning bezel that turns in only a anti-clockwise direction. Therefore the number of elapsed minutes can only be increased and never accidentally decreased.

The Alpina Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date watch utilizes the AL-372 Swiss High Precision Quartz Chronograph movement. This movement is incredibly precise and reliable to 1/10th of second. The watch features a Swiss quartz chronograph movement with 30 and 10 hour chronograph counters. In addition, the watch comes with a standard battery life of 48 months, plus both add and split functions and a big date display.

On the bezel are 60 minutes markers which are luminous,. The dial indexes are also luminous which makes a great contrast versus the watch dial’s matte black finish. The hands of the Alpina diving watch are luminous as well, This allows maximum readability even in very low visibility conditions. The watch also comes with an over-sized minute hand so you can safely read the important diving time.

The Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date is perfect for divers and the new watch from Alpina comes in four different models and each with a different color of bezel – grey, bordeaux, orange and navy blue.

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Photo: Alpina

During Baselworld 2015, luxury watch brand Jaquet Droz introduced the stunning Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch. This beautiful fine watch pays homage to the koi carp, which is a symbol of both love and long life.

The watch case is made from 18-carat white gold and set with 272 gorgeous diamonds (totaling 1.05 carats). The case is 13.77 mm in height and 41 mm in width. The luxury watch comes a limited serial number that’s been engraved on the case-back. This Limited Edition timepiece consists of only 28 pieces of each model.

Jaquet Droz took one of its popular pieces, known for its off-centered hours-and-minutes dial, and utilized Asian iconography to create a magnificent looking watch. The watch dial is positioned over a peaceful, blue pond. The effect was accomplished by layering translucent blue enamel. In Asia, carp are often seen in ornamental ponds.

The watch dial of the Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch displays two lily pads floating on the water’s surface. The display also includes blooming lotus and hand-engraved gold reed stems that rise out of the pond’s water. Offered for the first time, Jaquet Droz features an enameled balance weight that’s been beautifully decorated with a carp hand-engraved in bas-relief.

The Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch is available in two different styles. First is the white gold case model with a bezel and horns that have been set with stunning cut diamonds and the white mother-of-pearl hours-and-minutes sub-dial that is encircled in white gold. Second is the red gold case model that comes with a black onyx hours-and-minutes sub-dial and red gold outlining ring.

Both watch options from Jaquet Droz come with either a rolled-edge hand-made gray or stylish, black alligator leather strap.

Each Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch include the highly accurate Jaquet Droz 2653, self-winding mechanical movement that features a double barrel. The watch has 68 hours of power reserve. In addition, this amazing Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch is water resistant to 30 meters.

For watch collectors or those desiring the beauty of a luxury watch, the Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps from Jaquet Droz is ideal. Contact us if you are in the market for a luxury watch and we can assist in the buying process. Return often to follow our luxury blog and keep abreast of watch industry news and product announcements.

Photo: Jaquet Droz

First introduced in 2013, the stunning Charming Bird became the very first singing bird automata wristwatch that was ever manufactured by Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz. Only 28 pieces of the original Charming Bird watch were ever produced.

The first Charming Bird watch was made in white gold. Jaquet Droz was now made this beautiful luxury watch available in beautiful pink gold. This fine watch honors Pierre Jaquet-Droz, who is respected for his art of manufacturing the singing automata.

The songbird definitely celebrates the Jaquet Droz brand by improving upon the techniques of the automaton and the miniature.

The Charming Bird watch is clearly a ground-breaking timepiece. The watch conveys a modern, yet a more simplistic aesthetic. The miniature singing bird located near the bottom of the watch dial, is enclosed in a 47 mm-diameter case that offers contemporary look. The Charming Bird features a dome-shaped sapphire crystal that was designed to cleverly enhance how light rays passes through it.

The technology utilized in the Charming Bird by Jaquet Droz includes a technologically advanced miniaturization process. Tiny pistons pump the air, then store it to produce the soothing bird sound. The actual bird chirping sound heard is dependent on several variables including both the speed of the piston as well as actual shape of the bellows opening.

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Photo: Jaquet Droz

Although we’re still over a week away from the new Apple Watch officially becoming available for shipment, pre-sales activity has been incredible. Looking at the Apple website, current watch models show four and eight week long wait windows.

The new Apple Watch line is a new push for the hi-tech giant, makers of the wildly popular iPhone and iPad products. The Apple Watch came close to selling out after about 30 minutes when when first going on sale. Consumers who did but must now wait until May or June to received their order.

The standard Apple Watch price begins at $549 for the 38mm-wide version. The 42mm-wide model goes for $599. Depending on the desired watchband type, the 38mm version can increase up to $1,049. The 42mm model can increase up to $1,099. Your choice of watchband includes either a fluoroelastomer band or pick from three different leather bands.

For those with expensive tastes, the new watch from Apple even comes in a luxury version. The Apple Watch Edition has a lofty price of $10,000. If you want more bling for your buck, consider the the 18-karat gold Edition version (photo above), which is the most expensive offering. Price tag is a whopping $17,000. The Apple Watch Edition 38mm comes in a gorgeous 18-karat yellow gold case and features a sleek, bright red buckle. According to a recent Washington Post article, this 18-karat gold Edition watch actually sold out in China.

The news is quite impressive and a relief for Apple and its investors. Some felt making a move into the watch market was a big risk, especially moving into the luxury segment and going up against the dominant Swiss watch brand. It looks like Apple has another hit and many will say, they never had any doubts.

In a client note, Gene Munster who is a Piper Jaffray analyst reported, “Based on our observations and media reports, launch day supply was largely sold out within the first 10 to 30 minutes, depending on model.” Munster expects that Apple to sell around 2.3 million watches in the April-June quarter and the tech giant to ramp production between mid-May and June.

Initially feedback that space gray aluminum Apple Watch Sport model had the most interest amongst buyers.

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Photo: Apple

Frederique Constant and Alpina are scheduled to introduce over 10 different Horological Smartwatch models during 2015. Luxury watch styles will be available for both ladies and gentlemen.

MMT (Manufacture Modules Technologies Sàrl) is a new Swiss joint venture that was created by Fullpower Technologies, Inc. of Silicon Valley plus the owners of the Frederique Constant Group. The MMT mission is to introduce the exciting MotionX-365® Horological Smartwatch Open Platform to the powerful Swiss watch industry.

Initially, the MMT partners consist of Frederique Constant who is the Geneva based luxury watch manufacturer of classical watches. Also joining the partnership is Alpina, who is popular Swiss sports watch manufacturer that was first founded way back in 1883.

The new Swiss Horological Smartwatch collection is powered by MotionX® which allows bi-directional communication with both iPhone and Android apps. As a result, the Swiss Horological Smartwatch synchronizes automatically with applications on Apple and Android smartphones. The Swiss Horological Smartwatch now combines the features and functionality of the MotionX® technology platform with a luxury timepiece.

The MotionX patented sensor-fusion engine tracks activity and specific sleep patterns with exceptionally high accuracy. Activity and sleep information is presented in real-time on the Swiss Horological Smartwatch using beautiful traditional analog dials. There isn’t a digital screen, but the gorgeous, laser cut hands on the watch dial display information in analog form. The end result is very important here as studies have shown that better sleep and a more active lifestyle produce effective, positive behavioral changes.

The basis of the new Swiss Horological Smartwatches is based on tracking and analyzing more than 100 million nights of sleep, and years of research and development on the biomechanics of natural human motion.

The first Swiss Horological Smartwatch will offer a wide range of cutting edge functionality including:
– MotionX® activity tracking
– Always-on time & date
– Sleeptracker® sleep monitoring
– Get-Active alerts
– Sleep cycle alarms
– Adaptive coaching
– MotionX® cloud backup and restore
– 2+ years battery life

Philippe Kahn is both founder and CEO of Fullpower and was quoted, “We looked for innovative partners in the Swiss watch industry to collaborate with. Peter’s efforts to develop his own high caliber product were unprecedented, so we immediately clicked and went to work to help reinvent the Swiss watch industry.”

Frederique Constant is well respected as a family owned watch manufacturer, headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland. The luxury watch company develops, manufactures and assembles in-house calibers, in 18 different versions since they began in 2004.

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Photo: Frederique Constant

At the recently completed BASELWORLD 2015 show in Switzerland, SWISS sport watch maker Alpina announced the new Alpiner 4 Flyback Chronograph watch.

Alpina was founded way back in 1883, and has been a pioneer of the Swiss watchmaking industry for over 130 years. As a premier designer and manufacturer of both wristwatches and pocket-watches, Alpina announced the luxury brand’s first chronograph that developed and produced in-house – the Calibre AL-760. The design utilizes the AL-710 rotor calibre with a balance frequency of 4 Hertz, centre seconds, in addition to a date hand at the 6 o’clock position.

The pressing action of the new Calibre AL-760 is very smooth, as well as both the stopping and resetting operations. Another feature is the column wheel that rotates on bearings that controls the three start, stop and reset functions. The winding rotor also operates in both directions.

The key part in all chronographs is the clutch. Repeating pressing of the start/stop push-piece causes slight pivoting of the clutch lever. The rotations of the chronograph hand are “recorded” by the 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock.

In 1938, when the iconic “Alpina 4” sports watch was introduced, the figure “4” represented four unique characteristics at the same time:
1) – Antimagnetic
2) – Water-resistant “Geneva” case
3) – Incabloc shock protection, and
4) – Use of non-rusting stainless steel for the highly robust case.

The new Alpiner 4 Flyback Chronograph luxury watch by Alpina features a sporty and elegant stainless steel case. There is a screw-down winding and setting crown, plus a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal that measures 45 millimetres in diameter.

You will find a counter at the 3 o’clock position that adds cumulative times up to 30 minutes. At 9 o’clock, the permanent-seconds hand rotates normally. The Super-LumiNova-highlighted dial from Alpina showcases the date hand at the 6 o’clock position. Lastly, the watch hands are luminous at night.

The Alpiner 4 Flyback Chronograph watch can withstand water pressure of up to 10 atmospheres, which is similar to a diving depth of 100 metres. The watch’s crown and push-piece are placed in in a straight line, despite the modular construction. of the calibre AL-760.

The Alpiner 4 Flyback Chronograph wristwatch by Alpina comes in either a stainless steel bracelet or alligator strap.

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Photo: Alpina

Located in Monaco, Ateliers deMonaco is a highly respected luxury watch brand. 2015 marks an important milestone for the small production, watch company, as they begin manufacturing their own in-house flyback chronograph movements.

The new in-house movements are the foundation for the new Admiral watch collection announced by Ateliers deMonaco. You will be able to view the new Watch collection at this week’s Baselworld Fair in Switzerland.

Founded in 2008, Ateliers deMonaco enables its next generation watchmakers to design and then create luxury timepieces and made of high quality. They strive to use the latest innovation and the best materials available.

The Admiral Chronograph is a limited edition, luxury watch collection of only 88 pieces of each type: either 18Kt white gold or 18Kt rose gold.

The term “Admiratus Admiratorum” which translates to “the most admired of the admired” was given during the reign of the Norman ruler Roger II (1095–1154) to his top naval commander – George of Antioch.

The patented manufacture flyback chronograph by Ateliers deMonaco measures a succession of elapsed times as well as eliminates many superfluous repetitive operations. As an example, in standard chronograph watches from other luxury brands, buttons have to be pushed three time in a row to to measure successive intervals. The first press stops the chronograph, the second to reset it to zero, and the third press starts it once again.

The creativity of the flyback function, is just a single press of the flyback” button not only stops timing the first interval, but will also reset the hand to zero. The chronograph hand starts once again as soon as button is released. That is true engineering!

Clearly the advantage of this type of mechanism is it utilizes a multi function Flyback Hammer. The Flyback Hammer is programmed to disengage the watch’s chronograph clutch wheel. Next it will engage the brake, then lastly turn both the chronograph second and minute wheel.

The admiral watch is still as popular today as ever. Pilots appreciate its accuracy and stylish looks. It’s also widely used in both racing and navigation.

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A partnership between new spy thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service and luxury watch brand Bremont has produced a luxury collection of three, special edition timepieces.

The new Kingsman: The Secret Service popular movie stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Caine. The espionage film was directed by Matthew Vaughn is based on a comic book adaptation. The movie tells the story of rough around the edges street kid, who is brought into the spy world and takes part in the challenging Secret Service training program.

The Bremont watch collection consists of three luxury timepieces. The collection celebrates both the heritage and amazing craftsmanship of Bremont’s military and aviation inspired watches. Bremont watches are well known for their precision mechanical engineering.

The Bremont watch collection plays an important role in the Kingsman: The Secret Service movie. Like all well done spy movies, there are incredible gadgets that take center stage. Bremont is quite proud to have their new luxury timepiece collection included.

The Kingsman watch collection comes in three different color opteion, including stainless steel, rose gold and black. Each stunning watch offers 24 time zones on a rotating bezel, in addition to a 42 hour power reserve, chronograph stopwatch and a creative, automatic self-winding feature.

Bremont Kingsman Special Edition Stainless Steel watch has a retail price of £4,295.00
This stylish Stainless Steel model case utilizes hardened steel along with a Trip-Tick construction by Bremonth. The luxury watch comes with a highly finished white metal dial that displays “Kingsman” emblem on the 12 hour sub-dial.

Bremont Kingsman Special Edition Rose Gold watch has a retail price of £14,995.00
The gorgeous Rose Gold model case is an 18 carat rose gold Bremont and the same features as the Stainless Steel model.

Bremont Kingsman Special Edition DLC watch has a retail price of £4,395.00
The Special Edition DLC model is a military inspired chronograph. The luxury watch’s hardened SS case back is DLC coated with an integrated flat crystal, and includes five DLC coated screws with DLC heads plus a skeletonised decorated DLC coated rotor.

The new watch collection from Bremont can be purchases at premium watch and diamond emporium – Chisholm Hunter.

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